Zitat:Iran-KRG Trade to Hit $5b

Trade between Iran and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is expected to exceed $5 billion in 2011, a KRG official said. The KRG's representative in the Iranian capital Tehran, Nazim Omar Dabbagh, made the announcement on Monday, IRNA reported. He further stated that President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani will visit Iran in the near future. Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi invited the KRG president to visit the Islamic Republic in a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani in Tehran on August 25.
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Husseini reiterated that trade between Iran and Iraq stands at approximately $7 billion annually, of which the share of the Kurdistan Region alone is 65 percent, or $4.5 billion.
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Zitat:KDP tells PKK, PJAK to stop attacks
Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:38PM GMT

The deputy chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraq has called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist groups to stop their militant attacks. In an interview with the Kurdish language weekly Rodav on Sunday, Nechirvan Barzani said the PKK and PJAK activities violate international law, which prohibits the presence of any militia group on a country's territory and the use of a country's territory to launch attacks against neighboring countries, IRNA reported.

He added that the PKK and PJAK show no respect for the interests of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and launch attacks against Iran and Turkey from their bases in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Zitat:IRGC arrests two PJAK commanders
Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:28AM GMT
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“Confessions of these individuals will help us to identify the hideouts of the terrorist group and to discover their arms and ammunition storages,” IRGC Brigadier-General Nasser Shabani said on Saturday.
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In a statement on September 3, PJAK -- an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- called for a ceasefire with Tehran upon the request of some “mediation parties.” The offer comes as members of the PJAK and PKK dug new tunnels and built fronts in the Jasosan heights close to Iran's border regions over the past month, exploiting the IRGC's ceasefire during the fasting month of Ramadan.

The PJAK and PKK terrorists have also received new weapons, including 120-millimeter mortars, and walkie-talkies from the US consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil.
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Zitat:Iran's Army, IRGC cooperate to fight Kurdish PJAK militants: commander

(Source: Xinhua) 2011-09-12

　　TEHRAN, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian commander announced Sunday that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Army are staging joint operations on the northwestern border to eradicate an Iraq-based "terrorist" group, the semi- official Fars news agency reported.
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Zitat:At least eight killed in Bitlis bomb attack
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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A bomb that was planted in a manhole went off while a police vehicle was passing, just outside Güroymak, security sources said.

Bitlis Gov. Nurettin Yılmaz told reporters in the eastern city that five police officers and three civilians were killed in the explosion, which was caused by a remote-controlled bomb.
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Zitat:24 soldiers dead in clashes in SE Turkey
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Twenty-four people died last night in clashes between alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and security forces in Hakkari province in Southeast Turkey, NTV reported.
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The attackers were reported to have hit eight targets simultaneously.

Most of the targets were known to have been near the border posts.

Makarna schrieb:Es gab Zeiten, da war Iran auch unter den direkten/indirekten Unterstützer.

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Zitat:Truce Between Iran And Kurdish Rebels Holds

A K.R.G.-brokered deal ends two months of hostilities between P.J.A.K. and Iran
by Margaret Griffis, September 28, 2011

An anonymous Kurdistan Regional Government (K.R.G.) official is reporting that Iran and Kurdish rebels have reached a tentative cease-fire that has, so far, held for 10 days. The deal winds down hostilities that have affected hundreds of Kurdish civilians since July.

The truce, which was brokered by former K.R.G. Premier Nechirvan Barzani, requires Party Of A Free Life Of Kurdistan (P.J.A.K.) rebels to end their attacks on Iran and promise they will no longer encroach on Iranian territory. For its part, Iran will cease its operations on the rebels. Should fighting resume, the K.R.G. will be responsible for sending its own Peshmerga troops to quash any flare-ups.
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Zitat:Kämpfe in Kurdengebieten
Türkisches Militär setzt Angriffe fort

Die türkische Armee hat ihre Angriffe auf Stellungen der verbotenen Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans (PKK) im Südosten des Landes und im Nordirak fortgesetzt. Mehrere Kampfjets starteten vom Luftwaffenstützpunkt in der Stadt Diyarbakir im Südosten Anatoliens.
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Schwere Verluste für türkische Armee
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Die Kämpfe führten zu den zweitschwersten Verlusten der türkischen Armee, seitdem die PKK im Jahr 1984 den bewaffneten Kampf gegen die Türkei aufgenommen hatte. Nach neuen Angaben türkischer Medien sind rund 10.000 Soldaten im Einsatz. Die PKK verfügt nach Angaben der türkischen Regierung im Norden des Iraks über etwa 2000 Kämpfer.
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Stand: 21.10.2011 12:08 Uhr

Zitat:Turkey and Iran to Cooperate Against PKK

Posted by NorAm Intel Group on October 21, 2011

Iran has agreed to help Turkey fight Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. The decision made by senior officials on both sides, shows that Ankara’s recent decision to move away from Tehran in favor of greater Western alignment might have been premature.

The foreign ministers of the two countries announced plans to cooperate against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its Iranian wing, the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) during a joint news conference held in Ankara on Friday.

“From now on, we will work together in a joint action plan until this terrorist threat is totally eliminated,” Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, said.
Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian foreign minister, said he will seek more cooperation with Turkey against the fighters near their shared border. He said the PKK and PJAK were “common problems” for both countries.

Davutoglu’s statement came as Turkish jets kept up bombing raids on Kurdish fighter bases, taking off from Diyarbakir, the regional capital of the mainly Kurdish southeast.
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Zitat:PM: Turkey will not Allow Establishment of Kurdish State in Northern Syria

Thursday, 26 July 2012

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 26 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /

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Zitat:Erdogan Says PKK Threat from Syria may Prompt Turkey's Military Retaliation

Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Zitat:Turkey could act against "terrorist" group in Syria

ANKARA | Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:25am EDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey could act against a "terrorist" organization in northern Syria if it sees it as a threat, in a warning to Kurdish militants believed to be active in the region.

Erdogan's warning of possible intervention marked a new escalation in tensions between Turkey and its southern neighbor, which have been increasingly at odds since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad failed to heed Ankara's calls to quit.

"We will not allow a terrorist group to establish camps in northern Syria and threaten Turkey," Erdogan told a news conference before travelling to London.

"If there is a step which needs to be taken against the terrorist group, we will definitely take this step," he said.
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