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PKK did not get arms from Kurdistan region
6.10.2008
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October 6, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region "Iraq", —
The Turkey's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters
did not get any arms from the region,www.ekurd.net
said the chief of the
Iraqi Kurdistan region's presidential cabinet on
Sunday, responding to statements of the Turkish
army's chief of staff yesterday.
"The region's government did not provide help in any
form to the PKK fighters in the Friday attack they
conducted against the Turkish army," Fouad Hussein
told VOI.
"The PKK did not receive heavy arms from the Iraqi
Kurdistan," he emphasized.
Hussein explained that the region's presidency
issued a release condemning the attack,www.ekurd.net
adding "no one should
condemn an act it is involved in". |
Kurdistan region presidency |
Turkey demands Iraq, U.S.
to control borders
Turkey officially demanded Iraq and the United
States to control the joint borders and to prevent
gunmen from infiltrations, according to a report
issued by a Turkish daily on Sunday.
"A message was addressed to the Iraqi government
demanding the necessity of controlling the joint
borders and to prevent gunmen from infiltrations,"
the daily Turkish newspaper Hurriyet quoted a
Turkish diplomat as saying.
"The Turkish ambassador in Washington delivered a
similar message to U.S. officials," he said.
"Border preservation is a duty that must be
shouldered by both Iraq and Coalition forces," he
added.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, VOI
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