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Turkish General: Many NATO Members Supporting PKK
"Who feeds terrorist groups? Who's behind them? That's what we need to look at," said Yasar Buyukanit, Turkey's military chief. Yasar Buyukanit, Chief of the Turkish General Staff, has accused Europe of not doing enough to prevent sympathizers from providing aid to the PKK. In an article published in the latest edition of the technically specialized defense and aerospace magazine, Savunma ve Havacýlýk, General Buyukanýt once more touched upon the issue of PKK presence in northern Iraq.Buyukanýt, in the article, emphasized that the PKK had been receiving support from Europe and that certain parliaments in the European countries as well as the European Parliament have held conferences which have been encouraging for the PKK. "What is saddening is the fact that majority of these countries are at the same time members of NATO, which states that terrorism is the biggest threat it faces," Buyukanýt said. There is growing impatience in Turkey over how to deal with the PKK terrorism. The United States opposes Turkish military action against the PKK bases in Iraq, fearing it would complicate U.S. efforts to restore stability there. The US President and many other high-ranked people promised to remove the PKK camps from Iraqi territories after the Iraq War, yet no concrete step has been taken since then. The PKK uses Iraq to attack Turkish territories. Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-24 |
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