Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Basm Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
The attempts to gather mothers in Greece and in southern<br />
Cyprus are being ma<strong>de</strong> in or<strong>de</strong>r to hold a number<br />
of events aimed at disseminating further negative<br />
propaganda against Turkey, the intelligence sources<br />
confirmed.<br />
Plans to hold such events are said to have been engineered<br />
by the Gree~ chairman of the Kurdistan<br />
Solidarity Committee in southern Cyprus, Lazaros<br />
Mavros, and a senior member of the ruling party in<br />
Greece, Michalis Haralambidis. They also reportedly<br />
received help from the official Greek intelligence organization<br />
and the representatives of the separatist<br />
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has been fighting<br />
against Turkey for in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nce.<br />
'Repression continues in Western Thrace'<br />
The same sources also un<strong>de</strong>rlined another issue in<br />
Greece, saying that the alleged repression by the Greek<br />
government against its 150,000 <strong>et</strong>hnic Turks continued.<br />
A majority of the <strong>et</strong>hnic Turks live in Western<br />
Thrace, an area that consists of three provinces north<br />
of Greece.<br />
According to the sources, among the repressive polices<br />
are the exclusion of most the Turkish minority from<br />
higher education rights, the continuous seizure of<br />
Turks' ass<strong>et</strong>s by the government, and restrictions on<br />
their religious rights.<br />
Key Arms Inspector Leaves Iraq, Ending<br />
First Test of Accord<br />
The Associated Press<br />
BAGHDAD - Scott, Ritter the,<br />
American head of a United N~tions<br />
~eamcarrying out weapons inspections<br />
In Iraq, compl<strong>et</strong>ed his work Tuesday<br />
and left for Bahrain, UN officialssaid.<br />
.Since th~y arrived Thursday, Mr.<br />
Ritter and his 50-member team visited<br />
ei~ht sites that Iraq consi<strong>de</strong>rs sensitive,<br />
said Jan<strong>et</strong> Ann Sullivan, spokesman for<br />
the UN Special Commission' which<br />
oversees the inspections." '<br />
Sensitive sites inclu<strong>de</strong> ministries and<br />
headq~arters of intelligence or military<br />
operatIo.ns. UN ~ generallyare ac-'<br />
co~panled. ~y high-ranking Iraqi offi~lals<br />
on VISitsto these sites.<br />
Mr. Ritter's inspections were seen as<br />
the first test of the agreement that Kofi<br />
Annan, the UN secr<strong>et</strong>ary-general,<br />
reached last month with officials here:<br />
Iraq ,agreed to cooperate fully with the<br />
~ ~spectors and to open eight pres-<br />
I<strong>de</strong>ntial compounds that it earlier <strong>de</strong>clared<br />
off-limits.<br />
The United States had threatened military<br />
strikes to force Iraqi cooperation<br />
but relented<br />
reached. "<br />
after the accord w~<br />
, ~aqi sources said that among the sites<br />
VISited by Mr. Ritter were barracks of<br />
the elite Republican Guards and the<br />
Defense Ministry.<br />
'<br />
. .. ~11 sites we~ inspected tothe sat- ,<br />
Isfa~tlOn of the Inspection team," Ms.<br />
, SullIvan said. She gave no <strong>de</strong>tails.<br />
Mr. Ritter left for aahrain with "the<br />
majority" of his team, she said, adding<br />
that a few stayed behind to work on<br />
other operations.<br />
Earlier, the official Iraqi press agency'<br />
quo~e~ Mr. Ritter as having told the<br />
Iraqi Si<strong>de</strong> that he "fmished his mission<br />
without any problems."<br />
• Annan's Novel.Inspection Deal<br />
Barbara Cross<strong>et</strong>te of The New York<br />
Times reportedfrom the United Nations,<br />
New York:<br />
'<br />
Mr; Annan has forged another direct<br />
link with Iraq by unveiling procedures<br />
he <strong>de</strong>vised un<strong>de</strong>r which the presi<strong>de</strong>ntial<br />
sites will be inspected. '<br />
The novel inspections, which could<br />
begin in two weeks, are the latest of a<br />
series of steps that a newly assertive Mr'.<br />
Annan has taken that <strong>de</strong>fer to Iraqi concerns<br />
about weapons inspections and in<br />
the process allow Baghdad to bypass the<br />
Security Council. Inthe last two weeks,<br />
the Iraqis, have effectively moved from<br />
, near-pariah status to regular and direct<br />
contact with the highest ranking UN<br />
officials. " ,,<br />
If Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Saddam Hussein continues<br />
to abi<strong>de</strong> by his si<strong>de</strong> of ,thebargain<br />
struck with Mr. Annan arid does 'not<br />
interfere witharms inspections at any<br />
site in Iraq, the United States will be<br />
sigriificantly more isolated in the Security<br />
Council if it tries to punish Iraq or<br />
prolong'sanctions in<strong>de</strong>fmitely. '<br />
Embol<strong>de</strong>ned, Iraq is already trying to<br />
test its power. ,<br />
The country's foreign minister, Mo~<br />
hatnmed Said Sabbaf, wrote to Mr. Annan<br />
over the weekend, <strong>de</strong>manding to<br />
know why arms, ~spectors were not<br />
being disciplined for talking to the press<br />
"<strong>de</strong>spite the promises that have been<br />
ma<strong>de</strong> to us.' High-ranking officials<br />
said that they did not know what promises<br />
Iraq was talking about.<br />
On Wednesday, Mr. Annan will go to<br />
Washington to me<strong>et</strong> with Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Bill<br />
Clinto~ and other high-level admiIù.,s~<br />
tration officials to talk about Iraq - and<br />
American dues owed to the United Nations.<br />
The visit comes just after the secr<strong>et</strong>ary-general<br />
ma<strong>de</strong> several pu~lic<br />
statements in the last week supportmg<br />
the view of some Security Council<br />
members that in a resolution last week<br />
endorsing Mr. Annan's Baghdad mission<br />
the United States did not, as the<br />
Clinton administration insists, win the<br />
right to use force automatically against<br />
Iraq. '<br />
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