>From: David Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Cuba SI] Turkey probes bombing of kurds in Iraq > > Turkey probes bombing of kurds in Iraq > >ANKARA, Aug 19 (South News) - Turkey admitted Friday that it had launched >an operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and said it was >investigating claims that civilians were killed in an air strike. > >"Turkey carries out operations in northern Iraq from time to time", a >spokesman for the Turkish foreign ministry, Huseyin Dirioz. Dirioz >said such military operations started only after measures were taken to >prevent any harm to civilians in the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) enclave >but he did not specify the nature of Tuesday's operation by Turkey. > >The Turkish reaction came in reponse to the release of names of those >killed in an air raid by alleged "Turkish planes" on shepherds in the >mountainous area in northern Iraq, which also left dozens injured. > >The Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Politika, close to the PKK, said on Thursday 32 >civilians had been killed in the attack and the wounded had been taken to >an Iraqi hospital in the regional capital Arbil where they were undergoing >treatment. > >In breaking news late Thursday the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which >controls part of northern Iraq, said in a statement faxed to Cairo, that a >" Turkish air strike" had left 38 civilians killed, 11 injured and four >missing. But the Iraqi Communist party (ICP) on Friday put the toll of the >air raid at 41 civilians, mostly women and children and 57 injured >according a statement obtained by a AFP journalist in Dubai. > >The ICP statement said, " Turkish planes perpetrated a new massacre against >the inhabitants of the villages of Lulan and Khazina in the northeast >province of Arbil Tuesday, August 15 at about 4:00 p.m. and dropped 12 bombs >which lasted about 40 minutes". > >A "pair of warplanes" which used "napalm and cauldron bombs" bombed in an >area of mountainous pastureland and "most of the dead and injured were >defenceless women and children". > >"Stock animals belonging to the villages also perished in the attack" said >the ICP statement which also asserted that reconnaissance flights had taken >place before the bombing occurred. > >The Turkish army believes hundreds of PKK rebels have crossed into northern >Iraq after the rebel organisation said last September that it would stop >fighting against Ankara and withdraw from the territory to seek a peaceful >resolution to the conflict. But local PKK sources stated that there were no >"People's Defense Units" present at the bombed location. > >A statement from the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) entitled "Turkish >Army Massacre In South Kurdistan" released Thursday denounced he action as >"a crime against humanity" and of the Turkish government real attitude >"towards the Kurds and peace, at a time when the Kurds have extended the >hand of peace". > >"We vehemently condemn and denounce the Turkish government following this >barbaric and inhuman act. This is a major, most serious incident and we >take this opportunity to call firstly on the Kurdish political parties, >associations, organisations, and all our people to be aware, and also on >world public opinion not to remain a passive spectator to this incident, >but to express condemnation". > >Turkey's military frequently mounts operations against PKK rebel camps >inside northern Iraq, a region which has been outside the control of the >Baghdad government since the end of the Gulf War in 1991. Some 36,500 >people have been killed in clashes between Turkish troops and the PKK since >1984, when the rebels took up arms for Kurdish self-rule in southeast >Turkey. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------<e|- >Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: >http://click.egroups.com/1/8014/0/_/30563/_/966741348/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------|e>- > >Cuba SI - Imperialism NO! >Information and discussion about Cuba. >Socialism or death! Patria o muerte! Venceremos! >http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Change Delivery Options: http://www.egroups.com/mygroups > > > > _______________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________
