Turkey and USA working out secret plan against Kurdistan Workers' Party

PanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of US administration together with representatives from Turkish government are secretly working out a secret military operation aimed at suppressing the movement of Kurdish separatists and capturing their leaders, Washington Post reports.



"Last week US Undersecretary for Policy at the Pentagon Eric Edelman held a confidential briefing on this issue for a number of congressmen. According to US legislation the presidential administration must inform members of Congress about such initiatives. Edelman told them that the US Special Forces will assist Turkish servicemen to neutralize the leadership of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).



The Pentagon's representative assured congressmen that he is sure in success, and in case of necessity it will be possible to hide the realization of a special operation against Kurds and even to deny it," the newspaper reports.



Turkish authorities have repeatedly assured on their readiness to carry out a cross-border operation into northern Iraq if the Iraqi government and US armed forces don't take effective actions against PKK fighters who are hiding in the north of the country. At the same time official Ankara states that Turkey does not have any claims on territories of other countries.