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Turkish, Iranian canon target Iraqi
Kurdistan region
14.8.2006
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Baghdad, August
13, - Turkish and Iranian canon fire is believed to
have hit (Kurdistan) northern Iraq's autonomous
Kurdish region near the borders with Turkey and Iran
Sunday morning, a source linked to region's border
guards said.
The source told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that
Iranian canon fire hit the border towns of Khaneera,
Lolan, and Nazdari Dakh in Erbil province, adding
that the areas near the Iranian border were hit for
several hours.
The source said that at the same time Turkish canon
were pounding the Qabr Zaheer, Khuwakork and Jorjan
areas near the Turkey-Erbil border.
The extent of the material damage inflicted on Erbil
was not immediately known.
The reason behind the unrest in Erbil has been
attributed to the presence of elements of the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is outlawed in
Turkey, along with the members of the Kurdish al-Hayat
Party which is opposed to Iran.
Both Turkey and Iran are said to be attempting to
rid Erbil of these two parties' mountain bases and
outposts.
Both Turkey and Iran have previously attacked areas
in the region in the recent past, and Turkey has
announced its willingness to send its forces into
the northern Iraqi region to strike PKK outposts.
On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki,
speaking with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, informed the Turkish Government of his
willingness to shut down all PKK bases in Iraq.
More than 32,000 people,
have been killed since the early 1980s when the PKK
launched its fight for independence or autonomy for
the mainly Kurdish-populated southeast of Turkey.
Al-Maliki reiterated his government's readiness to
shut down all PKK bases throughout Iraq on Sunday.
DPA
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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