11. A spate of terrorist attacks has followed the arrest of Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan in February. 12. A range of crimes can bring jail terms, among them insulting the army or seeming to sympathize with Kurdish guerrillas or their separatist program. 13. Buoyed by the capture of the Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan, Ecevit appears to be running strong. 14. But the site, whose checkpoints are reportedly manned by Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish guerrillas, stands as evidence that cooperation between the faction and Iraqi forces is continuing. 15. He has been met with a violent Turkish response, including documented torture of Kurdish guerrilla suspects and secret trials by state security courts. 16. In recent decades Kurdish guerrilla groups have waged major uprisings against the Turkish, Iranian and Iraqi governments. 17. In Turkey, where units fighting Kurdish guerrillas have a history of killing civilians, Americans have trained anti-guerrilla forces. 18. Most of the flagrant violations come from the brutal attempt to suppress Kurdish guerrillas who use terrorism to further their goal of secession in the southeast. 19. Much to the dismay of Turkish military commanders, the zone has also become a sanctuary from which Kurdish guerrillas stage raids into Turkey. 20. Occasionally, convoys of Turkish army troops pass by, raising more dust as they head north into the mountains in search of Kurdish guerrillas. |