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Kurdish rebels' freedom ignites sparks
17.10.2007 05:09:41 Ankara has alleged that fifteen of their soldiers have been killed in this month by PKK terrorists group of Kurd region.Iraqi Vice-President Tareq Hashemi to Ankara for urgent negotiation for peace in region.
"If terrorism is based in a neighbouring country and if that country does very little about it, then it fall upon us to act," PM of Turkey,Erdogan warned. "After taking this road, the cost is already calculated. The bill will
be paid," Erdogan said, responding to questioning about international reaction should such an operation take place.
Erdogan's warning came on explosion Friday which killed a Turkish soldier and injured two others in Sirnak province which borders Iraq, Anatolia news agency reported.
Turkish troops have begun shelling areas across the Iraqi border in the autonomous Kurdish region, an Iraqi officer said on Sunday, as Ankara prepared to seek MPs' approval for a ground incursion.
"The shelling began on Saturday night around 10 pm (1900 GMT)," the officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
the shells hit around villages in the Al-Amadiyah area about 15 kilometres (9.5 miles) from the frontier and 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of the town of Dohuk.
A government bill seeking the go-ahead to launch an incursion any time is expected to be submitted to parliament after a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Erdogan's AK Party, which has a parliamentary majority, is expected to vote in favour of the motion on Wednesday.
Wahid Kista, 42, who lives in the village of Kista near the Iraq- Turkey frontier, said by telephone the shelling was targeting villages in the Metin mountain area "where the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) has bases."
Baghdad appealed for "urgent negotiations" over Turkey's threat and has sent Iraqi Vice-President Tareq Hashemi to Ankara.
"We can understand Turkey's anger but what I'm aiming to achieve during my visit is a common understanding," Mr Hashemi said ahead of talks with Turkish leaders.
A spokesman for the PKK in Iraq, Abdul Rahman al-Jadershi, confirmed the shelling but said that reports the rebel group is crossing into Turkey to launch attacks "are not correct."
Turkish frontier state of Sirnak is the nodal point of more than two decade old conflict between the military and PKK guerrillas.
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Posted October 17th, 2007 by Nksagar
