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May 27, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Barzani says PKK attacks target Turkish-Kurdish brotherhood

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Massoud Barzani
19 October 2011 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
Massoud Barzani, the leader of northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish government, has said recent attacks by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) target Kurdish-Turkish brotherhood as he condemned the attacks and offered his condolences to the Turkish prime minister.

Twenty-four Turkish security members were killed and 18 other were injured on Wednesday when terrorists from the PKK staged simultaneous attacks on military outposts and police stations near the border towns of Çukurca and Yüksekova.

Barzani called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following the attacks and offered his condolences to the families of the soldiers and policemen killed in the attacks. He said the attacks target brotherhood between Kurdish and Turkish people, strongly condemning the attacks, which he said caused him much sorrow.

The PKK uses its mountain bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks on Turkey. Turkish warplanes have been bombing PKK targets since late last month after the terrorist group intensified its attacks, killing dozens of Turkish soldiers in the past two months.

 
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