A high level source in the
Kurdistan Regional Government told the Kurdistan Observer that President
Barzani in his recent meeting with the US special envoy General Joseph
Ralston did not give a green light for Turkey to conduct any military
operations inside Southern Kurdistan. Mr. Barzani stated that he is against
a military solution.
Barzani: "We are not part of the Sunni-Shiite confrontation. We will not
abandon Kirkuk and we will not accept the agenda of Turkey. Iran doesn't
interfere in Kurdistan-Iraq, the interests of Syrians have changed."
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A land mine exploded on a road in Northern Kurdistan on Friday, killing
three Turkish soldiers and injuring two others in a military vehicle,
officials said. The blast occurred during a military offensive by the
terrorist state of Turkey against PKK fighters, reported AP yesterday.
Speaking in Newroz celebrations in Amed, Leyla Zana said: "The Kurds have
three comrades. All of them are very precious. They occupy a significant
space in Kurdish hearts," and continued: "First of these is Mam Jalal , the
president of Iraq. He is a Kurdish leader and a believer in brotherhood, he
accepts all of us. The second one is Mam Massoud, the leader of the
Kurdistan region. The third one is the one you call the guide, the leader:
he is the will of the Kurdish people as we all know in our hearts, Ocalan.
All three are our pride, ears, hearts and brains. They are etched in our
hearts."
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Mar
20,
2007
News Snapshot
The terrorist state of Turkey sentenced Metin Tekche, mayor of Hakkari
in Northern Kurdistan to seven years in prison for declaring to Turkish
Turkey that "I am not Turkish. I am Kurdish, I am proud of being Kurdish. I
will die for the Kurdish question if I have to." Last
week, Turkish police gangsters arrested numerous DTP members after raids on
party offices across Northern Kurdistan and Turkey that allegedly
uncovered illegal booklets and publications of the PKK.
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Speaking to the Turkish daily Yeni Shafagh, Henry Kissinger rejected
allegations of a U.S. attack on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in
Southern Kurdistan and said;" We don't want to make new enemies."
The Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph Ralston told AP that PKK fighters
have held a cease-fire since October that was arranged by Massoud Barzani
after a discussion with Ralston. "We would prefer the PKK announce they are
laying down their arms and renouncing violence," Ralston said. "But on the
good news side, to my knowledge there have not been major incidents since
that time."
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The Ethnic State of Turkey has arrested tens of Kurdish people throughout
Northern Kurdistan, including many leaders of DTP Kurdish party ahead of
Kurdish new year Newroz
According to a BBC report,
Turkish Turkey has handed the DTP leader a six month sentence for simply
referring to the PKK leader as "Mr." Ocalan, adding to his eighteen month
sentence for distributing political material in Kurdish rather than Turkish.
So, Mr. John McCain,
tell us: are these good examples of your abhorrent defense of Turkey as one
of the real Middle East democracies? No, this shows that the ethnic state of
Turkey is uncivilized, now panicking because it realizes that the occupation
of Northern Kurdistan will come to an end sooner or later.
Former Turkish President Kenan Evren, who led a 1980 military coup, is under
investigation by the generals for calling for the decentralization of power
in Turkey and giving provinces more independence, state news agency
Anatolian reported March 2. Evren dismissed fears that Turkish Kurds would
declare independence and said Turkey should accept the reality of an
independent of Southern Kurdistan.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who
collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration after suffering lung and sinus
infections, will leave the hospital soon, his doctor said Wednesday,
although he did not give an exact date.
