Subject: IRAQ/TURKEY (S ONLY) BY LAURIE KASSMAN/CAIRO
Topic: voa
From: yanni@ix.netcom.com (Ioannis Bousnakis)
 
DATE=5/7/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-178060
TITLE=IRAQ/TURKEY (S ONLY)
BYLINE=LAURIE KASSMAN
DATELINE=CAIRO
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  IRAQ IS ANGRY OVER REMARKS ATTRIBUTED TO TURKEY'S 
PRESIDENT SULEYMAN DEMIREL ABOUT THE NEED TO REDRAW THEIR COMMON 
BORDER AS A WAY TO PREVENT MORE ATTACKS BY SEPARATIST KURDISH 
REBELS.  THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES THE REMARKS BUT IRAQ
IS NOT REMAINING SILENT.  CORRESPONDENT LAURIE KASSMAN HAS MORE 
FROM OUR MIDEAST BUREAU IN CAIRO.
 
TEXT:  THE NEWSPAPER OF IRAQ'S RULING BAATH PARTY HAS LASHED OUT 
AT THE TURKISH LEADER FOR HIS SUGGESTIONS THE BORDER SHOULD BE 
CHANGED TO PROTECT TURKEY'S SECURITY.  AL THAWRA ACCUSED 
PRESIDENT DEMIREL OF TRYING TO FULFILL LONG-HELD TURKISH 
INTENTIONS TO TAKE CONTROL OF NORTHERN IRAQ.  THE COMMENTS MARK 
THE THIRD DAY OF IRAQI NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS CONDEMNING THE 
TURKISH DECLARATIONS.
 
TURKISH NEWSPAPERS REPORTED THAT PRESIDENT DEMIREL WANTS TO 
REDRAW THE MOUNTAINOUS 340-KILOMETER-LONG BORDER TO CURB 
CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS FROM SEPARATIST KURDISH REBELS.  TURKEY HAS 
JUST ENDED A SIX-WEEK MILITARY OPERATION IN NORTHERN IRAQ TO CUT 
THE TURKISH GUERRILLAS' SUPPLY LINES. 
 
OFFICIALS IN ANKARA ARE WORRIED THE POWER VACUUM IN NORTHERN IRAQ
HAS ALLOWED TURKISH GUERRILLAS TO MOVE FREELY BACK AND FORTH 
ACROSS THE BORDER.  TURKEY WANTS THE KURDS OF NORTHERN IRAQ TO 
BETTER POLICE THEIR SIDE OF THE BORDER BUT FEUDING AMONG RIVAL 
KURDISH FACTIONS THERE HAS COMPLICATED THAT EFFORT.  (SIGNED)

NEB/LK/DW

07-May-95 7:00 AM EDT (1100 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America