Kurdish Rebels Terminate Ceasefire With Ankara

February 28, 2011

2/28/2011 3:18 PM ET

(RTTNews) - The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK which has been waging a

long-running war against the Turkish government Monday declared its intention to

end the unilateral truce announced by it in August, reports said.

Earlier following the rebels' decision to enforce cessation of hostilities, a

drop was witnessed in terrorist attacks in south-eastern Turkey where the PKK

has its major support base.

As for its decision to end the ceasefire, PKK said the Turkish government-led by

Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan had failed to look into the issue of Kurdish

mass graves. Besides the PKK accused Erdogan of failure to improve prison

conditions for its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan.

According to the rebels, despite the termination of the ceasefire, they would

not be the first to launch an attack. However, it vowed to actively defend

itself against attacks from government troops.

Founded in 1978, the PKK, which stands for its Kurdish name:Partiya Karkerên

Kurdistan, aims to create an independent Kurdish state comprising southeastern

Turkey, northeastern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran where Kurds

constitute a majority.

The PKK has been proscribed by Ankara as an ethnic secessionist outfit which

employs terrorism and force against civilian and military targets for realising

its goal of nationhood. It has also been designated a terror outfit by United

States and European Union(EU).

by RTT Staff Writer

February 28, 2011

Why shouldn't they? The whole world is going mad thanks to deliberate action by a few so why shouldn't they jump in and add to the chaos?

I predicted around the 2008 election that the world would be going mad and it certainly seems to be.

In a message dated 2/28/2011 5:44:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Kurdish Rebels Terminate Ceasefire With Ankara

Recommended Posts