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Iraqi Kurds Condemn Rebel Attack in
Turkey 30.8.2006
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Erbil, Kurdistan-
Iraq, 29 August 2006, -- A U.S. backed group of
Iraqi Kurdish fighters has condemned Monday's deadly
terror attack by Kurdish rebels in Turkey.
The attack killed three people. But a spokesman for
the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga says he doubts the
naming of a special U.S. envoy will help eliminate
the terrorist threat from Kurdish rebels in Turkey
and Iraq.
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, a hard-line Kurdish
militant group linked to the banned PKK militant
organization claimed responsibility the bomb attack
that killed three people in Turkey Monday. The
attack is the latest to be claimed by the group,
which has been linked to the banned PKK terrorist
organization, which has been fighting for a separate
Kurdish homeland.
In response to the latest attacks by Kurdish rebels
in Turkey and Iraq, the United States Monday named
retired U.S. Air Force General Joseph Ralston to be
a special envoy for eliminating the Kurdish
terrorist threat.
The State Department says the general will have
responsibility for coordinating U.S. anti-terror
efforts with Iraq and Turkey, which reportedly
pushed for the naming of the envoy.
But a spokesman for the Peshmerga, the Iraqi Kurdish
force that fought with the United States during the
campaign to oust Saddam Hussein, has expressed doubt
about the naming of the U.S. envoy.
Peshmerga spokesman Muhammed Qazi, says he does not
believe General Ralston will be able to address the
root causes of the problem.
"I doubt that this is a good solution because the
military solution for the PKK in the area, I doubt
that that is going to be having a good end," he
said. "The good solution to us, it's a diplomatic
solution by all sides to be involved."
Qazi, who condemned the recent terror attacks in
Turkey, says he is also concerned about possible
unilateral actions the Turkish military may take to
eliminate the threat from PKK and other Kurdish
groups in Iraq.
Qazi say the best way to eliminate popular support
for militant groups, is for Turkey and other nations
in the region to address the legitimate concerns of
their Kurdish minorities.
Meanwhile, the Turkish government has welcomed the
appointment of General Ralston as the U.S. special
envoy.
In a written statement, the Foreign Ministry said
the appointment represents a "new opportunity" for
further cooperation with the United States in
curbing PKK terrorism.
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