PKK threatens France after senior member arrest – report October 12, 2012 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) threatened France in a statement following the arrest of a senior PKK member, an agency known to be closely linked to the PKK reported on Thursday, Oct 11. The statement called on France to give up its “hostile policy” against the Kurdish people, the Fırat news agency reported, according to Today’s Zaman. “If not, the Kurdistan freedom movement and the Kurdish people will act against the interests of the country,” the statement read. A French court recently arrested Adem Uzun, a member of the executive council of the Kurdish National Congress (Kongra-Gel), as part of an investigation into the illegal activity of the PKK in France. Uzun was accused of providing arms for the terrorist organization, based in northern Iraq, French media reports said. France, which classified the PKK as a terrorist organization in 1993, has been carrying out operations against institutions and individuals known to be closely linked to the terrorist group since 2007. Partner news  Top stories Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years.   Partner news |  Latest news Russian expert rules out Karabakh war renewal by Armenia  Alexander Krylov: the possibility of the renewal of Karabakh war should not be exaggerated in the face of the balance of power.German scientists ready to include Armenian petroglyphs in UNESCO list The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs won’t visit Artsakh French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts. |
