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"PKK USED BY SYRIA AS A WEAPON AGAINST TURKEY"

The book "Water in the Middle East", published with
contributions from the School of African and Eastern Studies at
the London University, claims that a secret struggle for the
distribution of water resources is going on in the Middle East,
and that the terrorist PKK organization was being used as a
weapon in this struggle. The book comments on the usage of the
rivers in the Middle East within the light of international law.
It is pointed out that Syria was implementing the policy of
"supporting divisive and destructive elements" regarding the
Euphrates river waters. "Syria has been using the PKK
organization as a trump card against Turkey in the struggle for
the Euphrates waters", said foreign policy specialist Greg
Shapland, who is a representative of the British delegation in
the Multinational Water Working Group contributing to the Middle
East peace process meetings. /Sabah/

GERMAN MAGAZINE SAYS GREENS SUPPORT PKK


Focus, a German political weekly, claims in this week's
issue that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is being
supported by the German Greens, some deputies from the Democratic
Socialist Party (PDS), and some religious groups. The article
alleged that some deputies from PDS, for example, Siegfried
Martsch, have been organizing demonstration marches and meetings
for the PKK to make anti-Turkish propaganda, and have been
organizing talks between PKK leaders and reporters. The article
also said that Priest Hans Stoodt has hidden PKK sympathizers
from police in his Frankfurt church. Some of these people
went on hunger strikes, and others attacked the police.
/Milliyet/

GERMAN DEPUTY DENIES BEING PKK SYMPATHIZER

Stefen Tippach, a deputy of the Democratic Socialist Party
(PDS), has made the impolitic but interesting move of giving
a speech about an imaginary Kurdish state as part of his
statement to the DPA German news agency, the Anatolia news
agency reported. Tippach's remarks seem to contradict his
claim that he has never had any connection with the PKK. Although
Tippach defended himself by saying he never had any contact
with the PKK, and that he and his party are only interested
in the human rights element of the Kurdish issue, his
statement to the DPA news agency nevertheless gave the
impression that he was one of the PKK.

15 PKK MILITANTS KILLED

Fifteen militants of the PKK terrorist organization were
killed, one captured and seven surrendered in the Southeast.
The Office of the State of Emergency Governor reported that
three security guards were killed in action during the clashes.
Meanwhile, terrorists killed one person and kidnapped eight
others during surprise attacks in the hamlet of Bataklik in
Hakkari's Yuksekova district. /Hurriyet/

PKK REPORT TO GERMANY

Turkey has presented information about the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) to Germany to be presented to Prime
Minister Helmut Kohl.
The "PKK report" has three important aspects: the first one is
about how the PKK brings its supporters to Germany through
illegal ways; the second one is about drug smuggling which is
the organization's most important source of revenue; the third
aspect is how the PKK collects money by force. /Hurriyet/


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