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ANKARA, Oct 23 (KUNA) -- The Turkish security authorities arrested on
Tuesday two rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as they were
attempting to cross over to Turkey through Khabor crossing gate.
Jihan news agency quoted security sources as saying that the two were
planning to carry out suicide attacks in a number of big Turkish cities.
During interrogations, the two suspects said they had received trainings on
explosives at the PKK camps north of Iraq.
The two were transfered to the state's prosecution, the agency added.
The PKK, listed by the US, NATO and the EU as a terrorist organisation, has
been fighting for autonomy in southeast Turkey for nearly 25 years, with the
associated violence claiming some 40,000 lives, and has recently intensified
attacks along the Iraqi border (end)
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