South Kurdistan: Turkey Is Using Na

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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.etext.org>
Subject: South Kurdistan: Turkey Is Using Napalm And Splinter Bombs

South Kurdistan: Turkey Is Using Napalm And Splinter Bombs

     In a recent interview with Med-TV, Cemil Bayik, commander of
the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (ARGK), discussed the
military situation in South Kurdistan. Because Turkey had not
achieved its military objectives following its May 14, 1997
invasion of South Kurdistan, this time they attacked with 
better-trained forces, Bayik said. In total, this invasion involves
50,000 Turkish troops and village guards, backed by 300 tanks and
grenade launchers. The mountains have been under constant air
bombardment, and the areas of Kurejahro and Metina were attacked
with napalm, while splinter bombs were detonated over the areas
of Sikefta Brindara, Metinan, and the Kurmanc mountains. The
fighters of the KDP no longer have any strength to carry out
their own activities; in the day to day fighting in South
Kurdistan, the ARGK is now facing only the Turkish military,
Bayik explained.
     Bayik went on to say: "All the friends of our people, and
our people itself, must know that our liberation struggle, under
the leadership of Abdullah Ocalan, started with nothing and has
continued to strengthen until today. In the future, we will
become even stronger. No one should doubt that. All of our
liberation fighters are convinced that this struggle is not just
for themselves, rather for all the peoples of the region. The
enemy continues to spread national and international propaganda,
spreading lies about the number of fallen guerrillas. No one
should take these figures seriously or worry about them."

(Source: 'Kurdistan-Rundbrief' Nr.21, Vol.10 - October 21, 1997)

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