Re: [Marxism] Demons of Separatism

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Finally, I read a piece at
> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18648.htm which reckons that
> the PKK is effectively a US asset. Is there anything accurate in this
> allegation?
> 
> Paul F

Given the role of the CIA in trapping the PKK leader in 1999, it seems 
unlikely that this would be the case. However, given the tendency of the 
Kurds to shoot themselves in the foot, nothing would surprise me at this 
point.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/oca1-f24.shtml
The manhunt for Ocalan: How Washington flouts international law and 
democratic rights
By Barry Grey
24 February 1999

High-level US government officials have outlined Washington's role in 
the kidnapping of Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan, making it 
clear that the US organized a global manhunt in violation of 
international law and basic democratic procedures.

After initially denying any "direct" involvement in the February 15 
abduction of Ocalan, US officials over the weekend acknowledged that 
Washington played the central role in hunting Ocalan down and delivering 
him into the hands of his Turkish enemies.

Last Friday the Los Angeles Times quoted Turkish officials who said 
American FBI agents detected Ocalan's presence at the Greek embassy in 
Nairobi, Kenya within two days of his clandestine arrival on February 2. 
The FBI informed Turkey of the political refugee's whereabouts, setting 
in motion the chain of events that ended with Ocalan's seizure by 
Turkish security forces and his transfer, blindfolded and in chains, to 
an island prison near Istanbul.

After the appearance of the Los Angeles Times article, "senior" US 
officials, whose names were not divulged, outlined for the New York 
Times and the Washington Post the American role in Ocalan's expulsion 
from Syria last October, and the subsequent refusal of European 
governments to grant him political asylum. These reports make it clear 
that the kidnapping of Ocalan, who heads the Workers Party of Kurdistan 
(PKK), was an American operation.

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