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Barzani Black Listed by Turkish Military Junta
Source: Hurriyet (Turkish daily newspaper) Aug 16, 2002 Turkey suspended relations with Masoud Barzani, the leader of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (IKDP). Especially, Turkish Armed Forces is very uneasy about Barzani. The biggest problem results from Barzani's support to the terrorist organization PKK in Northern Iraq despite all the warnings. Barzani, who provides logistic support to PKK, is in the black list of Turkish Armed Forces. The embargo that Turkey imposed on Barzani was reflected in the U.S. press. Turkey's including Barzani in the black list caused difficulties for the meeting of Iraqi opposition groups in the United States. New York Times daily wrote that Bush administration was hit severely as Barzani could not go to the United States for the meeting.
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