Posted on 07/25/2015 9:47:25 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Saturday that airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan will continue.
“The operations will continue for as long as threats against Turkey continue,” Davutoğlu said in a press conference, before leaving for Istanbul where he is scheduled to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
“Those who threaten [Turkey] will face the consequences,” he added.
Davutoglu’s comments came as Turkey launched air attacks against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is listed as a terror organisation by the US, the EU and Turkey.
On Friday night and in the early hours of Saturday, Turkish air forces bombed PKK camps for the first time in two-and-a-half years.
The airstrikes came after 32 people were killed in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa on Monday in a suicide attack, allegedly carried out by Islamic State (IS).
Following the attack, four Turkish police officers were killed in various incidents; the PKK claimed responsibility for at least one of the attacks. . .
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Eanie meanie miney moe, this one's terrorist, this one no.
Figures. No surprise. Turkey is on ISIS’ side.
While I generally back the Kurds, the PKK has been a communist terrorist group for decades. I also have no fondness for the present Turkish regime.
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