Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7069109.stm
The largest dam in Iraq is at risk of an imminent collapse that could unleash a 20m (65ft) wave of water on Mosul, a city of 1.7m people, the US has warned.
In May, the US told Iraqi authorities to make Mosul Dam a national priority, as a catastrophic failure would result in a "significant loss of life".
However, a $27m (£13m) US-funded reconstruction project to help shore up the dam has made little or no progress.
Iraq says it is reducing the risk and insists there is no cause for alarm.
However, a US watchdog said reconstruction of the dam had been plagued by mismanagement and potential fraud.
In a report published on Tuesday, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) said US-funded "short-term solutions" had yet to significantly solve the dam's problems.
SIGIR found multiple failures in several of the 21 contracts awarded to repair the dam.
Among the faults were faulty construction and delivery of improper parts, as well as projects which were not completed despite full payments having been made.
'Fundamentally flawed'
The dam has been a problem for Iraqi engineers since it was constructed in 1984.
It was built on water-soluble gypsum, which caused seepage within months of its completion and led investigators to describe the site as "fundamentally flawed".
In September 2006, the US Army Corps of Engineers determined that the dam, 45 miles upstream of Mosul on the River Tigris, presented an unacceptable risk.
"In terms of internal erosion potential of the foundation, Mosul Dam is the most dangerous dam in the world," the corps warned, according to the SIGIR report. "If a small problem [at] Mosul Dam occurs, failure is likely."
A catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam would result in flooding along the Tigris River all the way to Baghdad US letter to Iraqi government.
The corps later told US commanders to move their equipment away from the Tigris flood plain near Mosul because of the dam's instability.
The top US military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, and US ambassador Ryan Crocker then wrote to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki urging him to make fixing the dam a "national priority".
"A catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam would result in flooding along the Tigris River all the way to Baghdad" the letter on 3 May warned.
"Assuming a worst-case scenario, an instantaneous failure of Mosul Dam filled to its maximum operating level could result in a flood wave 20m deep at the city of Mosul, which would result in a significant loss of life and property."
If that were to happen some have predicted that as many as 500,000 people could be killed.
Alarm bells
Iraqi authorities, however, say they are taking steps to reduce the risk and they do not believe there is cause for alarm.
The Iraqi Minister for Water Resources, Latif Rashid, told the BBC that a number of steps were being taken to tackle the problem, including a reduction in water levels in the reservoir and a round-the-clock operation to pump grouting into the dam's foundations.
Work would also begin next year on a longer-term plan to make the foundations safe by encasing them in a concrete curtain, he added.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says the debate over the dam has gone on largely behind the scenes so as not to cause public panic or attract the interest of insurgents.
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Below is an interesting comment made about the dam on Juan Cole's blog:
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On the dam. There was a report made in 1951 by British engineers proposing various sites for dams on the Tigris and the Euphrates. It is fairly widely available in academic libraries, though not on the internet.
When the dams were built under Saddam in the 1980s, other sites were chosen. Although I do not remember what was said about the Mosul dam, the site of the Haditha dam was definitely advised against. So I suppose that is another dam in danger.
However, there is a factor that may not have been taken into account by the US engineers in preparing their assessment of danger, and that is the rate of alluviation. The waters of both the Tigris and the Euphrates carry large amounts of alluvium, washed off the Turkish mountains, and which settles on the bottom when the water is stopped by a dam.
At Samarra, the dam was finished in 1954. When I first went to Samarra in 1977, there was an open lake behind the dam. Now there is only dry land and a river channel. The Mosul dam has been in use for half that time. I suspect there is much less water behind the dam than supposed, and thus less danger, but we have not seen the detailed report. I am only speculating here.
There are other factors; the alluvium might be trapped by the Turkish dams upstream, and they will have the problem in the future. Though it might be a reason the Iraqi engineers are less worried than the US. It depends on how you make the calculations.
Nevertheless, this is a problem typical of an occupation that declares itself not an occupation. The Iraqi government is effectively prevented from acting, and then the occupiers say "not us", fault of the Iraqi government.
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mercredi 31 octobre 2007
MILITARISM IN THE KURDISH DIASPORA
SPIEGEL ONLINE - October 30, 2007, 04:13 PM URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,514379,00.html
MILITARISM IN THE KURDISH DIASPORA
PKK Circumverts Ban in Germany
By Yassin Musharbash in Berlin
Excerpt:
The ongoing tension between Turkey and the Kurdish separatist group the PKK has been making headlines in recent weeks as fears grow of a Turkish invasion into northern Iraq. The conflict even appears to have spread to Germany as an anti-PKK demonstration in Berlin degenerated into violence on Sunday afternoon.
