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Headlines : Iraq

Summary:

Abdul Rahman Chaderchi, a senior PKK member, said the eight soldiers were released without ransom or conditions as a message from PKK.

This is a good sign that the PKK is acting rationally with regards to the potentially explosive situation in Kurdistan. Let us hope that the Turks take the hint and similarly act rationally.

[Posted By zirkonyx]

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Republished from Gulfnews

After international & internal discussion, Iraqi Kurds have pressed their Turkish brethren to release the Turkish military prisoners

Eight Turkish soldiers captured last month by Kurdish guerrillas were released in northern Iraq on Sunday, a move which could ease public pressure on Turkey’s government to launch a major cross-border incursion.

The release of the soldiers came a day after the Iraqi government vowed to hunt down Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants responsible for raids into Turkey.

President George W. Bush is due to discuss the situation with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington today. Turkish TV said the soldiers flew home in a military plane and talked to their families by phone after landing.

Fouad Hussain, head of the office of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, said Iraqi Kurdish leaders helped in releasing the soldiers.

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