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• Will the PKK become a tool of the US?
• Will the US use the PKK to create unrest in Syria and Iran before possible
attacks against these two countries?
The year is 1990. Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2. In the
aftermath, the international community took action.
Sanctions determined within the framework of the resolutions of the United
Nations were implemented. First came economic sanctions and then… the
first Gulf War.
But this was only the visible side of what has happened. Shortly after the
invasion of Kuwait, a U.S. Army elite unit known as the Green Berets were deployed
in northern Iraq. Thisunit, which was operational from Incirlik
Airbase located in Turkey, served on different missions in northern Iraq. The
Kurdish population of the region received theoretical and military training.
The final goal was unrest within the country in the aftermath of the war.
The first Gulf War began on Jan. 16, 1991, and lasted approximately two months.
In the aftermath of the bombings that were watched by the whole world live on
TV, Iraq took a step back and the war halted.
It didn't end, but halted...
Suddenly, Kurds trained by the Green Berets created tension in northern Iraq
and in the aftermath, masses of people dramatically fled to the Turkish border.
Thousands of Kurds migrated to Turkey.
And, the U.S. was in charge. Tent cities were formed, security maintained for
the Kurds. As a result, a no-fly zone to the north of the 36th parallel was
declared, and the Kurds returned home.
The year is 2005. Almost two years have passed since the toppling of the Saddam
regime. Turkey has been involved in a series of efforts to end the presence
of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), especially in northern Iraq,
before and after the war. It received a series of pledges as a result of its
every effort. But these pledges were never fulfilled.
On Monday Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, who is visiting
the United States, listed Turkey's demands:
"Time is up. We've been waiting patiently for more than two years. People
on the street are waiting for the U.S. to take action. It's hard to tell the
people to be patient for another two years."
Turkey is running out of patience. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The U.S. is on good terms with the PKK in northern Iraq. They held meetings,
but nothing concrete has emerged.
Moreover, two parties have links with the PKK, Syria and Iran. The two countries
that the U.S. stipulated as targets after the Iraq operation.
Sudden clashes started to occur in both countries.
News reports reveal the beginning of a new era:
- Syrian police and nationalist Arabs in southwestern Kurdistan attacked houses
and workplaces belonging to Kurds. Four died, and dozens of Kurds, 30 of them
women, were wounded. According to local sources, hundreds of people were taken
into custody and the majority of them were tortured.
- Iran reportedly launched an operation against the Kandil Mountains area and
city of Piransehir near the Iraqi border. They bombed the PKK camps located
in the mountains and arrested a number of people on charges of providing aid
and shelter to the organization.
The U.S. seems to have found its new tool in the new order that it will establish
in the Middle East. During this process, the PKK will be the tool used to create
unrest in Iran and Syria.
This is not a prediction, it is intelligence.