Bill Howard a écrit : > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 7:58 AM > Subject: [STOPNATO] Turkey Massing Troops Near Iraq Border > > STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > > Times of India > July 27, 2000 > > 'Turkey massing troops near Iraq border' > BAGHDAD: Iraq has informed the United Nations of a > Turkish military build-up near its border, Iraqi > newspapers reported on Wednesday. > > The Turkish army has entered northern Iraq in the past > to pursue Kurdish separatists fighting for autonomy in > southeast Turkey, angering Baghdad. > > Quoting a letter by Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed > Saeed al-Sahaf to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan > and the Security Council, the newspapers said a > special Turkish brigade was deployed in the area > opposite the Iraqi town of Kani Rash near the shared > border of Iraq, Iran and Turkey. > > "The massing of such troops can only be viewed as part > of preparations to push into Iraq towards Sidkan-Haj > Omran region under different pretexts," al-Sahaf said. > > He said that Turkey had also increased the number of > troops it has already stationed on Iraqi territory. > > "These dubious operations and movements by Turkish > forces represent a new chain in the series of > recurrent acts of aggression launched by these forces > against Iraq," he said. > > Al-Sahaf said Iraq condemns Turkey's aggression and > would hold Turkey responsible for their consequences. > > He urged the United Nations to press Turkey to pull > its troops out. > > Relations between Turkey and Iraq have been at a low > ebb since the 1991 Gulf War in which Turkey was part > of the U.S.-led coalition that forced Iraqi troops out > of Kuwait. > > Baghdad has also protested against Turkey's hosting > U.S. and British warplanes that patrol an no-fly zone > over northern Iraq. (Reuters) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
