Turkey, Kurdish administration in N.Iraq agree on PKK fight plan

According to the agreement, the administration in northern Iraq led by Massoud Barzani will cut the links between Europe and the PKK, which uses bases in northern Iraq as a springboard to launch cross-border attacks on neighboring Turkey.   Â

Turkey also wants Barzani to force the PKK terrorists leave the northern Iraq lands, the agreement says.  Â

The agreement also includes the deployment of special Turkish forces to a number of strategic control points in northern Iraq, in addition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, in order to cut logistic, political and military support to the PKK.

In return to the attempts by the administration in northern Iraq against the PKK, Turkey would recognize the Barzani administration, Firat reported. Turkey also would open an embassy in Arbil and invite Barzani to the Turkish capital of Ankara, it added.

Turkish officials say around 2,000 PKK terrorists are holed up in the mountains of northern Iraq, where they enjoy free movement and use the region to launch cross-border attacks.

 

Turkey, provided with intelligence by the United States, has stepped up its campaign to crackdown on the PKK both inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, after the terror organization increased its attacks on Turkish soldiers, as well as civilians.