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| Turkey sees Syria as PKK supporter... |
| 2003-02-01 |
| Despite a rapproachment over the last three years, Turkey's military and intelligence community continues to regard Syria as a supporter of insurgency activities against Ankara. A report by Turkey's intelligence community submitted to the National Security Council asserts that Syria has not ended support for the Kurdish Workers Party. The report, submitted to the council last week, said Damascus, despite pledges from the regime of President Bashar Assad, continues to harbor and support the PKK. Sounds kinda like Perv and the Pak jihadis, doesn't it? It was the first time Turkey's intelligence community cited Syria as a supporter of Kurdish insurgency activities since Ankara and Damascus accelerated security and military cooperation over the last year. The cooperation was based on the exchange of intelligence, joint training and increased control of the Syrian-Turkish border. I wonder if this is the start to the set-up for Round Two... In 1998, Turkey massed troops along its border with Syria amid a demand that Damascus expel PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Weeks later, Ocalan quietly left Damascus and was captured by Turkish forces. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |