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Turquie-UE
Ankara critique la position du parlement européen sur le problème kurde
ANKARA, 15 juin (AFP) - La Turquie a critiqué mercredi la position du
parlement européen, qui conditionne la ratification de l'accord d'union
douanière conclu en mars entre la Turquie et l'UE à la libération des
députés turcs d'origine kurde emprisonnés.
"La justice est indépendante en Turquie et ni le gouvernement ni le
parlement ne peuvent avoir une influence sur elle. Nous l'avons déjà dit au
parlement européen", a déclaré le porte-parole de la diplomatie turque Omer
Akbel, lors de son point de presse hebdomadaire.
"Il n'est pas utile d'établir un lien entre cette affaire (députés
kurdes) et l'union douanière alors que la Turquie remplit progressivement
ses engagements (••• ) Cette union douanière est à la fois dans l'intérêt de
la Turquie et de l'UE", a ajouté M. Akbel, en déplorant l'attitude du
parlement européen.
Huit députés turcs d'origine kurde ont été condamnés en décembre dernier
à des peines de trois ans et demi à 15 ans de prison pour "aide" ou
"appartenance à bande armée" (ndIr: le Parti des Travailleurs du Kurdistan,
PKK, séparatiste, en rébellion armée depuis 1984). Deux d'entre eux 'ont été
remis en liberté provisoire.
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AFP /J00245/141711 JON 95
Iraqi Army Repels Rebels Near Baghdad
Compiled by Our Staff From Dispatches
NICOSIA - Iraqi soldiers
used tanks and helicopters to
repel an assault by tribesmen
'.lInd soldiers Wednesday on a
'radio transmitter outside Bagh-
.dad, dissidents said.
The reported fighting did not
appear to threaten President
Saddam Hussein's grip on pow-
.er. But it was further evidence
of unrest among the large Dulaimi
tribe, which dissidents say
took part in riots in May in the
western province of AI Anbar.
The attack was led by mem-
.bers of the tribe on a relay station
in Abu Ghraib, the site of a
military camp and prison, according
to Hamid Bayati, a
leader of the an Iraqi opposi-
~tion ~roup in London, who was
quoting Baghdad sources.
Transmission from the station,
20 kilometers (12 miles) west of
Baghdad, stopped for a short
period and then resumed.
An armored unit, the 14 July
battalion, attacked the Baghdad
Radio transmitters, as well
as a heliport used by Mr. Saddam.
The attack, led by General
Turki Ismail Dulaimi, touched
off a battle with tanks, armored
vehicles and helicopters, according
to witnesses who were
contacted by telephone from
Amman, Jordan. An air force
general was killed in the fighting
around the heliport where
several homes of pilots were hit,
they said.
Mr. Saddam's
special forces
later encircled the rebels. executed Dulaimi air force gen-
Iraq's Information Ministry eral, according to residents of
called the reports "lies and Ramadi, the capital of Anbar.
wishful thinking." General Mohammed Maz-
But Mr. Bayati said the fight- lum Dulaimi was arrested in
ing involved soldiers and men November for his alleged role iti
from the Dulaimi. Israeli mili- an~ttempted coup agai~st Mr.
tary sources, speaking on condi- Saddam. He was executed i,n
tion of anonymity, said they .mid-May. (AP, AFP)
had reports of a "serious bat-
tie." There was no immediate
report of casualties.
The rebels were demanding
the release of all Abu Gbraib's
prison inmates, including hundreds
&ITestedin troubled Anbar
Province since May 18, the
witnesses said.
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