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| Turkish General: Many NATO Members Supporting PKK |
| 2007-05-24 |
| "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 |
| #5 Boston-Irish funded the IRA. I have no doubt German Kurds are funding the PKK. Turkey should consider sanctions or bombing Germany, perhaps security council sanctions. They have the right. If they think that would be against their best interests perhaps they should shut the f up. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-05-24 16:51 |
| #4 I'd be willing to bet that Iran has their fingers in the PKK mess far more than most European nations. Don't look for grand conspiracies when the simplest and easiest solution stares you in the face. Iran wants to destabilize the entire muddled east, so they can gain as much clout as possible even before they go nuke. Frankly, a few "work accidents" aren't enough - Iran needs to suddenly develop some HUGE US-inflicted bootprints across their military, nuclear, and import/export infrastructures. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-05-24 14:59 |
| #3 "Who feeds terrorist groups? Who's behind them?" The Kurds you're opressing in Turkey? My sympathy meter's broken till the Turks lose as many troops to the Kurds as we've lost in Iraq. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-05-24 11:40 |
| #2 I wish we were that ruthless. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-05-24 06:42 |
| #1 Baloney! PKK gets a cut of those not so secret tanker truck oil trade with Turkey. And I seem to remember 30 troop laden US military vessels being stuck in the Mediterrean, as our nominal NATO "ally" denied a Northern Front against the Saddam dictatorship. |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-05-24 05:59 |