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Iraqi Govt says it will shut down the
offices of Kurdish PKK party 19.9.2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq,
September 19 ,-- The Iraqi government said Tuesday
it will shut down all offices belonging to the
Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, around the country.
Government spokesman Ali Al-Dabagh said the decision
was made during a Cabinet meeting because " Iraq
wants good relations with Turkey and all neighboring
countries, so the Iraqi government has decided to
close any office belonging to the PKK in Iraq."
More than 37,000 lives have been lost in the Kurdish
insurrection which began in 1984 with Kurdish
demands for
independence for the southeastern and heavily
Kurdish Anatolia region. PKK blacklisted by Turkey,
the United States and the European Union.
AP
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan".
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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