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Shawgi Tell
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 19:35:57 -0700
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Subject: Americans & Israelis Threatened...may be just the beginning
MID-EAST REALITIES - Americans & Israelis Threatened as Civil Conflict
Becomes More Likely in Turkey
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[MER - As Turkey moves toward civil striff, as the Middle East
region furiously arms for future battle, and as the Turkish
invasion of northern Iraq proceeds with American and Israeli
encouragement, new forces are brewing in the region and new
forms of "terrorism" -- historically the underdog's weapon of
choice -- may be coming. This Reuter dispatch from a few days
ago didn't get the attention it deserves in the U.S. in the midst
of the McVey/Oklahoma Bombing trial extravaganza. Like so many
other groups in the Middle East, now the Kurds are experiencing
the growth of passions calling for revenge against the Americans
and the Israelis. One day this powder-key of hate could yet
explode, sweeping the region from country to country.]
AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS MAY BE TARGETED
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuter 6/2/97 ) - The Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) Monday threatened worldwide attacks against Israeli
and U.S. targets if the two countries continued to ``support
Turkish massacres against Kurds.''
PKK central committee member Halil Atas told reporters in a
Beirut suburb -- a bastion of the pro-Iranian Hizbollah
guerrillas -- that the PKK planned attacks against tourist
centers in Turkey and warned tourists of the dangers of spending
their vacations there.
``In order to put Turkey in a state of bankruptcy we will
hit its economy and we will especially attack touristic centers.
We have planned specific attacks against such targets,'' he
said.
Speaking as Turkey's foray in pursuit of PKK guerrillas in
northern Iraq entered its 19th day, Atas urged countries of the
region to take a decisive stance in order to bring the Turkish
``barbaric attacks'' to an end.
Meanwhile, Turkish troops backed by artillery, armor and
helicopter gunships continued to consolidate their positions in
northern Iraq.
``We will not be responsible for the safety of tourists. We
are warning tourists and we are saying that it is dangerous for
you to go there ... Turkey is a dangerous country,'' Atas said.
The PKK also planned attacks against U.S. and Israeli
``non-civilian'' targets, he added.
``Our plan is to attack Turkish, American and Israeli
centers but not civilians and we are warning them not to support
the massacres taking place against the Kurdish people.''
The campaign against Kurds was carried out under a strategic
deal between the three countries, he said.
``If these countries continue to carry out massacres against
the Kurdish people then these people will make their objective
to hit targets of these countries in the world,'' he said.
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