2023-10-02 05:40:00
The Turkish Army bombed PKK positions in northern Iraq (Archyde.com)
In response to the suicide attack once morest the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior this Sunday, the Turkish Ministry of Defense reported that Turkish aircraft bombed 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, specifically in the regions of Metina, Hakurk, Kandil and Gara.
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“We have attacked them by surprise in their lairs during the night and we are going to continue attacking. This fight will not end until there are no terrorists left,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement published on social networks.
“Caves, bunkers, shelters and warehouses used by the separatist terrorist organization” have been bombed and highlights that “many terrorists involved have been destroyed.”
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These bombings are “to eliminate terrorist attacks once morest our people and security forces by neutralizing the PKK/KCK and other terrorist elements to guarantee security on the border,” Turkey added, referring to the acronyms of the PKK and the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK).
However, “all precautions have been taken to avoid damage to innocent civilians, friendly elements and historical and cultural property.”
This attack once morest Iraqi territory is protected by Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, according to Turkey. The text includes the “inherent right to self-defense of an individual or group” in the face of an “armed attack once morest a member of the United Nations.”
Turkish security forces cordon off an area following an explosion by a suicide bomber, in Ankara (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
A suicide attack carried out this Sunday once morest the headquarters of the Turkish Ministry of the Interior in Ankara resulted in the death of the two attackers and the wounding of two police officers. The attack was claimed by the Kurdistan Workers Party.
“Today at 9:30 local time (6:30 GMT) a team from our Immortal Battalion carried out an action once morest the Turkish Ministry of the Interior,” says a statement attributed to the PKK and published by the Firat news agency (ANF), which He usually functions as a spokesperson for the Kurdish guerrilla.
The note assures that the action was a “success” and accuses the Turkish Government of “blatantly hiding” the losses suffered in the attack in which, according to the official version, only the assailants died, causing only minor injuries to two police officers.
The presidency of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in Iraq, and the autonomous government have condemned the “terrorist” attack in Ankara. “The Government of Kurdistan always rejects any form of terrorism and extremist acts and calls for greater international cooperation to combat terrorism and prevent its actions on a global level,” said an official spokesperson, Beshwa Horami, quoted by the Iraqi news agency Shafaq. .
The PKK statement identifies the two perpetrators of the attack by name and surname and assures that they committed the attack to commemorate Hülya Demirel, also known as Axin Mus, a PKK commander who was killed, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry, two years ago. weeks with three other militants in the province of Diyarbakir.
The PKK, considered terrorist by both Turkey and the European Union (EU), fought between 1984 and 2013 for the independence of the Kurdish regions of southeastern Turkey, but renounced this objective in 2013, starting a peace process, broken two years later.
In recent years, almost all fighting between the Turkish Army and guerrilla members has taken place in northern Iraq, where the PKK has its rearguard.
(With information from Europa Press and EFE)
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