Monday, June 25, 2007
PUK accused of attempting to kidnap PKK leaders for Turkey
Politics, Security
(KurdishMedia) - The Pro-PKK media and Kurdish independent sources have accused the PUK, led by Jalal Talabani the current Iraqi president, of attempting to kidnap two PKK leaders and handing them over to the Turkish authorities.
The sources state that the PUK authorities, which is part of the KRG, has organised a meeting for two of the PKK leaders, PKK co-president Murad Karialan and Cemil Bayik, with the Turkish officials under pretext of negotiating between two sides. However the PUK, the sources claim, has also arranged for the Turkish intelligence services MIT to attack the meeting and kidnap the PKK leaders.
At the same time, MIT with the help of the PUK brought a helicopter to southern Kurdistan in pieces in order to be put together and to be used in kidnapping the PKK leaders, as Turkey cannot fly over southern Kurdistan’s territory.
Neither the KRG, led by Massuad Barzani, nor the PUK have commented on the allegation. Recently the president of KRG Massuad Barzani stated that even if he orders, the peshmerga forces would not open fire of the PKK rebels. KurdishMedia.com could not verify the story from its own independent sources.
The sources state that the PUK authorities, which is part of the KRG, has organised a meeting for two of the PKK leaders, PKK co-president Murad Karialan and Cemil Bayik, with the Turkish officials under pretext of negotiating between two sides. However the PUK, the sources claim, has also arranged for the Turkish intelligence services MIT to attack the meeting and kidnap the PKK leaders.
At the same time, MIT with the help of the PUK brought a helicopter to southern Kurdistan in pieces in order to be put together and to be used in kidnapping the PKK leaders, as Turkey cannot fly over southern Kurdistan’s territory.
Neither the KRG, led by Massuad Barzani, nor the PUK have commented on the allegation. Recently the president of KRG Massuad Barzani stated that even if he orders, the peshmerga forces would not open fire of the PKK rebels. KurdishMedia.com could not verify the story from its own independent sources.
Labels: Cemil Bayik, MIT, Murad Karialan, PKK, PUK, Turkey
