50 000 TURKISH SOLDIERS CONCENTRATED AT TURK-IRAQI BORDER REGION

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.05.2007 16:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 50 000 Turkish soldiers now concentrated at
Turk-Iraqi border region of Sirnak.

According to military sources a large operation by Turkish military
forces aimed at PKK (Worker’s Party of Kurdistan) terrorists in the
provinces of Sirnak near the Iraqi border continues. Units of the
Turkish military are fighting in the Cudi and Gabar mountains, as
well as the Bestler-Dereler points near Sirnak. New position have been
staked out by Turkish armed forces near the border, taking the border
into direct target in preparation for terrorists trying to cross over.

While the transfer of soldiers and vehicles to the border area
continues, as it has for 3 months now.

U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Ross Wilson stated the United States
supports the Turkish military operation in its pursuit of PKK
terrorists. "Turkey has been in a leader position for a long time
in the fight against terror. It has faced terror on a high level for
a long time. Turkey has lost 40 thousand lives fighting in the last
years," Wilson stated speaking at an anti-terrorism conference held
this week at the Swissotel in Istanbul.

Speaking in direct reference to the renewed efforts by Turkish security
forces against PKK forces last week, Wilson said, "In recent weeks,
the Turkish security forces began an open struggle against the PKK. The
U.S. supports this struggle," Ross Wilson underlined, Hurriyet reports.