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Iran troops kill four Kurdish Komala rebels 4.9.2010 |
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September
4, 2010
TEHRAN,— Iranian security forces have killed
four members of an outlawed Kurdish group in the
western province of Kurdistan, the hardline Kayhan
newspaper reported on Saturday.
The four members of Komala -- a banned leftist
Kurdish group -- had "entered the country for
terrorist operations but were killed before they
could do anything," the report said.
It added that weapons and explosives had been seized
from the group.
Western Iran, which has a sizeable Kurdish
population, has seen deadly clashes in recent years
between Iranian security forces and Kurdish rebel
groups operating from bases in neighbouring Iraq.
In May, Iran hanged four Kurds, including a woman,
after convicting them of membership in another
outlawed Kurdish group, the Party of Free Life of
Kurdistan (PJAK). |
Since
2004 the PJAK took up arms for self-rule in Kurdistan province northwestern
of Iran [Iranian Kurdistan]. Half the members of PJAK
are women. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed
militiamen. |
The PJAK, or the (Partiya
Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane) is a militant Kurdish
nationalist group based in the border mountains of
Iraqi Kurdistan region that has been carrying out
attacks Iranian forces in the Kurdistan Province of
Iran [Eastern Kurdistan] and other Kurdish-inhabited
areas.
Since
2004 the PJAK took up arms for self-rule in Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran [Iranian Kurdistan,www.ekurd.netEastern Kurdistan]. Half the members of PJAK
are women. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed
militiamen.
In May, Iran hanged four Kurds, including a woman,
for alleged ties with the group.
Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey all have significant
ethnic Kurdish minorities. Estimate to 12 million
Kurds live in Iran.
PJAK is closely allied with the Kurdistan Workers'
Party, or PKK, which operates in Turkey and is
listed as a "terrorist" group by Ankara and much of
the international community.
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