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2006-07-26 Iraq

U.S. wants to deal "aggressively" with Kurdish PKK

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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The problem is that the Kurds are frustrated that the US accepts Turkey's right to brutalize the Kurdish population and, in fact, has armed Turkey for many decades for this purpose. There is also a great frustration with the fact that there is no political avenue open for the Kurdish people. Democracy is strictly a cosmetic.

Ever since December, 2004, when the EU agreed to open accession negotiations, arbitrary detentions, torture, extrajudicial murders and impunity of security forces have been on the increase. Add to that the fact that there have been serious allegations of TSK use of chemical weapons against the gerîlas on several occasions this year, one of which included the discovery of a mass grave of gerîlas killed in 2003. This is the last straw which caused an uprising in March.

90% of the population of Amed (Diyarbakir) supports PKK. I would estimate that in other areas the percentage of support is higher. This means that out of a population of 20 million, Turkey and the US will have to get rid of some 18 million Kurds in order to get rid of PKK.

Kurds have nothing else to lose. It's very unfortunate from my side of it, but brutality and slavery is not acceptable.

Posted by Azad 2006-07-26 13:54|| 2006-07-26 13:54|| Front Page Top

#2 "90% of the population of Amed (Diyarbakir) supports PKK. I would estimate that in other areas the percentage of support is higher."

Backing a very ugly movement.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-07-26 22:33|| 2006-07-26 22:33|| Front Page Top

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