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From: tabe at newsdesk.aps.nl
Subject: TRKNWS-L News
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         id VT5737; Wed, 24 May 1995 18:57:11 -0800


* Kurdish Rebels Raid Village
* Iraqi Kurds Request Money

Kurdish Rebels Raid Village (5/22)
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Kurdish rebels raided a village in
southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border Monday, killing three
people, the Anatolia news agency said.
    Eight Kurdish rebels attacked Karafakililar village in the
Mediterranean coastal Hatay province and fired at homes, the
official Turkish news agency said. Two other villagers were
seriously wounded, it said.
    Turkey has long accused Syria of providing refuge to Kurdish
rebels. The leader of the rebels, Abdullah Ocalan, lives in the
Syrian city of Laskiye, according to the Turkish intelligence
sources.
    Kurdish rebels have been fighting for autonomy in southeastern
Turkey since 1984. More than 15,000 people, including civilians,
soldiers and rebels, have died.

Iraqi Kurds Request Money (5/20)

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- An Iraqi Kurdish group asked Turkey for
$30 million to set up a security system to keep Turkish Kurdish
separatists from filtering across the border, a Turkish newspaper
reported Saturday.
    The Kurdistan Democratic Party has proposed building police
stations and watchtowers and positioning some 20,000 guerrillas
along the 220-mile-long border, Sabah reported.
    In exchange for the KDP's cooperation in fighting Turkish
Kurdish rebels, Ankara would have to earmark some of the $30
million to rebuild 350 villages, five bridges and 120 miles of road
in the area of northern Iraq that the KDP controls, the report
said.
    Some 35,000 Turkish soldiers invaded northern Iraq earlier this
spring to wipe out camps Turkish Kurdish rebels used for
hit-and-run attacks against Turkey. Most Turkish troops pulled out
last month but 5,000 remain to cut off entry routes.
    The area, patrolled by allied warplanes since the end of the
Gulf War, is an autonomous Iraqi Kurdish enclave beyond the reach
of Iraq's military.
    Turkey has been negotiating with Iraqi Kurdish leaders about
security arrangements for the border area. There was no immediate
reaction from the Turkish government to the reported KDP proposal.
    Kurdish rebels have been fighting for autonomy in southeastern
Turkey since 1984. More than 15,000 people have been killed.


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