Τετάρτη 18 Οκτωβρίου 2017

TURKEY LAUNCHED AN AIRSTRIKE ON THE BASIS OF THE KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ, KILLING 13 PEOPLE

2017-09-28 13:38
Turkey launched an airstrike on the basis of the Kurds in Northern Iraq, killing 13 people
The military claimed that those killed were preparing for attacks on Turkish territory.
Turkish planes bombed Northern Iraq, killing 13 people allegedly fighters of the Kurdistan workers Party (PKK).,“Air strikes in Northern Iraq 13 armed members of the separatist terrorist organization, who were preparing to attack, was neutralized” , – reads the statement of the Turkish armed forces, which used the term, which Turkey uses to describe rebels of the PKK, according to Reuters , reports Rus.Media.
Note that the majority of Kurds live, between Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, but only in Iraq have they achieved recognised authority.
As you know, Iraq and Turkey on Tuesday, 26 September, began joint military exercises on the Iraqi-Turkish border. The maneuvers started on the day after the controversial referendum on independence, which took place in Iraqi Kurdistan on September 25.
Iraqi Kurdistan is under international pressure through a referendum. The Supreme court of Iraq declared the referendum unconstitutional. Neighbors – Iran and Turkey – has sharply criticized the referendum. Spoke out against the UN and the United States. In the region and the world are concerned that the desire of the Iraqi Kurds toward independence would ignite a regional crisis.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 26 September, threatening to use “all possibilities” – economic, security, military, in response to the actions of the Kurdish regional government. In his opinion, the Kurdistan regional government may drag the region into “ethnic civil war”, quoted by Reuters . On the eve of Erdogan has threatened to block the pipeline, with which Northern Iraq is transported oil abroad. Turkey is one of the fiercest critics of the aspirations of Iraqi Kurdistan to independence. Ankara fears that it will strengthen similar sentiments among millions of Turkish Kurds.
A referendum on independence are not obligations. In the Kurdish regional government want to use it as an argument in negotiations with the Central government in Baghdad about the separation of the oil-rich region. The government in Baghdad said Tuesday that exclude the possibility of negotiations on the independence of Kurdistan.
Add that to the voter turnout in the Kurdish referendum was 72%. Of them, according to preliminary results, over 90% supported the independence of the region. The final results of the counting of ballots is expected until Wednesday.
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