Now a German politician has questioned the effectiveness of the supposed ban on the PKK in Germany. "There is effectively no prohibition of the PKK in Germany," Cem Özdemir, a Green Party member of the European Parliament, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "It is openly known that the PKK agitates and recruits in Germany. What's the use of such a ban?" The politician, who is of Turkish origin, wonders "whether security forces are, for some reason, deliberately turning a blind eye."
It was almost exactly 14 years ago -- on November 26, 1993 -- that the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was prohibited in Germany. But in the minds of Özdemir and many others, not much has changed since then. Even the authorities that Özdemir is attacking tend to agree.
MILITARISM IN THE KURDISH DIASPORA
PKK Circumverts Ban in Germany
By Yassin Musharbash in Berlin
Excerpt:
The ongoing tension between Turkey and the Kurdish separatist group the PKK has been making headlines in recent weeks as fears grow of a Turkish invasion into northern Iraq. The conflict even appears to have spread to Germany as an anti-PKK demonstration in Berlin degenerated into violence on Sunday afternoon.
Now a German politician has questioned the effectiveness of the supposed ban on the PKK in Germany. "There is effectively no prohibition of the PKK in Germany," Cem Özdemir, a Green Party member of the European Parliament, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "It is openly known that the PKK agitates and recruits in Germany. What's the use of such a ban?" The politician, who is of Turkish origin, wonders "whether security forces are, for some reason, deliberately turning a blind eye."
It was almost exactly 14 years ago -- on November 26, 1993 -- that the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was prohibited in Germany. But in the minds of Özdemir and many others, not much has changed since then. Even the authorities that Özdemir is attacking tend to agree.
lundi 29 octobre 2007
UPDATE: BBC News Online has corrected its article
Gabriele Zamparini, The Cat's Dream writes:
(Excerpt)
Action Alert: BBC’s fairy tales, genocide denial and how to win the lottery!
UPDATE: BBC News Online has corrected its article [See Action Alert below]
October 29, 2007
The original paragraph read:"That contrasts starkly with the 100,000 or so civilians dead, four million refugees inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn."
The new paragraph now reads:"That contrasts starkly with the several hundred thousand dead and injured Iraqis, four million refugees inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn."
While I welcome the improvement, this is NOT enough. The BBC News article still doesn't mention the relevant studies on the subject, namely the ORB poll and the Lancet's. Please, keep writing the BBC to the email addresses below.
Please see the Cat's blog
(Excerpt)
Action Alert: BBC’s fairy tales, genocide denial and how to win the lottery!
UPDATE: BBC News Online has corrected its article [See Action Alert below]
October 29, 2007
The original paragraph read:"That contrasts starkly with the 100,000 or so civilians dead, four million refugees inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn."
The new paragraph now reads:"That contrasts starkly with the several hundred thousand dead and injured Iraqis, four million refugees inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn."
While I welcome the improvement, this is NOT enough. The BBC News article still doesn't mention the relevant studies on the subject, namely the ORB poll and the Lancet's. Please, keep writing the BBC to the email addresses below.
Please see the Cat's blog
A Must Watch Award-Winning Documentary: Taxi to the Dark Side
The film documents how Rumsfeld, together with the White House legal team, were able to convince Congress to approve the use of torture against prisoners of war.
Taxi to the Dark Side is the definitive exploration of the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18635.htm
Taxi to the Dark Side is the definitive exploration of the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18635.htm
Büyük Türk Milletin Cumhuriyet Bayramı kutlu olsun
Bugün Cumhuriyetin kuruluşunun 84. yıldönümü. Özellikle son zamanlarda yaşanan olaylar kimimizi umutsuzluğa düşürsede Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Atatürk´ün çocukları olan bizler yaşadığı sürece ilelebet yaşayacaktır. Bundan kimsenin hiçbir şüphesi olmasın. Bu önemli günde sizlere 2 şeyi yeniden yaşatmak istedik. Birincisi Atatürk´ün yani Cumhuriyet´in mimarının ve kurucusunun 10. Yıl Nutku, ikincisi ise TRT tarafından çekimleri yapılan ´CUMHURİYET´ filmi.
