US asked to destroy Kurdish bases
BayBak, Azerbaijan | 2184 days ago | Wednesday, 30th May , 2007 , 00:01 [am] | Azerbaijan
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. | Turkey’s prime minister has said the US and Iraq should destroy bases of separatist Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, said in a television interview: “We expect the United States and Iraq to destroy, scatter bases of terrorists there.” |
Turkey’s prime minister has said the US and Iraq should destroy bases of separatist Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, said in a television interview: “We expect the United States and Iraq to destroy, scatter bases of terrorists there.”
Turkey has recently debated the possibility of cross-border operations by its military in pursuit of Kurdish fighters.
Last week, a suicide bomb blamed on the separatists killed six people in Ankara, and a bomb in a southeastern area where Kurdish fighters are active killed six Turkish soldiers.
Cross-border action
Erdogan said: “Our expectations have been relayed to the opposite side. We have to achieve results. It would not be right to spell out a deadline.”
Erdogan did not rule out a cross-border Turkish operation against the separatists.
“The target is to achieve results. Our patience has run out. The necessary steps will be taken when needed.”
The Turkish prime minister said the technical, military and diplomatic aspects of a possible cross-border incursion were being evaluated.
The US opposes Turkish military action in Iraq, fearing it could destabilise the calmest part of the war-torn country.
Ankara has repeatedly expressed its disappointment with Washington for what it says is a failure to crack down on Kurdish rebels who take refuge in northern Iraq and frequently attack soldiers and government targets in Turkey.
The Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, has been fighting for autonomy since 1984. Tens of thousands of people have died. The rebel group is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.aljazeera
, Voice of a Nation[1] Print
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