Rebels Vow to Resist Turkish Incursion - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com

Rebels Vow to Resist Turkish Incursion - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com: "CIZRE, Turkey - The top commander of a Kurdish rebel group said his forces would resist any Turkish military incursion aimed at destroying rebel bases in northern Iraq, a news agency reported Saturday.

Turkey has been building up its military forces on the Iraqi border in recent weeks, amid debate among political and military leaders about whether to attack rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, who stage raids in southeast Turkey from hideouts in Iraq.

'No one should expect us to extend our necks as sheep to be slaughtered in the face of an attack aimed at destroying us,' Firat news agency quoted the rebel commander, Murat Karayilan, as saying." Read complete post here.