Tuesday, October 30, 2007

An attack across the border would mean war, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani warns




Times Online

Deborah Haynes in Irbil

October 29, 2007

Any move by Turkish troops into Kurdish territory would be a declaration of war, the region’s leader said yesterday.

President Barzani gave the warning as a new wave of clashes inside Turkey left up to 20 Kurdish guerrillas dead. He said that Ankara was using its grievances with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as an excuse to challenge the growing prosperity and independence enjoyed by Iraqi Kurds in their largely autonomous region. Full Text

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