SEYVAN BARZANI: IF TURKS INTRUDE IN IRAQ, KURDS WILL CARRY HOSTILITIES OVER TO AZERBAIJAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.12.2007 15:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In case the Turkish army intrudes into northern
Iraq, Kurds will transfer hostilities to the territory of Azerbaijan,
PKK representative in France Seyvan Barzani said, Day.az reported.
Turkish warplanes have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel bases deep
inside northern Iraq – in what appears the first time fighter jets
have been used. They targeted the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
in areas near the border, officials said. The Turkish media said up
to 50 planes were used. Iraqi officials say bombs hit 10 villages,
killing one woman, while the PKK reported seven deaths. The planes
hit the regions of Zap, Hakurk and Avasin as well as areas in the
Kandil mountains in an operation lasting three hours.
According to independent experts, up to 200 thousand Kurds live
in Azerbaijan.