Northern Iraqi government talks about steps taken against PKK terror

Said Hussein, "The steps we have taken against the PKK are first and foremost to ensure that our citizens interests are not damaged." Hussein listed some of the steps being taken as including an increase in security control checks of people and vehicles entering and leaving the Mahmur Camp area, and as an increase in police check points in and around the Kandil Mountain area, where the PKK is known to have training camps. Hussein also noted that flight coming in to and departing from the Erbil Airport were being checked more carefully by security forces.
 
In terms of media strictures, Hussein also told reporters yesterday that western media journalists had been forbidden from carrying out interviews with PKK terrorists in the northern Iraqi camps, as has happened quite frequently up until now.