ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party said it was responsible for an attack on a natural gas pipeline in Turkey, it's second this month.
An explosion last week on a gas pipeline near the Turkish border with Iran could severe gas transits for about a week, Iran said. The rebel group, known by its Kurdish acronym PKK, took responsibility for last week's attack.
"On Aug. 11, our guerrillas carried out a sabotage action against the Iran-Turkey natural gas pipeline near Dogubeyazit town of Agri," CNN quoted the group as saying.
A PKK attack in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir killed 13 soldiers last month. Iran and Iraq are arguing over Iran's military operations along the border targeting PKK affiliates in the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan.
Turkey last week announced it was planning to extend police operations in southern parts of the country as part of counter-terrorism operations against the PKK, which seeks autonomy for parts of the border regions.
The PKK claimed responsibility for a separate Aug. 3 attack on a natural gas pipeline connecting the two countries.
Source: United Press International (UPI).
Link: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/08/15/PKK-takes-blame-for-pipeline-blast/UPI-90971313411236/.
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