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Europe

U.S. Supports Turkish Operations Against PKK

2005-07-19

The United States was said to have supported Turkey's military operations against the Kurdish insurgency. Turkey's media have quoted members of the Bush administration as encouraging Ankara's current offensive against the Kurdish Workers Party along the border with Iraq. But the U.S. officials did not endorse a Turkish incursion in northern Iraq, where PKK bases were located. The semi-official Anatolia news agency reported that the United States has supported Ankara's drive against the PKK within Turkish territory. A U.S. official was reported as saying that the PKK was a terrorist group. "In the current situation Turkey has the right to take measures to prevent itself from being subjected to a terror campaign," the U.S. official was quoted as saying. "And we have no objection on that."

Posted by:Fred

#7 The PKK is a murderous band of Marxist thugs who all but worship Abdullah Occalan and live like it's Year 0 in addition to their penchant for suicide bombings. To conflate them with our Kurdish PUK and KDP allies (the former of which has periodically fought the PKK) would be a definite mistake.

Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-07-19 09:50

#6 the pkk is a terrorist organization - I don't think anyone would disagree. And they will need to be dealt with in both Turkey and Iraq. But ditto what .com said.

Posted by: 2b 2005-07-19 09:25

#5 Turkey get the shaft from EU, in slides US.
There must be a buck to be had here.

Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-19 09:20

#4 For those with short-term memory loss, a PKK suicide bomber just blew up in a Turkish resort town full of British tourists over the weekend. I suspect we're doing more than just the minimum this week on the subject of the freakazoid Marxist personality-cult in question. Or maybe not. Whoops.

Posted by: Mitch H. 2005-07-19 06:54

#3 Pretty words of diplomats. What this actually says is that the US told Turkey that they better not chase the PKK into Iraq unless they want to deal with us.

Posted by: 2b 2005-07-19 04:52

#2 The Kurdish insurgency??? where?

Posted by: Rafael 2005-07-19 01:09

#1 And if you were an ally, well then, just think how helpful we could be. But, alas, that's water under the bridge, eh? Stick you nose out an we'll send it back - in a bag. Otherwise, have a nice day!

Posted by: .com 2005-07-19 00:58

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