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US: KNC Statement on False Accusations by
Turkish Intelligence Units 8.11.2007
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November
8, 2007
Lake Forest, CA, -- In tandem with their
military build up to invade the Kurdistan Region of
Iraq, the Turkish regime has launched vicious and
false media propaganda to silence any voice speaking
against their invasion. They have targeted the KNC
with their smear campaign of false accusations.
Since its inception in 1988 as a reaction to the
Halabja chemical genocide, the KNC has been a voice
for all oppressed and suffering Kurds throughout the
world, advocating to improve their plight and oppose
the oppression at the hands of their occupiers.
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Kurdish National Congress of North America |
The KNC is an independent organization and is not
affiliated with any other organizations or parties.
The KNC has been built on the principle of
advocating human rights and self determination for
Kurds through peaceful and democratic means.
We do not advocate nor condone the use of violence
to resolve conflicts. We urge all peace loving
nations to call on the Turkish regime to stop their
military and media aggression against the oppressed
Kurdish people.
www.ekurd.net
We call on the Turkish government to solve the
Kurdish problem within Turkey through a direct
dialogue with the PKK by issuing a general amnesty
to pave the way to a democratic dialogue in the
Turkish parliament as PM Mr. Erdogan calls for.
Public Relations Committee
Kurdish National Congress of North America
www.kncna.org
Turkish Government Accuses WKI, AKIN and KNC.
Published Turkish Today's Zaman on Friday,
November 02, 2007
PM Erdogan to submit
detailed PKK report to Bush
Turkey has launched its most comprehensive and
diplomatic crackdown to date on the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has cost
Turkey about 33,000 lives and $100 bln over the
course of 21 years.
At a meeting of its influential National Security
Council (MGK) held last Wednesday following the
killing of 47 soldiers and civilians during the last
month, Turkey put the recent status of the PKK on
the table. Seeking to develop means for
international cooperation against the PKK, Turkey
has launched a diplomatic attack against the PKK.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan had talks with British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert, and he will take a detailed
report on the PKK's activities to a meeting with US
President George W. Bush scheduled for Nov. 5.
The report, prepared by Turkish intelligence units,
notes that recently there has been an increase in
PKK violence as the terrorist organization
previously would kill 60 to 90 security officers
over a few years, but it has killed 147 people in
the first 10 months of 2007.
The report also argues that the PKK uses northern
Iraq as a weapons and ammunition depot and that a
significant part of its weaponry is US-made, listing
in detail the PKK presence in locations in the
region. According to the report, the PKK is using
caves in the Kandil Mountains as its arsenals and
logistics centers, and it has seven arsenals in
Hakurk, Bekur, Misalog, Zaro, Cemalurti , Armus-Ciya
and Minazerdi; it has also spent $15 million in
procuring weapons and ammunitions in the last year
and possesses heavy weaponry. The report was drafted
by the Turkish General Staff using information
collected by Turkish intelligence units and contains
evidence for how the PKK secures funds using
associations established in Germany, Austria, Spain,
Belgium, Greece, the US, Finland, Denmark, Romania,
Russia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Italy and the UK.
The PKK uses these funds to procure weapons and
manages about $300 million yearly, according the
report, which also contains evidence of the PKK's
drug and arms smuggling, using Scandinavian
countries as its base for drug trafficking.
Critical of the European countries' lack of
sincerity in the fight against the PKK, the report
elaborates on these countries' perspectives on the
PKK and the terrorist organization's presence in
them. According to the report, despite the fact that
they recognize the PKK as a terrorist organization,
none of these countries delivered PKK militants or
leaders to Turkey, and Germany, France, Netherlands
and Belgium are listed as the countries where the
PKK's financing activities are concentrated.
www.ekurd.net
The section on weapon procurement sources for the
PKK seems to weigh heavily on Turkish-US relations.
President Bush had already admitted that some
weapons lost by the US Army were acquired by the PKK,
and he is expected to provide some explanation for
it in his meeting with ErdoÄŸan. According to the
report, the PKK has affiliated organization in the
US such as the American Kurdish Information Network
(AKIN), the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) and
the Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNC).
The report also contains detailed information about
the origins of 36,563 weapons captured by Turkish
security officers from the PKK, giving their serial
numbers, places of production and countries of
origin as follows:
* The countries of origin for 4,500 of 11,297
Kalashnikov rifles could be fully identified using
the data on them. Accordingly, the breakdown of
their countries of origin is as follows: Russia and
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (71.6
percent), the People's Republic of China (14.7
percent), Hungary (3.6 percent), and Bulgaria (3.6
percent).
* Of 5,713 Kannas, BKC, Dragunov, Arbiki, G-3, M-16,
G-1, Mavzer and weapons of other make, 959 were
found to come from Russia and CIS (45.2 percent),
the UK (13.2 percent) and the US (9.4 percent).
* Of 1,610 rocket launchers of various makes, 313
were identified to be Russian-made (85.3 percent),
Iraqi-made (5.4 percent) and China-made (2.5
percent).
* Of 2,885 pistols of various makes, 2,208 were
found to come from former Czechoslovakia (21.9
percent), Spain (20.2 percent) and Italy (19.8
percent).
* Since some of 11,568 land mines were destroyed on
the spot, the countries of origin of only 8,015 land
mines could be determined. The majority of them were
Italian-made (60.6 percent) while 28.3 percent were
Russian-made and 6.2 percent German-made.
* Of 3,490 hand grenades of various makes, 136 were
found to come from Russia (72 percent), the US (19.8
percent) and Germany (8 percent).
* The A-4 and C-4 explosives used in terrorist
attacks in cities were found to be Portuguese-made.
www.ekurd.net
Barzani-PKK connection
The report gives a detailed account of the relations
between Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP), and the assistance and
support he provides to the PKK terrorists in
northern Iraq. According to the report, 30 PKK
militants obtained loans ranging between $5,000 and
$10,000 to set up businesses in northern Iraq, and
these businesses were used to provide foodstuff and
other materials to the PKK camps in northern Iraq.
The PKK's businessmen, who are also Iraqi citizens
registered at the Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, are
actively operating in the foodstuff and
transportation sectors. The loans provided by the
KDP were used to open up 12 businesses in
Sulaimaniya, 11 in Arbil, seven in Salahaddin and
two in Baghdad. Some PKK militants have reportedly
joined the peshmergas, and they were generally
employed in regions close to the Turkish-Iraqi
border. The report also mentions that some PKK
militants who were trained in the camps in northern
Iraq were settled in the villages of Rezge, Karna,
Posht Ashan and Sheikh Ayesh.
source:
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=125867
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