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Roboski massacre was planned in Ankara:
Turkish Kurd MP
5.1.2012 |
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Hasip Kaplan, BDP parliamentary group president
and deputy for Şırnak. Photo:
AP
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January
5, 2012
SIRNAK, The Kurdish
region of Turkey, — Hasip Kaplan, BDP parliamentary
group president and deputy for Şırnak has said that
Ankara is behind the massacre in the Kurdish village
of Roboski. On 28 December Turkish warplanes bombed
the are near the village
killing 35
civilian Kurds.
* Various allegations have been put forward
concerning the Roboski slaughter. What have you
observed in this process as a close follower of the
events?
- Our provincial organization and villagers have
called me and informed me about the slaughter since
the very beginning. RojTv reporters also arrived at
the scene immediately and started live broadcast
since 3am on 28 December. Considering what happened
there that night, it is quite obvious that the
slaughter of 35 people was planned and organized
earlier. Villagers who use that path every day, are
stopped by soldiers. Two separate groups are
gathered at the same place and made to wait there
for three hours before the bombing by four F-16
warplanes.
Thirty five people lost their lives and three
managed to survive as they were standing at a
distance of 40 meters from the bombed area. Some of
these 35 people were slaughtered in the caves where
they had hidden themselves, while others were
targeted as a group. More than 50 donkeys were also
killed by the bombings. The eye witnesses who
arrived at the scene first tell that the bodies were
burning as a result of the bombs. There were also
three people who were wounded during the bombing but
died because of the cold afterwards.
* Do you think that the slaughter was planned within
the knowledge of the state?
- This event occurred following coordination
responsible minister Beşir Atalay’s earlier
statement in which he clearly stated that
“integrated and coordinated operations will
continue”. The facts that villagers were kept
waiting there for three hours and that the bombing
was ordered following the examination of Heron
images in Ankara are obvious evidences of this
planned operation. This was an attack which aimed to
leave no one alive there.
*What was the purpose of this slaughter?
- In my opinion, the first purpose of the government
was to intimidate both the Kurdish people living in
Turkey along the border and the Kurdish government
in Iraq. The people who live in that region have
close relationships with the people across the
border,www.ekurd.net
in Zakho and Duhok cities in particular.
They have been leading a life together for thousands
of years. Besides, the relatives of these villagers
in Zakho city are positioned as senior officials in
Barzani’s government. The government on one side
gave Kurds the message that “they would shot
everyone dead”, while it on the other side send a
message to the Kurdish government in Northern Iraq
saying that “we killed you relatives as you didn’t
pave us the way for an operation in Qandil”.
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