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Tuesday March 11, 10:50 AM Kurdish forces mobilise to counter feared Turkish incursion: commander Kurdish fighters in the Dahuk region near the Turkish border returned to their base at the weekend to prepare to counter a feared Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, the Kurdish commander in the region said. All the fighters "returned to their base this weekend from all across the Dahuk region," of Iraqi Kurdistan, General Babaker Zebari, the head of the Kurdish forces in the region, told AFP. "In fact, they are there (to act against) Iraq. But as the Turks have moved to the border, we are also ready for that," he said, referring to movements of hundreds of Turkish military vehicles toward the Iraqi border in recent days. He said the large-scale Turkish deployments constitute "a threat" and "if the Turks are looking for problems, they must take responsibility." "We will strike them as soon as they arrive. We only have RPGs (hand-held rocket launchers) against their tanks. We will perhaps be unable to hold the front, but we can stage guerrilla attacks," the general said. The Kurdistan Democratic Party, which shares control of northern Iraq with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), fears Turkey will exploit the US-led war on Iraq to move into the region, and has been concerned by reports already of Turkish troop, vehicle and equipment movements on the Turkish side. Ankara is worried that a war may encourage Iraq's Kurds to break away completely and set up an independent state, offering a rallying point for Turkey's own restive Kurdish population just across the border. The Iraqi Kurds fear that Washington may be prepared to allow Turkey more leeway in the region in return for using Turkish bases in the long-threatened attack on Baghdad. KDP chief Massoud Barzani warned Saturday of "serious consequences" if Turkish troops moved in and said he hoped the Kurds would not be "betrayed" by Washington. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
