ANKARA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Kurdish guerrillas could strike Turkish oil pipelines if Turkish troops attack them, a pro-rebel news agency quoted one of their leaders as saying on Friday.

"We have no specific policy regarding pipelines but we are currently waging a defensive war... Since pipelines that cross Kurdistan provide the economic resources for the Turkish army's aggression, it is possible that the guerrillas target them," the Firat news agency quoted Murat Karayilan as saying.

Turkey's parliament authorised Turkish troops on Wednesday to conduct cross-border operations into northern Iraq to crush rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) hiding in the mountains there.

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