Cumhuriyet filminin
1. bölümünü sizler için bugün yayına solacağız. İkinci bölüm ise yarın yayına girecek. Amacımız ise özellikle genç kuşağın Türkiye Cumhuriyeti´nin kuruluş öyküsünü görsel olarak sıkılmadan izleyebilmesi. Tüm Türk Halkının Cumhuriyet Bayramı kutlu olsun..
http://www.belturk.be/go.php?go=31c149e&do=details&return=last_news&pg=1
Cumhuriyet filminin
1. bölümünü sizler için bugün yayına solacağız. İkinci bölüm ise yarın yayına girecek. Amacımız ise özellikle genç kuşağın Türkiye Cumhuriyeti´nin kuruluş öyküsünü görsel olarak sıkılmadan izleyebilmesi. Tüm Türk Halkının Cumhuriyet Bayramı kutlu olsun..
http://www.belturk.be/go.php?go=31c149e&do=details&return=last_news&pg=1
Photos of PKK terrorist group's headquarters in Kerkuk
Although PKK spokesman told Radio SAWA:“We do not have any offices in the Iraq cities, and we said that before.
We heard that Turkey and Iraq met and agreed to close PKK offices in Iraq, we do not know what they meant by this Agreement.”
We heard that Turkey and Iraq met and agreed to close PKK offices in Iraq, we do not know what they meant by this Agreement.”
The Turkmen Party (Turkmeneli) published images of the PKK headquarters in Kerkuk [their flag in the image above] where PKK Radio station (Radio Walat) is also situated [more images here], about one kilometre from the American and British consulates.
Misinformation continues on the BBC news website
The BBC continues to shamefully underestimate the number of Iraqi deaths due to the US-UK illegal and criminal war and occupation see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7064475.stm
It mentions “100.000 or so” Iraqi civilians dead, while the number of Iraqi deaths due to the illegal and criminal anglo-saxon war is estimated at minimum 1.096.367.
See: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Gabriele Zamparini has written to the BBC on this subject:
From: The Cat's Dream info@thecatsdream.com
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007
To: John.Ware@bbc.co.uk
Cc: Media Lens editor editor@medialens.org
Subject: 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003
Dear John Ware,
In No plan, no peace in Iraq, you write:
That contrasts starkly with the 100,000 or so civilians dead, four million refuges inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7064475.stm
May I ask you where you got that figure, “100,000 or so”?
A recent Opinion Research Business (ORB) study suggests a total of 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age).
http://www.opinion.co.uk/Newsroom_details.aspx?NewsId=78
The results of this ORB poll are consistent with the results of a study published last year in the British medical journal the Lancet. That study estimated 655,000 excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war.
Please, will you correct your article on the BBC News website and make sure to give your readers/viewers the correct information in the future?
Thank you for your time
Sincerely,
Gabriele Zamparini
London
---------------------------------------------------
Also see Gabriele Zamparini's Action Alert:-
Monday, October 29, 2007
Action Alert: BBC’s fairy tales, genocide denial and how to win the lottery!
"England’s always gotten credit for having invented hypocrisy" once said Gore Vidal. Nobody knows better than the BBC whose News website presents its readers with a masterpiece of this fine art:
How did the US come to invade Iraq with no post-war plan for governing Iraq - and how much did Tony Blair know of the matter?
John Ware reports in the first of two articles linked to a new TV series. A frequent Media Lens Message Board’s contributor, John Hilley, made this excellent comment that encapsulates the BBC’s fairy tale:
One for the gallery.
A classic illustration of the 'good warmonger - bad warmonger' BBC version of Iraq, replete with Ware's feigned gravitas and a cast of self-serving denialists (ie, Powell's ex aide, Colonel Larry Wilkinson, Sir Christopher Meyer et al) lining up to denounce 'the crazies' and telling of their stern warnings about the 'problems of occupation'.
A model example of liberal revisionist propaganda posing as cutting-edge reportage. BBC’s John Ware writes:
“That contrasts starkly with the 100,000 or so civilians dead, four million refugees inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn.”
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) must of course deny the Iraqi genocide the British government is co-responsible for. This genocide denial business is really a piece of cake for the BBC (among others) can safely rely on the meticulous count of the British Iraq Body Count. The reality must be suppressed and the readers-viewers-voters-taxpayers are presented with all the news that’s fit to print, which do not include:- a recent Opinion Research Business (ORB) study suggesting a total of 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age).- the studies conducted by the world leaders in the field of epidemiology and published last year as peer-reviewed scientific papers in the world's leading medical journal, the Lancet; [link PDF]-
Please, see also:
1) IRAQ BODY COUNT: “A VERY MISLEADING EXERCISE” by MediaLens
2) Iraq: Genocide by all definition by Gideon Polya
3) US Genocide in Iraq by Ian Douglas
4) None Dare Call It Genocide by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
5) and my two latest blogs:- Iraq is still the issue - Part 1: Waiting for the partition- Iraq is still the issue - Part 2: Amerika’s New Iraq - The Quiz
Please see:
http://thecatsdream.com/blog/
It mentions “100.000 or so” Iraqi civilians dead, while the number of Iraqi deaths due to the illegal and criminal anglo-saxon war is estimated at minimum 1.096.367.
