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To: bart13 who wrote (87819)	10/20/2007 1:01:24 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 110194

20 Oct 2007 11:24 GMT - Kurdish Rebel Leader Threatens To Attack Pipeline To Turkey BAGHDAD (AP)--A Kurdish rebel leader, Murat Karayilan, threatened on Saturday to strike an oil pipeline running into Turkey if the Turkish military targets bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq. "When Turkey starts a military operation against our bases, we will defend ourselves by targeting economic sites and one of our options is to hit the oil pipeline going from Kurdistan to Turkey because of the great economic value of this pipeline to Turkey and its army," Karayilan said. The most senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, appeared to raise the stakes in the standoff on Friday, warning Turkey that the region would defend itself against any cross-border military strike on rebel bases. The tough line taken by the Kurds has stoked worries that a Turkish incursion could ignite a wider cycle of conflict and unrest in one of the few stable corners of Iraq. Barzani said urgent talks were needed on all sides. But Turkey has flatly declared it is out of patience with escalating attacks by separatist guerrillas who use hideouts in northern Iraq. As both Baghdad and Washington struggled to avert conflict between two of its key allies in the region, Turkey's prime minister insisted that the camps of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq must be destroyed and rebel leaders extradited to Turkey for trial. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 10-20-07 0724ET