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  Posted by: zanshin, 2007-08-07 04:47

KGI Kurdistan

Kurdistan is framed by Iran, Iraq, Turkey and as fourth party at the table, the United States



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2007-12-16 "A woman was martyred and five people were heavily wounded" in the village of Leejuwa near the Qandil mountains.
The village was badly damaged in the bombing and two school buildings were destroyed.
"There are no losses on the guerrilla side."
-- Ferman Garzan, Democratic Communities of Kurdistan (KCK) spokesman, as quoted on its Internet site
2007-12-16 "Last night, the Turkish armed forces carried out a comprehensive air strike against targets of the terrorist organisation in northern Iraq. I am satisfied to say that, according to our preliminary evaluations, the operation, undertaken under night conditions, was successful."
-- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, in a televised speech
2007-12-16 Turkish warplanes bombed suspected PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) bases in the "regions of Zap, Hakurk and Avasin as well as the Qandil mountains" in northern Iraq.
2007-12-11 Turkey's military accused some NATO allies of helping members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) find “living space,” in reference to recent conferences held in Brussels, Paris and London where PKK members were present.
2007-12-01 Turkish helicopters pounded suspected PKK bases in Nothern Iraq.
2007-11-13 Turkish helicopters swooped into Iraqi territory firing on abandoned villages northeast of Zakhu, an Iraqi Kurd town near the border with Turkey.
The helicopter raids were directed at suspected hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK.

A spokesman for the Iraqi Kurd regional administration, Jamal Abdullah, denied the helicopter attack report but said two Turkish warplanes dropped flares Monday in the mountains near the Iraqi town of Zakhu.
2007-11-06 Ali Ekberi, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard who was captured during an encounter between PJAK forces and the Iranian army, was handed over to Red Cross officials at mount Kandil.

He had been in PJAK's custody for two months.
2007-11-05 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington.
2007-10-29 In Germany, stones and bottles began flying as Turkish ultra-nationalists surrounded a Kurdish cultural center in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
2007-10-28 "Our patience has come to an end.
Turkey can use different tools for fighting the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, including diplomacy, economic and military means as a last resort.
All options are on the table."
-- Ali Babacan, Turkey's Foreign Minister, in Tehran following talks with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki



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Iran,   Iraq,   Kurdistan,   Kurds,   military,   Nuri al-Maliki,   PKK,   Recep Tayyip Erdogan,   Terrorism,   Turkey,   USA,  




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