61. Turkey has stepped up charges that Greece is covertly supporting the Kurdish rebel movement, but Greek officials deny that. 62. Turkey is waging its own war against Kurdish rebels, who seek to establish a state in the southeast. 63. Turkey, which desperately wants to gain membership, would like nothing better than to execute the Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan. 64. Turkish military officials today refused to comment on newspaper reports that Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels. 65. Turkish newspapers reported that security agents had caught Haralambus photographing military bases and seeking information that would be helpful to Kurdish rebels. 66. Twice this year, Turkish troops have crossed into Iraq to chase Kurdish rebels and destroy bases. 67. Turkey continues its scorched-earth drive against Kurdish rebels, and truces rather than real settlements mute conflicts in Georgia and Chechnya. 68. Turkish officials have accused Syria of allowing the country to be used as a base for Kurdish rebels who have been fighting for self-rule in southeastern Turkey. 69. Unlike Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish rebel leader arrested by Turkish agents on Monday, he is from Iraq, not Turkey. 70. Turkey made the right choice in deferring the execution of Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish rebel leader, until the European Court of Human Rights hears his appeal. |