--- title: "Turkey Strikes PKK in Northern Iraq & US Occupied Syria" type: "post" post_id: "7624" slug: "turkey-strikes-pkk-in-northern-iraq-us-occupied-syria" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/10/24/turkey-strikes-pkk-in-northern-iraq-us-occupied-syria/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/10/24/turkey-strikes-pkk-in-northern-iraq-us-occupied-syria.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/10/24/turkey-strikes-pkk-in-northern-iraq-us-occupied-syria.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/10/24/turkey-strikes-pkk-in-northern-iraq-us-occupied-syria.txt" published: "2024-10-24T22:40:36+00:00" modified: "2024-10-24T22:40:36+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Birth Pangs" - "Israel" - "perception management" - "state sponsored terrorism" - "Syria" - "Turkey" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **In Syria the PKK is embedded with the US military in the oil fields they jointly occupy- This is the rebranded PKK for western consumption- Most usually called YPG- [I can still recall the images of their enormous Ocalan banners hanging in Syria](https://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2019/03/28/terror-symbols-ocalan-posters-on-full-display-at-ypg-parade-near-border-with-turkey)**, **often to antagonize the Turkish nation state and it’s citizens**. **The rebrand is a way of managing perceptions in NATO/5 eyes nations.** **Take a look at the images- Always PKK women fighters armed to the teeth. They are also suicide bombers. As needed.** [**Miami Herald**](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article294468289.html) **Trying to ignore the 5 eyes spin, but, finding it impossible!** > **Turkish airstrikes on Thursday hit 47 targets in northern Iraq and Syria in retaliation of a deadly attack in the capital that it has blamed on Kurdish militants.** > Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said **both assailants in Wednesday’s attack on state defense firm Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara were members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. (In my opinion, yes, they were PKK)** > Besides the attackers, five people were killed and 22 were wounded in the inciden**t. Turkish warplanes and drones struck targets in Iraq and Syria overnight in an air campaign over an unusually large area**. **Strikes will likely continue**, officials familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. **Targets included dozens of Syrian positions held by the `Kurdish YPG,` which Turkey says is a PKK affiliate,** **(It is the PKK, rebranded for western consumption)** around three towns near the border, the people said. **In Iraq, Turkey struck PKK hideouts near Sulaymaniyah and the group’s main bases on Mount Qandil near the border with Iran, they added.** > > **The Ankara attack followed a historic call by an influential Turkish politician for the PKK’s long-imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan to be freed on the condition that he disbands the group.** Such a move could help to resolve Turkey’s decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants. PKK commander Cemil Bayik said on Wednesday his group must be included in negotiations over its future. **Ocalan, is like a cult leader to his followers- I’ve got some really interesting pieces at my censored blog on his relationship with his followers, particularly the females in the early days and the use of drugs. All very cultish.** > In an apparent show of support for reconciliation, Turkey’s most prominent Kurdish prisoner, Selahattin Demirtas, expressed sorrow over the casualties in the Ankara attack. **Demirtas is a former co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, or HDP, a pro-Kurdish political party that’s separate from the PKK.** **(The HDP is not a Kurdish political party that is separate from the PKK)** [**Fox News**](https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkish-drone-strikes-syria-kill-4-u-s-backed-fighters-wound-11-civilians-kurdish-group-says) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said that 47 alleged PKK targets were destroyed in Wednesday’s airstrikes, including 29 in Iraq and 18 in Syria. > > “Our noble nation should rest assured that we will continue with increasing determination our struggle to eliminate the evil forces that threaten the security and peace of our country and people, until the last terrorist disappears from this geography,” Guler said. > > The strikes in Iraq and Syria began Wednesday after two suspected Kurdish assailants carried out an attack on an aerospace and defense company, dubbed TUSAS, in the Turkish capital of Ankara earlier that day. > > **A man and a woman reportedly arrived at the TUSAS premises armed with assault rifles in a taxi they stole after killing the driver.** **[The FDD, a very pro Israel lobby, is busily condemning Turkey for the attacks on the PKK.](https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/10/24/turkey-strikes-kurdish-positions-in-iraq-and-syria-after-blaming-pkk-for-attack-in-ankara/) T`his was absolutely to be expected by this outfit. `** **Making an apples/oranges comparison to the Israel ethnic cleansing being carried out in Gaza- These are not comparable situations.** **Not in my opinion.** **But the FDD ripping on Turkey is absolutely predictable**!!