Dec 20, 2000
The Kurdistan Observer

 Sharq Al Awsat, a London based Arabic newspaper, reported today Dec 12, 2000
that Adel Murad, a PUK official, said that a Turkish military force, currently
stationed around Qendil Mountains, entered southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan to pursue the
members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

The PUK official said that the Turkish force, consists of 700 solders and 80 military
machines.

Also today, the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) said in a statement that the
massing of Turkish army troops in South Kurdistan will lead to a new war in the region.

The statement added that the Turkish army entered southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan with the
cooperation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, aiming to destroy the PKK forces.
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The Kurdistan Observer
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