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| The Grand Turk | |
| Kurdish Leader Hopeful for Turkey Peace Deal Within 5 Months | |
| 2014-12-01 | |
[AnNahar] The tossed in the calabooseKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! leader of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Sunday he was hopeful the grinding of the peace processor with the authorities would be concluded successfully within five months with enough determination.
"He (Ocalan) discussed it with the state officials in detail and they agreed that there is a framework on which negotiations could be carried out," the statement said. "If the parties execute the process in a consistent, responsible and determined manner, a major democratic solution that could determine the future of the whole Middle East could be reached within 4-5 months." Ocalan however did not specify any solid plans or expectations from the Turkish government in return, but said "the framework will soon be unveiled." The PKK, whose rebellion for self-rule left 40,000 dead, had given the government until mid-October to show it is serious about the grinding of the peace processor. But Ankara has yet to come up with a comprehensive road map. The grinding of the peace processor had appeared to be making progress, until the standoff over the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane besieged by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) jihadists. Kurds have been infuriated by the lack of action by Turkey against IS. In a new upsurge of violence, the Turkish army on Saturday confirmed the jihadists had staged an attack at the Mursitpinar border close to Kobane. But the army vehemently denied allegations by pro-Kurdish media that the car involved in the strike had come from Turkish territory. The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Sunday put down a parliamentary question to the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, asking for an investigation on whether the attack had been staged from Turkey. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Ocalan is somewhat of a cult figure for the Turkish Kurds. And he has recently turned away from the old communist rhetoric toward capitalist ways of working in light of Iraqi Kurdistan's success, and his stint in prison with plenty of time alone to think. Problem is that the Turks under Erdogan are especially untrustworthy (As opposed to their normal backstabbing genocidal ways). So the Kurds do have their work cut out for them. The Turks should jump at this if they were even half way rations -- its a way to prevent a civil war they will not lose but cannot win (and thus both sides will eventually lose, the Turks losing more). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-01 06:34 |