[lbo-talk] Kurdish rebels warn of "hell" after Turkey blasts

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 9/3/06, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> Reuters.com
>
> Kurdish rebels warn of "hell" after Turkey blasts
> http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-08-29T142916Z_01_L29922136_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-TURKEY-EXPLOSIONS.xml&archived=False
>
> Tue Aug 29, 2006
>
> By Thomas Grove
>
> ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) - A shadowy Kurdish rebel group threatened on
> Tuesday to turn Turkey "into hell" after their two-day bombing spree killed
> three people and wounded dozens at popular tourist resorts.
>
> The Kurdish Liberation Hawks (TAK) said it bombed a busy shopping area in
> the coastal resort Antalya on Monday, killing three people and wounding
> dozens, including European and Middle Eastern tourists.
>
> The blast followed four bombs on the Mediterranean resort of Marmaris and in
> Istanbul that wounded 27 people.
<snip>
> TAK has claimed a series of attacks over the last year in tourist resorts
> and cities across the country. PKK guerrillas carry out attacks mainly
> against soldiers in the mountains of southeast Turkey from their bases in
> northern Iraq.

You defeat or weaken rational political leaders and organizations
(e.g., the PKK), religious or irreligious, and you'll create a big
political vacuum in which apocalyptic jihadists (e.g., the TAK)
thrive.  Turkey may be becoming an example of that.
-- 
Yoshie
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