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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (616155)	9/1/2004 6:05:12 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 769670

Bush/Sharon legacy continued: Turkish Commandos Kill 11 Kurdish Rebels Tue Aug 31, 1:49 PM ET By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish commandos killed 11 Kurds in three days of battles in the mountains bordering Iraq (news - web sites), one of the biggest offensives against the autonomy-seeking rebels in five years, authorities said Tuesday. The government didn't rule out bolstering its forces in northern Iraq. Two Turkish soldiers have also been killed in the fighting in southeastern Hakkari province, officials said. The offensive comes amid mounting rebel violence in overwhelmingly Kurdish southeastern Turkey. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reiterated a call for the United States to take action against Turkish Kurdish rebel bases across the border in Iraq. "Of course, we expect international cooperation in this issue," Gul told private NTV television. "But we know how to deal with our enemy." Asked whether Turkey would consider boosting forces in northern Iraq to fight Kurdish rebels, Gul said: "We would do whatever is necessary for our security." Turkey already has 1,500 troops backed by tanks and other armor in northern Iraq to monitor rebel actions and prevent cross-border infiltrations. Gov. Erdogan Gurbuz of Hakkari province said two soldiers and 11 rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK, now known as KONGRA-GEL, were killed in the clashes that began Saturday. An official speaking on condition of anonymity said over 1,000 Turkish troops have participated in the offensive. The troops, backed by U.S. made helicopters, were chasing the guerrillas near the city of Hakkari, where the borders of Iraq, Iran and Turkey meet. Turkey is home to an estimated 12 million Kurds. Half of them live in the southeast. Kurdish rebels had waged a 15-year war for autonomy, in which some 37,000 people were killed. They declared a unilateral cease-fire in 1999 after the capture of their leader, Abdullah Ocalan, but ended it after five years on June 1, saying Turkey had not responded in kind. Rebels intensified attacks in the southeast after calling off the cease-fire, killing more than 20 Turkish soldiers or police. Turkish troops have killed more than 60 rebels in the same period. Turkish authorities blamed the rebels for bombings earlier this month of two small hotels and a liquefied petroleum gas plant in Istanbul that killed two people and wounded 11 others. Turkey has ruled out any dialogue with the rebel group, considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department and the European Union (news - web sites), and vowed to maintain its military drive until all rebels surrendered or are killed.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (616155)	9/1/2004 6:15:51 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769670

exactly....they vote for him because he PRAYS!?!!??! what the hell is that? Anti American in the political arena....church and state so much for the old catholic days when at least they feared the pope....now....we have a president that GOES TO WAR BECAUSE HE TALKS WITH JESUS EVERY MORNING????? WHEW..... no wonder the rest of the world sees through the EVANGELICAL WAR OF RIGHT WING CHRISTIANITY that Bush is leading CC

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (616155)	9/1/2004 6:21:26 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm voting for him because he's a decent, relatively honest guy and he's not John Kerry.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (616155)	9/1/2004 6:25:45 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I would guess that you don't watch Fox News. I don't either, but most cable subscribers do. I think if we DID watch Fox News and only Fox News, maybe with a little Hannity and Limbaugh on the radio, we might have a different perspective. I had a tenant I rented a room to who watched Fox News because they present the news in a very overdramatized way. He thought Fox was "less boring" than the other news channels. I can credit myself with pointing him twoard the light. Fox News seems like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bush campaign.