See: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
-------------------------------------------------------------
Gabriele Zamparini has written to the BBC on this subject:
From: The Cat's Dream info@thecatsdream.com
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007
To: John.Ware@bbc.co.uk
Cc: Media Lens editor editor@medialens.org
Subject: 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003
Dear John Ware,
In No plan, no peace in Iraq, you write:
That contrasts starkly with the 100,000 or so civilians dead, four million refuges inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7064475.stm
May I ask you where you got that figure, “100,000 or so”?
A recent Opinion Research Business (ORB) study suggests a total of 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age).
http://www.opinion.co.uk/Newsroom_details.aspx?NewsId=78
The results of this ORB poll are consistent with the results of a study published last year in the British medical journal the Lancet. That study estimated 655,000 excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war.
Please, will you correct your article on the BBC News website and make sure to give your readers/viewers the correct information in the future?
Thank you for your time
Sincerely,
Gabriele Zamparini
London
---------------------------------------------------
Also see Gabriele Zamparini's Action Alert:-
Monday, October 29, 2007
Action Alert: BBC’s fairy tales, genocide denial and how to win the lottery!
"England’s always gotten credit for having invented hypocrisy" once said Gore Vidal. Nobody knows better than the BBC whose News website presents its readers with a masterpiece of this fine art:
How did the US come to invade Iraq with no post-war plan for governing Iraq - and how much did Tony Blair know of the matter?
John Ware reports in the first of two articles linked to a new TV series. A frequent Media Lens Message Board’s contributor, John Hilley, made this excellent comment that encapsulates the BBC’s fairy tale:
One for the gallery.
A classic illustration of the 'good warmonger - bad warmonger' BBC version of Iraq, replete with Ware's feigned gravitas and a cast of self-serving denialists (ie, Powell's ex aide, Colonel Larry Wilkinson, Sir Christopher Meyer et al) lining up to denounce 'the crazies' and telling of their stern warnings about the 'problems of occupation'.
A model example of liberal revisionist propaganda posing as cutting-edge reportage. BBC’s John Ware writes:
“That contrasts starkly with the 100,000 or so civilians dead, four million refugees inside and outside Iraq, 4,141 coalition soldiers who have died and the cost to the UK of well in excess of £5bn.”
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) must of course deny the Iraqi genocide the British government is co-responsible for. This genocide denial business is really a piece of cake for the BBC (among others) can safely rely on the meticulous count of the British Iraq Body Count. The reality must be suppressed and the readers-viewers-voters-taxpayers are presented with all the news that’s fit to print, which do not include:- a recent Opinion Research Business (ORB) study suggesting a total of 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age).- the studies conducted by the world leaders in the field of epidemiology and published last year as peer-reviewed scientific papers in the world's leading medical journal, the Lancet; [link PDF]-
Please, see also:
1) IRAQ BODY COUNT: “A VERY MISLEADING EXERCISE” by MediaLens
2) Iraq: Genocide by all definition by Gideon Polya
3) US Genocide in Iraq by Ian Douglas
4) None Dare Call It Genocide by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
5) and my two latest blogs:- Iraq is still the issue - Part 1: Waiting for the partition- Iraq is still the issue - Part 2: Amerika’s New Iraq - The Quiz
Please see:
http://thecatsdream.com/blog/
Foreigners join PKK terrorist group in fighting against Turkey, paper reveals
Foreigners join PKK in fighting against Turkey, paper reveals
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=125772
Britons are among foreigners attacking Turkish troops with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, a leading British paper reported yesterday.
The report in The Sunday Times also revealed that Russians, Germans, Greeks, Iranians and Arabs are helping the organization, listed as a terrorist organization by a large majority of the international community.
The Sunday Times article, sent from the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq, reports that several Europeans have joined forces with the PKK, citing PKK members. "At least three Britons were in the PKK's 3,000-strong force, boasted one fighter as he and a group of men huddled in a room discussing the latest clashes with the Turkish army. Others include Russians, Germans, Greeks, Iranians and Arabs," the article said.
