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not want tourists coming to Turkey. "They are escalating the war and attacking the people... our people," he said. Accepting an appeal for extreme care to protect the tourists before theIr release, BaYlk said aH would be done and measures would also be taken to free all six together, to avoid possible security riskS. He warned, however, that Turkish operations in the region could put their lives in risk and called for a letup in the militaI)' crackdown. BaYlk added this was not a condition for the release but would ease things for the tourists. The PKK is wary that Turkish hardliners may attempt to destroy the units responsible for the abductions, alon~ with their hostages, and later blame the organization for the killings. "They are playing a game but it is an incredibly dangerous one," BaYlk commented. . As of Monday, the English-language Turkish Daily News based m Ankara is to continue negotiations for a safe release and arrangé for the tourists to reach their countries without any hindrance. The. PKK leadership has accepted the mediation of this reporter for this case.- It has also called for any i~ternational ~y, inclu~ing human rights organizations and medIcal estabhshments, to coordinate and be at the scene as the release takes place. On Friday in a long meeting with this reporter, BaYlk was for~ warded appeals on behalf of the tourists' Tamilies, and personally asked to show humanitarian interest and end this drama. Upon request, the PKK leadership agreed to take up the issue immediately and respond during the weekend. The PKK currently holds French nationals Michael Coudray, Robert Audin, Fernand Haron and another !dentified only as Pierre. Also, British national DaVId Rowbottom and his Australian cousin Tania Miller were abducted in Tatvan while on a two-year bicycle tour of the world. "All are in good health and we are extremely careful about t~eir sec.urity," BaYlk said. He called, however,. for mternatlOnal attention to what happens after theIr release and appealed for international bodies and re.lated governments to insure they reach their countnes safely. . The rel.e~se process started on July 27 with the AEGK mJ!~tary command of the ~KK announcing it was expectm~ an appeal from an mternational bOdy to set the captives free. The same day, this reporter arrived in a Middle East border area where the meeting with the PKK leadership took place. The AEGK was relayed the letters of the families appealing for the release and for guaranteed measures to be taken later for their safety. During the weekend, talks continued and the central decision was made., UN sanctions push Iraq to the brink of tragedy • Security Council has linked any lifting of the blockade to compliance with Gulf War cease-fire terms, including the scrapping of Iraq's weapons of mass-destruction By leon Barkho Reuter Staff Writer BAGHDAD- President Saddam Hussein, his meaning understood by few at the time, warned Kuwait darkly in 1990 that Iraq could tolerate many things but not threats to its "daily bread." Short of cash after eight bruising years at war with Iran, he accused the emIrate of stealing Iraq's oil and undermining its economy. On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi troops invaded. But three years on, many of Iraq's 18 million people, who are sitting on the world's second largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia, are on the bread line. . "A grave humanitarian tragedy is unfolding," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization warned in a recent report. U.N. sanctions, the report said, were forcing most of the population to live under "the most deplorable conditions." Iraq, which has traditionally regarded Kuwait as part of its territory, has paid a high price for seizing the emirate. International isolation followed with the world community rail ring behind the U.N. trade blockade. A forrrndable U.S.led multi-national force battered its anny and ejected its troops in Feb. 1991. The alliance also smashed its infrastructure, depriving it for a time of power and telecommunications. Revolts inthe Kurdish north and Shiite south shook Iraq. The armed forces rallied to the government, crushing the revolts, but rebel Kurds, shielded by Western warplanes, have since taken control of a large slice of the north. . Kuwait, for its part, êmerged 'from the crisis with chunks of Iraqi land and territorial waters. A U.N. border demarcation commission moved the emirate's border north and extended its maritime frontier almost landlocking Iraq. But the Iraqi government remains unbowed. Fiery language against Kuwait's oil policy and its support of Iraq's exiled opposition is rampant in official newspapers. The rhetoric is reminiscent of 1990 wben Iraq accused the emirate of stabbing it "in the back with a poisoned dagger." The official press still refers to KuwaIt as a region and a newspaper published by Saddam's eldest son, pday, describes the emirate as an Iraqi provmce. The border changes have caused anger in Iraq. "History will never forgive anr, government agreeing to the new oorders, , says Ali Mohammed Hussein, a university lecturer. "There is no end to Sabahs' (Kuwait ruling family) insatiable greed. They want to swallow Iraq." A school teacher who took part in the invasion, adds, "The more sacrifices we offer, the dearer that part of the country becomes." But many Iraqis would like the government to forget the past and focus on ensurin& that sanctions are lifted. 'It is getting tougher and tougher with every passing month," said a civil servant. "Even the government now realizes that it has to do something to alleviate people's suffering." Food prices have sky-rocketed. Flour costs 355 times more than before the embargo, sugar 149 times more, vegetable oil 106 times more and rice 70 times more. Personal incomes, in terms of purchasing power, lag farbehind. Average monthly wages for most workers have increased two to three-fold since 1990. Average monthly salaries range from 250 Iraqi dinars (five dollars at the unofficial exchange rate) to 1,500 dinars for senior officials an.d anny officers. U.N. relief workers 7
REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi in Baghdad estimate that the monthly food basket for a family of six, the average Iraqi family, costs some 5,400 dinars. It cost about 110 in 1990. "It is mass punishment. And first victims are the Iraqi people who the U.S. and allies claim they have nothing against," said a shopper in Baghdad's CentraI market. The Security Council has linked any lifting of the blockade to compliance with Gulf War cease-fire terms, induding the scrapping of Iraq's weapons of mass-destruction. The Western Gulf War allies, who initially linked any ending of sanctions to the departure of Saddam, have backed Security Council demands for compliance with military action. In January, they launched air and missile strikes following one of many standoffs over the cease-fire terms. Washington hit Iraq's Baghdad intelligence headquarters WIth missiles in June over an alleged plot to kill former president George Bush on a Kuwait visit. The West also maintains no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq to protect rebel Kurds and dissident Shiites from attack. But diplomats say neither sanctions nor the threat of Western military action threaten Saddam's hold on power. "The. no-fly zones could not divide the country. Even the Western-guarded Kurdish rebel enclave in the north catches cold when Baghdad sneezes," one diplomat said. Following a standoff in July over future monitoring of its missile programs, Iraq has shown signs of wanting a compromise that wil~ start its life-blood oil exports flowing agam. In the meantime, Baghdad preaches patience to its people. The official press publishes statistIcs listing massive deposits of cash-earnin~ minerals like sulphur and phosphate. There is a tap of gold underneath each Iraqi," one newspaper added, in a readily-understood reference to Iraq's oil wealth. 18killedin.Kurdishviolence • Turkis/J DsilyNews the J>KKmilitants attacked a military ANKARA-Eighteenpeople,inclu- convoy.near Yiiksekova ..~ownship of ding tensoldiers, were killed in sepa- ..Hakkan. Two PKK IDll1tants were T~~~:~h~i~:::J;C:e~~ reported on Monday The killingscoincided ••• ~~~~ \ with a re- .' ~~~r~no~~n~1it~~e~~?n~~ili~ t~wn of çelikhan in Aijlyaman V1Jlce. . pro-. . port thatsix foreigntOl1rists.held as PKK militants shot dead a railway hostages released by the militants would be soon. Anatolian quoted regiworker others. near Mu~ and wounded two onal security officials as saying out- Soldiers shot a PKK militant dead' lawed Kurdistan Workers Party in Stmak province on Monday. . (PKK) activists killed six soldiers in . rn a separate incident PKK guerrilthree days of fighting near the town las raided a settlement near the town of Muili in Bitlis province. Five sol. of Igdlr, killing the village head and diers 'were wounded. three government-employed village Four other soldiers were killed by guards. 8 PKK raids station, kills 17 soldiers • 47people killed in Kurdish nationalism related violence over the weèkend Turldsh Daily News ANKARA-IO Turkish soldiers were killed and 8 others wounded when a groue of militants of Ùle outlawed "Kur~stan.Workers Party (PKK) raided Serbest gendarmene station near çukurca town of Hakkari, Southeast Turkey on Saturday night ~ anth~r attack by the PKK on Giimii~örgii ~endarmene station near Sason, Batman, seven Turkish soldiers werekilled and 16 others wounded, the Anatolia n~wsagency reported ~n. Sunday. Again on.Saturday mght, sus~J1KK IDllitants opened fire on a service IDlnibus of the chromium mine facilities near Alacabya. Elazlg, killing three and wounding eight others. Anatolia re~rted that two of the killed were members . of the SpeClaI security guards of the facility and the other w~ a.worke! th~re. Fo~r people were killed in sep- 8!4te inCIdents ID DIyarbakir, ç mar and Batman provin- Clal centers over Ùle weekend. Meanwhile, Anatolia reported that two of the 19 PKK militants killed in a clash near Nurhak, Kahramanmar~ were top local commanders. PKK sources claim three soldiers were also killed in the clash, but officials confirm only one police officer died. The security operation started near Nurhak last Friday was reportedly continuing on Sunday. In the Aegean coast town of Ku~adasl a noise bomb placed in a garbage can in the town's center injured 17 people, An~tolia reported The Dusseldorf, Germany- . based KurdIstan News Agency, reportedly close to the PKK, said the bomb "might have been placed by Kurdish patriots" in protest of the Turkish security forces. It is believed to be a part of the PKK's recent campaign against Turkish tounsm revenues . Sezgin to meet Saddam Hussein By Ugur Akmel Turkish Daily News WASHINGTON/ANKARA- Former Interior Minister of Turkey Ismet Sezgin is expected to visit Iraq in the second half of August and meet with Iraq's President Saddam Hussein; Sezgin revealed in Washington. No details about the visit have been announced yet. But official sources in Washington claimed Sezgin's expected trip to Baghdad might take place on August 22 and aim to normalize relations both between Turkey and Iraq and the United States and Iraq. Observers in Ankara say, the visit might be important regarding the normalization of the Turkish-Iraqi relations which have been damaged by the beginning of the Gulf crisis in August 1990. Since then there have been a few po- liticians from Turkey who have visited Baghdad and met with Hussein. These include former prime minister and leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Bülent Ecevit and deputy head of the pro-Islamist Welfare Party (RP) ~cvket Kazan. But Sezgin will be the first to visit Baghdad as a member of the ruling coalitIOn's senior partner the True Path Party (DYP). Sezgin is on a visit to the United States during which he is to meet with Congressmen. members of the Clinton admmistration and business executives .- as guest of the Washington-based International Republican Institute. After completing his contacts in the .US. Sezgin is expected to visit Taiwan from where he would return to Turkey by mid-August to later visit Iraq and meet with Saddam Hussein.
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