Tuesday, May 14, 2013

First Kurdish Rebels Enter Iraq After Turkish Peace Deal



PKK Fighters Arrive In Iraq Under Peace Deal -- Al Jazeera

First batch of Kurdish fighters withdrawing from Turkey received by their comrades in northern Iraq.

The first group of Kurdish fighters to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process has entered northern Iraq.

The 13 men and women arrived in the area of Heror near Metina mountain on the Turkish-Iraqi border on Tuesday and were greeted by comrades from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency.

They were carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles, light machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers and had rucksacks on their backs.

After the welcome, the apparently-exhausted fighters put down their weapons and warmed themselves at a fire.

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More News On PKK Fighters Arriving In Iraq

First Kurdish rebels reach Iraq under Turkish peace plan -- Reuters
First Withdrawing Kurdish Rebels Reach Iraq -- Voice of America
First Kurdish fighters from Turkey arrive in Iraq -- Global Post/AFP
First PKK fighters arrive in Iraq -- UPI
Kurd fighters from Turkey arrive in Iraq -- The Australian
First PKK Fighters From Turkey Arrive In Iraq -- Radio Free Europe
Kurdish rebels find safe haven in Iraq after Turkish truce -- Deutsche Welle

My Comment: Not surprising .... Iraq is not happy with this influx of heavily armed Kurdish fighters. But to add fuel to the fire .... this is what the Iraqis are really upset about.

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