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Iraq
Turkish PM urges Iraq to shut PKK camps
2007-10-20
ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Baghdad on Friday to shut down camps run by separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and to hand over guerrilla leaders. “What will satisfy us is the closure of all PKK (rebel) camps, including their training facilities, and the handover of the terrorist leaders to us,” Erdogan told reporters after attending Friday prayers at an Istanbul mosque.

Some 3,000 rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), including its leaders, are believed to be hiding in mainly Kurdish northern Iraq. Erdogan is under heavy public pressure to act against the PKK after a series of deadly attacks on Turkish troops.

The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency quoted one of Turkey’s most wanted rebel commanders on Friday as saying the PKK could target oil pipelines if Turkish forces attacked them in Iraq. “Since pipelines that cross Kurdistan provide the economic resources for the Turkish army’s aggression, it is possible the guerrillas target them,” Firat quoted Murat Karayilan saying.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  SHut downh? Nope. Scale way back? Yep. HAnd over? Nope. Hed to Iran instead? Yep. Cross the border in force? Lose your oil transport in Turkey.

You had the chance for the "Easy Button" when we invaded - you could have allowed us in and done the "Security" in those border areas across Norther Iraq. You chose not to, so now you pay the price. Just like we paid a price for ignoring terrs in the 90's.

Turkey needs to realize its timeot pay the bill for theri inaction. The only thing they can choose is how much of their blood gets shed.
Posted by: OldSpook   2007-10-20 11:32  

#3  Erdogan doesn't know whether he wants to be the successor to the last sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, or the last Grand Vezir. But one thing is certain, this man wants to destroy the secular edifice that Kemal Ataturk painstakingly created out of the ashes of empire.


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Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Shins1195   2007-10-20 09:43  

#2  "Kurdish fighters who wont see the big picture should be reigned in east."
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-10-20 09:33  

#1  Kurds of Iraq, need to close down the camps or redirect purpose by negotiating some simple awareness into their political cousins.

Iraq Kurdish "stan" is young, needs far more time to mature, Kurds should all understand that time is wasted in occupation, Turkey could change all Kurd positive dynamics by invading.

Kurdish fighters who wont see the big picture should be reigned in.
Posted by: Spiny Gl 2511   2007-10-20 07:14  

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