[WilliamofCarmichael]

RE: "Kurds are hiding behind our skirts while stirring up the pot"

The Kurds are not hiding and stirring . . .

"US special envoy for countering the PKK, retired Gen. Joseph Ralston, said: '[The PKK] should be treated as murderers by everyone, including the United States.'

It's the Marxist PKK.

The Bush Administration appointed Gen. Ralston to work with Turkey and the Kurdish government to solve the Marxist PKK problem.

[bill1952]

It's the Marxist PKK.

Hey, interesting information. I didn't know about any Marxist connection, but this

Turkey's military responded in the early 1990s with a harsh state of emergency, under which 3,000 villages were evacuated in a scorched-earth policy, hundreds of thousands were displaced, and abuses included killings and torture.

cannot be much different.

And this certainly is not good

"By killing, shooting, or slaughtering the innocent ones, [the PKK] can't do anything. That's not a solution," says Yalcin. "If they feel themselves to be brave, I suggest the PKK [fight] face to face, not with suicide attacks."

Okay, I have to admit the article is a bit muddy in it's intent - • Next: Ethnic Kurds who say that they are proud to back the PKK.

And again, thanks. - I'll have to research the PKK more. - bill