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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:13 PM
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Turkey pounds Kurdish rebels
Turkey pounds Kurdish rebels

Oct 27, 2007 7:30 AM

Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions as diplomatic efforts got off to a rocky start in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq.

Turkey described as unsatisfactory a series of proposals offered by a high-level Iraqi delegation to Ankara to prevent a major military operation against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a senior Turkish diplomat said.

Ankara had given Iraq a list of members of the outlawed PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) in northern Iraq and demanded that Baghdad hand over all separatist rebels there.

"Everyone there is guilty. They are criminals at least for being a member of a terrorist organisation," Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said, referring to the PKK. "We want all of them to be handed over."

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http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/1417302
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:40 PM
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1. Everyone born Kurdish is a criminal.
Sounds like the Turks are up for another genocide.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:45 PM
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2. ...ssshhhhhh....
...we wouldn't want to offend them....
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