A low-slung concrete building off a steep mountain road marks the beginning of rebel territory in this remote corner of northern Iraq.The fighters based here, Kurdish militants fighting Turkey, fly their own flag, and despite urgent international calls to curb them, they operate freely, receiving supplies in beat-up pickup trucks less than 10 miles from a government checkpoint.
"Our condition is good," said one fighter, putting a heaping spoonful of sugar into his steaming tea. "How about yours?"
The rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, is at the center of a crisis between Turkey and Iraq that began when the group's fighters killed 12 Turkish soldiers Oct. 21, prompting Turkey, a NATO member, to threaten an incursion.
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