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CShine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 01:17 PM
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Kurds move to end Turkish truce
The Kurdish paramilitary group Kongra-Gel - once known as the PKK - has declared that its five-year unilateral ceasefire will end in three days' time. The PKK declared a ceasefire in 1999 following the capture of its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, by the Turkish security forces.

For 15 years the PKK fought the Turkish state in a conflict which claimed more than 30,000 lives. Its successor has now said it will target Turkish security forces again.

The statement by Kongra-Gel (Kurdistan People's Congress) came through a channel often used by the PKK, the Mesopotamian News Agency. It said that the ceasefire had become meaningless following what it called annihilation operations carried out against its fighters over the past few months.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3760285.stm
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 02:29 PM
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1. Uh oh. Here comes the problems regarding the Turkish Kurds that
everyone spoke about before the invasion. Not a good thing. Turkey will not stop at the Iraqi borders if they have to go after Kurdish freedom fighters. Then what?
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