| Submit your comments on this article |
| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey vows to annihilate PKK militants |
| 2010-06-20 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] The Turkish premier vows to annihilate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as the military takes the militants under retaliatory strikes. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "Our fight will continue until the terrorist organization has been annihilated," Reuters reported on Saturday. The group launched its armed campaign against Ankara in 1984, as part of a quest to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey. More than 40,000 people have lost their lives ever since. The Turkish military said on Saturday that it had lost eight soldiers in a PKK attack in the country's restive southeast near the border with Iraq, adding that two others had been killed in a subsequent landmine blast, reported DPA. Twelve of the gunmen had also died in face-off with the Turkish soldiers. Reuters cited a statement published on the Turkish military's General Staff's website as saying that, responding to the assault, "the Air Force struck targets identified in the northern region of Iraq," which is the hideout for several thousands of the gunmen. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, including Iran, the United States and the European Union member states. This month, they resumed their assaults, calling off a unilateral ceasefire. The resurgence has prompted the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader, Devlet Bahceli to call for a National Security Council meeting and re-introduction of a state of emergency in southeast Turkey. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Turks are going to be sooo surprised. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-06-20 10:04 |
| #1 If that's the case then quit whining about Gaza! Pot, Kettle and all that jazz. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-06-20 03:26 |