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A haven for Kurdish rebels who await the Turks

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on 2007-10-29 by kropotkin

As you read through this article, remember all the news sources that label the Kurdish fighters as "rebels" and "terrorists", and think: who else are the media labeling as terrorists? Well, apart of those that the Powers that Be created themselves so that they can always have an enemy handy, as they try to impose martial laws on everyone - this label is also used for the Hamas in Palestine and the Hezbollah in Lebanon. Now, what do these groups have in common with the Kurdish fighters other than this label? For one, the majority of people in the areas they operate respects them because all these groups are fighting for the rights of their people, which are being denied, ignored and abused by aggressive regimes (Israel and Turkey in these cases), the latter always being protected and supported by the US of A.

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"Iraqi Kurds generally sympathize with PKK fighters. It is a force that has been demanding and fighting for the rights of Kurds in Turkey for tens of years now, and the Turks have been very harsh to their Kurdish community by forbidding them from rights,"

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The villagers toast the guerrillas as champions of Kurdish rights. They say they are willing to endure sacrifices as the price of their association with a movement fighting to establish Kurdish self-rule in Turkey and Iran, where they believe their minority's basic privileges are denied.

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Some describe the PKK as a vital trading partner and protector in a lawless area.

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The rebel fighters "respect the people and serve the area. They even supply the area with electricity.

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Kurds speak a distinct language and have a separate culture from that of Turks, Persians and Arabs. They are believed to be the world's largest ethnic group without a state, with a total population estimated at 25 million to 40 million.

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