Turkish Daily News
     Apr 19, 2001

    SAADET ORUC

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry vehemently denied the report which claimed that the
    Massoud Barzani-led Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) provided shelter for a
    terrorist organization, the Kurdistan Revolution Party (PSK) in northern Iraq.

    Moreover, the presence of such an organization was refuted by terrorism experts. A
    police intelligence official speaking to the TDN said they had never heard of such an
    organization.

    Safeen Dizayee, the Ankara representative of the KDP, denied the report accusing
    the KDP of supporting the terrorists.

    "Not a single element of the report is true. An organization named the Kurdistan
    Revolution Party has never even existed in northern Iraq. The only PSK is the
    Kurdistan Socialist Party, which is based in Europe," Dizayee said.

    Meanwhile, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said there is no evidence for the support of
    any terrorist element by northern Iraq.

    These allegations came about after police on Tuesday apparently uncovered the new
    armed Kurdish group and detained 26 of its members, which the Anatolia news
    agency reported. Police found dynamite, six guns and many of the previously
    unknown group's documents in Diyarbakir, the reports said.

    Massoud Barzani, the leader of the KDP, will visit Ankara soon to discuss the
    cooperation between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdish group against terrorism in northern
    Iraq, as well as the border trade along the Habour border gate.
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    The Kurdistan Observer
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