Kurdish Guerrilla Leader Says Defeat Awaits Turkey's Military in Iraq
AP Interview: Kurdish guerrilla leader says defeat awaits Turkey's military in IraqThe Associated Press
Published: July 22, 2007
Published: July 22, 2007
LEWZHE, Iraq: The Kurdish rebel commander said he believed the Turkish military will launch a long-anticipated offensive against separatist bases in northern Iraq shortly after Sunday's general elections in Turkey and warned his fighters were prepared for battle.
But Murat Karayilan, the leader of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, denied Ankara's charges that his group was using its bases in Iraq to launch attacks against Turkish forces.
"The date of the Turkish offensive has drawn near," Karayilan told The Associated Press Friday in an interview at his base in the remote village of Lewzhe in northern Iraq. "We are ready to confront it and to defend ourselves. The Turkish army cannot move with ease in this mountainous terrain."
But Murat Karayilan, the leader of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, denied Ankara's charges that his group was using its bases in Iraq to launch attacks against Turkish forces.
"The date of the Turkish offensive has drawn near," Karayilan told The Associated Press Friday in an interview at his base in the remote village of Lewzhe in northern Iraq. "We are ready to confront it and to defend ourselves. The Turkish army cannot move with ease in this mountainous terrain."
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