The article also revealed how the PKK comfortably found a safe haven in northern Iraq despite Turkish pressure on the Iraqi Kurds to root them out.
"Despite Turkey's demand that the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq clamp down on the PKK, there was no sign of any action against them. On our way to the mountain, every checkpoint manned by the Iraqi army waved us through and cheerfully provided directions on how to get to guerrilla positions. Nor have the supply lines been cut. Several four-wheel-drive vehicles steered by toothless old men crawling along the tracks ahead of us, piled high with sacks full of food," the article said.
The Kandil Mountains "are ideal guerrilla country, where fighters are familiar with every soaring peak, valley, ravine and cave, putting any attacker at a disadvantage," it said.
Parliament passed a motion last week authorizing a cross-border operation into northern Iraq to hit the PKK bases there in response to a recent surge in PKK attacks on military and civilian targets.
The Sunday Times report came just after a delegation of Iraqi officials, who had talks in Ankara on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to avert a Turkish incursion aiming to hit the PKK, failed to offer satisfactory proposals to deal with the terrorist group, dealing a serious blow to hopes that diplomacy could prevent military action. The talks were held in a tense atmosphere and saw some harsh exchanges, a Turkish diplomat said.
When Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan pressed for the closure of PKK camps, the Iraqi officials argued that the PKK bases were in remote rugged mountains that are difficult to access.
Babacan responded bluntly that "if journalists are able to find the camps, then you can certainly find them too," the diplomat said. The foreign media has recently run several interviews with PKK terrorists from their bases in northern Iraq. On Saturday, BBC News posted an article from the border city of Zakho in northern Iraq titled "A mountain meeting with the PKK."
"The soldiers at the final Iraqi border patrol checkpoint were reluctant to let us through. 'If you want to continue, you do so at your own risk,' one warned. The writ of the local authorities ended at this point and after the checkpoint, we would enter Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) territory," the article said.
29.10.2007
Ankara Today's Zaman
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=125772
Britons are among foreigners attacking Turkish troops with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, a leading British paper reported yesterday.
The report in The Sunday Times also revealed that Russians, Germans, Greeks, Iranians and Arabs are helping the organization, listed as a terrorist organization by a large majority of the international community.
The Sunday Times article, sent from the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq, reports that several Europeans have joined forces with the PKK, citing PKK members. "At least three Britons were in the PKK's 3,000-strong force, boasted one fighter as he and a group of men huddled in a room discussing the latest clashes with the Turkish army. Others include Russians, Germans, Greeks, Iranians and Arabs," the article said.
The article also revealed how the PKK comfortably found a safe haven in northern Iraq despite Turkish pressure on the Iraqi Kurds to root them out.
"Despite Turkey's demand that the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq clamp down on the PKK, there was no sign of any action against them. On our way to the mountain, every checkpoint manned by the Iraqi army waved us through and cheerfully provided directions on how to get to guerrilla positions. Nor have the supply lines been cut. Several four-wheel-drive vehicles steered by toothless old men crawling along the tracks ahead of us, piled high with sacks full of food," the article said.
The Kandil Mountains "are ideal guerrilla country, where fighters are familiar with every soaring peak, valley, ravine and cave, putting any attacker at a disadvantage," it said.
Parliament passed a motion last week authorizing a cross-border operation into northern Iraq to hit the PKK bases there in response to a recent surge in PKK attacks on military and civilian targets.
The Sunday Times report came just after a delegation of Iraqi officials, who had talks in Ankara on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to avert a Turkish incursion aiming to hit the PKK, failed to offer satisfactory proposals to deal with the terrorist group, dealing a serious blow to hopes that diplomacy could prevent military action. The talks were held in a tense atmosphere and saw some harsh exchanges, a Turkish diplomat said.
When Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan pressed for the closure of PKK camps, the Iraqi officials argued that the PKK bases were in remote rugged mountains that are difficult to access.
Babacan responded bluntly that "if journalists are able to find the camps, then you can certainly find them too," the diplomat said. The foreign media has recently run several interviews with PKK terrorists from their bases in northern Iraq. On Saturday, BBC News posted an article from the border city of Zakho in northern Iraq titled "A mountain meeting with the PKK."
"The soldiers at the final Iraqi border patrol checkpoint were reluctant to let us through. 'If you want to continue, you do so at your own risk,' one warned. The writ of the local authorities ended at this point and after the checkpoint, we would enter Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) territory," the article said.
29.10.2007
Ankara Today's Zaman
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