Posted on 05/06/2006 6:18:58 PM PDT by Flavius
Seems DOS can't make up their minds
Actually, the PKK is there. Look at the bottom of page 205: they're listed under "Kongra-Gel (PKK)" aka "Kurdistan Worker's Party"
The description:
"Kongra-Gel was founded by Abdullah Ocalan in 1974 as a Marxist-Leninist separatist organization and formally named the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 1978. The group, composed primarily of Turkish Kurds, began in 1984 its campaign of armed violence, which has resulted in some 30,000 casualties."
"The group conducted attacks on Turkish diplomatic and commercial facilities in dozens of West European cities in 1993 and again in spring 1995. In an attempt to damage Turkey’s tourist industry, the then-PKK bombed tourist
sites and hotels and kidnapped foreign tourists in the early-to-mid-1990s. Turkish authorities have confirmed or suspect that the group is responsible for dozens of bombings that occurred throughout 2005 in western Turkey, particularly in Istanbul, but also in resort areas on the western coast where foreign tourists, among others, were killed."
Yup. I see now. I don't know why they changed the way they list them. They should have them listed with the rest like in the past.
Thanks for pointing that out.
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