国际英语新闻：Turkish officer accuses Iraqi Kurds of aiding PKK rebels
General Staff deputy chief Gen. Hasan Igsiz made the criticism in a speech at the military headquarters in Ankara, following a PKK Friday attack that killed some 15 Turkish soldiers in southeastern province of Hakkarion from northern Iraq.
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A relative of one of the Turkish soldiers killed in an attack by Kurdish separatists cries during his funeral in Kocaeli, Turkey, Oct. 5, 2008. 15 soldiers from the Turkish security forces were killed on Oct. 3 in a terrorist attack staged by the banned Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Hakkari |
In the speech, Igsiz criticized the Iraqi Kurds for allowing PKK militants to use their hospitals and roads and urged the regional administration in northern Iraq not to support PKK, listed as a terrorist group by the United States and Turkey.
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Turkish people attend the funerals of the Turkish soldiers killed in an attack by Kurdish separatists in Kocaeli, Turkey, Oct. 5, 2008. 15 soldiers from the Turkish security forces were killed on Oct. 3 in a terrorist attack staged by the banned Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Hakkari |
Twenty-three PKK militants were also killed in the clashes between the PKK and Turkish security forces, the military added.
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Turkish people attend the funerals of the Turkish soldiers killed in an attack by Kurdish separatists in Kocaeli, Turkey, Oct. 5, 2008. 15 soldiers from the Turkish security forces were killed on Oct. 3 in a terrorist attack staged by the banned Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Hakkari |
Turkey has conducted frequent air raids on suspected positions of the PKK in northern Iraq. In February, it also launched an eight-day ground incursion into Iraq
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