Bush imposes sanctions on PKK

PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday imposed sanctions on the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, aimed at denying the rebel group access to the U.S. financial system.



The sanctions, from a U.S. drug trafficking law, also block any transactions and trade involving American companies and individuals, according to the White House. Bush designated four foreign individuals and two other foreign entities subject to the sanctions.



The PKK has used a remote part of Iraq's largely autonomous region of Kurdistan as a base to stage attacks inside Turkey in pursuit of its goal of a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey, Reuters reports.