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To: JDN who wrote (694129)	7/28/2005 9:37:43 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"My understanding is the Kurds agree to Federalism.... I know Sunni's apparently dont agree to this...." Of course the Kurds are talking up 'federalism' (while the Shi'a and Sunni are more opposed). To the Kurds, 'federalism' is a code word that basicly stands for KURDISH SELF-RULE (& control of the oil revenues coming from the oil under their territory :), under the nominal control of a very weak central government. They know they can't declare an independent Kurdistan nation just yet (still that's their long-term goal), because Turkey has threatened to invade the minute they do... so they want 'federalism', i.e., local self rule and local control over everything except for foreign policy. They also want to maintain their own militias as a 'Kurdish army' to defend their interests and local control.

To: JDN who wrote (694129)	7/28/2005 1:59:50 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Turkey urges US to strike Kurdish rebels By Pam O'Toole BBC News Turkey has repeated calls for US forces to take direct action to stop Kurdish rebels, the PKK, using bases in Iraq to launch attacks against Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there was a limit to Turkey's tolerance and suggested that if the US did not respond, Turkey would. He said his country was within its rights under international law to take action to defend itself. His comments come amid an upsurge in attacks by the PKK. The rebels called off a five-year unilateral ceasefire last summer. Turkey suspects them of being behind the kidnap of the mayor of Yayladere district in south-eastern Turkey on Wednesday. "Frankly speaking, we do not see the efforts by the US that we expect to see. We have expressed our views to that effect to the Americans" --- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister. Washington recently promised to step up monitoring of the PKK's activities in Northern Iraq. But Mr Erdogan told The Times newspaper, during a visit to London, that he expected nothing short of direct intervention. At the moment, he said, Turkey did not see the effort by Washington that it expected and had expressed that view to the Americans. There was a limit to Ankara's tolerance, he said - Turkey was within its rights under international law to defend itself from attack. Daily clashes In the 1990s, Ankara took advantage of a power vacuum in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq to launch a series of cross-border operations against the PKK, some involving many thousands of troops. The US recently warned Ankara against such raids, saying they could have unintended consequences. The PKK is branded a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. However, US forces - overstretched by the violence in central and southern Iraq - have avoided promising to pursue the PKK in the relatively peaceful north. Ankara believes something must be done. There are now daily clashes between the PKK and Turkish troops; the group is again kidnapping Turkish soldiers and local officials and Turkey has blamed the organisation for a series of recent bomb explosions in tourist resorts. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2005/07/28 16:23:53 GMT © BBC MMV