Fwd: [lbo-talk] Juan Cole: PKK Spin-Off Behind Istanbul Bombings

cian cian_oconnor at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Nov 21 07:38:28 PST 2003


Is there any evidence of Iran helping Sunni extremists? It seems improbable that they would. Or is this another example of deciding to link any group calling itself Hizbullah (Party of God) to Iran - relying on most people's ignorance to make the connection (including it seems US intelligence).

Just as the US was claiming at some point that Hizbollah in Iraq had something to do with Lebannon, or Iran (rather than being the home grown marsh arab resistance movement that it actually was).

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of michael098762001 Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:13 PM To: lbo-talk Subject: Re: Fwd: [lbo-talk] Juan Cole: PKK Spin-Off Behind Istanbul Bombings

His source, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/467/re2.htm , writes: "Hizbullah grew out of the Kurdish Islamist movement of the early 1980s when Velioglu, ironically a former classmate of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, broke away to form his own group dedicated to using violence to establish a Kurdish Islamic state based on the model of Iran. Velioglu slowly built up a network of militants. Turkish security officials also claim, despite denials by Teheran, that the organisation received considerable financial and logistical support from Iran. Many captured Hizbullah militants have reportedly named both camps in Iran where they were trained and the names of Iranian officials who trained them."

There's quite a difference breaking off from the Kurdish Islamist movement and the PKK.

Magnus --- End forwarded message ---

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