Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris

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appear about to crash into. ' to ~lÏ ~ôtorists wh~t tli~co~ji- viiea th~'!":àsked a ~aller. A. spokesman at SJ>e.Cialup-
The confusion and fear caused .monon IS all about. Likewise ~th _ Exercises in a previously quiet eratlons COßl!Dand, .LIeutenant
by their invasion is compounded 911 operators and the news media, Chicago suburbpanicked resi': CoJonel Pete Pierce, Saldthe army
when residents see dark-suited ~hich are not alerted to the ex~ déiiis there in 1995, and in 1990; :received approval from the Charfigures
sliding, down ropes ercises ,beforehand. Several exercises in,Los, Angeles were lotte airport's air traffic control
dangling fro~ the choppers and calle~ to state law enforcement ,curtailed after inquisitive televi- tower and .tha~it would "c~rrect
U1~nbeg~njinn~loud blapks from agencies have been to~dto ca1~the sion and radio stations sent up any coordinanon Shortfall Idenilièii'
~~sault weaponS\ The sim-, Defens~ Dep~ent m Washing- helicopters to investigate a prac., tifiedwith th~ FAA.'~
;ulatetl sound of grenade,s and in., ton for informanon. , tice invasion abOve their city and' Colonel Pierce smd the army
Icom~g artillery often follows, as. 'Last ~une, troops were forced to created a safety problem. ' . ' retrëated early fr~m Charlotte bei4oes,
m some cases, the sound of leave Pittsburgh early because of After the Charlotte exercise --: 'cause the operanons were more,
!real, small breaching explosives the uproar. In Houston, a night's code-named Exercise Cauldron' :disruptive than anticipated. He
'used to blast open doors.. exercise was cut short when a Chariot - the Federal Aviation'said people on the several streets
, To top it off, the local police are helicopter landed hard, rolled over: Administration launched- an in~ closest to the exercises were no-:
;on hand to keep traffic away fromand its two occupants were hos- vestigationbecause the army tified just prior to the maneuvers,
the exercise site - typically an pitalized. Thousands of callers to failed to coordinate the exercise but, he added, "In the process of
{abandoned warehouse, jail, apart- ,local media there demanded that with it, an agency spokesman notification, people are going to'
ment building -~blIt often refuse .the troops leave town .• 'Who in- :said., . get missed." " ",.' '
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Monday April i4,1997
Turkish Daily News
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'GANGS TO COURT!' Thousands
of people, once again. took to the main street of the capital on Sunday to protest the
alleged state-mafia links that surfaced after the controversial Susurluk accident of Nov. 3, 1996 and
the coalition government's "attempt" to co\'er up the situation. J\'earl)' 15,000 people' from \'arious civic organizations and left-wing
political parties, including the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP), the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) and the
Confederation of Public Senants' Trade Unions (KESK) took part in the rally. TON Selahallin Sönmez
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