Turkey demands PKK extraditions

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:40 PM EDT

Article Source: BBC News

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Turkey has given Iraq a list of Kurdish rebels and demanded their extradition.

Turkey's deputy PM said the list was handed to a high-level Iraqi delegation visiting Ankara. It was not immediately clear how many names it contained.

The visit by Iraqi and US officials is an attempt to avert a threatened Turkish ground attack on rebel bases inside Iraq.

Turkey has warned it will not tolerate more cross-border raids by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said on CNN-Turk television: "We gave a list of PKK leaders and asked for help from Iraq."

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Dennis P. McCann

If Iraq wants to avoid a Turkish incursion it would be smart to do whatever they can to turn these people over.

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#1 - Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:41 PM EDT

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Baqi Barzani

Bombs are being dropped on innocent people, their houses are being reduced to ashes, women and children are being killed. Human rights are being violated; massacres, ethnic-cleansings and destruction of lives of civilians are being carried out in North Kurdistan (Turkey). Where are the champions of democracy, human rights, civil libraries, democracy and freedom? Why are they so silent about these crimes and atrocities being committed by Turkish military??

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#2 - Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:56 PM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

There are no ethnic cleansings or massacres in southeast Turkey. Sounds like you're falling for the PKK propaganda.

Things do need to improve there, but let's not blow it out of proportion.

The PKK are terrorists and murderers, and if Iraq doesn't want Turkey to come in after them, they'll have to do something about it themselves.

On another note, are you related to Massoud Barzani, the President of the KRG?

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#2.1 - Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:02 PM EDT

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