The Kurds' bad timing? says who?

[arcan_dohuk]

(Original publication: May 25, 2005)


The resumption of attacks in Turkey and Iran by Kurdish separatists is the epitome of bad timing. It could destabilize the region even further.
Fighters of the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party have infiltrated Turkey from bases in northern Iraq, according to Turkish intelligence sources. Ten police officers and soldiers have been killed in clashes, and Turkish security was heightened during last week's National Day celebration as a five-year lull in the two-decade-old insurgency ended. Kurdish fighters moved into Iran and clashed with Iranian troops.

U.S. relationship with Iraq's northern Kurds has been strong. The Kurdish area has been the country's most stable. A resumption of the insurgency in Turkey strains U.S.-Turkish relations. Turkey is a partner in the war on terrorism.

Turkey has stationed troops along the border to prevent Kurdish fighters from crossing, much as U.S. forces along the Syrian border attempt to block insurgents from entering Iraq to join anti-U.S. fighters there. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has rightly expressed concern over a lack of U.S. action to curtail Kurdish fighters from Iraq. He didn't portray the United States as Syria, but the uncomfortable analogy is there.

Resumed fighting in Iran is dangerous on several fronts, including damaging Iraq's new government, in which Iraqi Kurds are in partnership with some Shiite parties. U.S.-Iran relations are already poor.

The Kurds do have a case. At the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, they were promised an autonomous Kurdistan, but the world reneged. Rebellion has been periodic ever since. The Kurds have heard it before, but it was never more true than now: This is not the time.

[Vladimir]

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This author doesn't have knowledge, too bad his name is not in it.

[kassem]

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[heval]

I am not sure if they will ever see a point in time that they will declare "good timing".

Problem for them lies in the fact that PUK officials have released statements highly opposed to any Northern or Eastern Peshmerge Kurd presence in Southern Kurdistan and we all know that they are hiding and training in Qandil. How sincere is the PUK about this?

[Vladimir]

I am also afraid about this.. If PUk decides to be against them.. I think it's time to get rid of PUk and Talabani...

[Diri]

This seems unlikely - PUK trains Eastern Kurds to fight against Iran... IN SOUTH KURDISTAN - YES

[heval]

This seems unlikely - PUK trains Eastern Kurds to fight against Iran... IN SOUTH KURDISTAN - YES

PUK has also worked with Iran several times and was negotiating with Iran for support. You never know what might happen next...

[arcan_dohuk]

turkey just better watch itself now that the BPC is complete. talabani thinks more about political achievments than kurds. he calls himself pragmatic but he's really a coward. the PUK fighters are among the best in kurdistan but their leadership is in need of reeducation.

[sorgul]

turkey just better watch itself now that the BPC is complete. talabani thinks more about political achievments than kurds. he calls himself pragmatic but he's really a coward. the PUK fighters are among the best in kurdistan but their leadership is in need of reeducation.

he is a coward, a traitor .......how ironic
fighting for kurdistan his whole life, yet now he will kill his kurdish brothers in turkey
and he is not pragmatic....if he was he would fight for a independent kurdistan when his timing was perfect......his just a puppet