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July 29, 2015

Turkish gas pipeline target of terror attack
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Jul 28, 2015
Violence associated with militant groups operating in eastern Turkey left a natural gas pipeline from neighboring Iran out of service, the government said. The government in eastern Agri province blamed the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party, known by its Kurdish initials PKK, for an attack on the Turkey-Iran natural gas pipeline. Violence tied to the PKK, which is fighting for more Kurdish autonomy in the region, has left more than 40,000 people dead since the 1980s. The group recently c ... read more

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