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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi Saddam targets old allies in new purge Ailaro/iaiAssociared Press Wrirer NICOSIA- Saddam Hussein's security forces have rounded up hundreds of prominent members of his Tikriti clan and other Sunrii Muslims who have long supported him, Iraqi rebels and other sources have said. ~ The crackdown against Saddam's own minority sect indicates that after three years of U.N. sanctions and Iraq's isolation, even those who have traditionally been a pillar of the Baghdad regime may be turning against it. . Secret police are everywhere in Baghdad, and it is diffi. cult to assess whether Sunni disenchantment with Saddam has reached a point where it will affect his rule. Saddam is clearly still in control. But by all accounts, the purge is Saddam's most extensive since he crushed rebellions by . Shiite Muslims and Kurdish separatists right after the 1991 GulfWar. Sunni Muslims fonn 15 percent of Iraq's 18 million peo. pie, but they have dominated the country for decades. Travelers from Iraq - mainly.Arabs who move in knowledgeable Baghdad CIrcles - report deepening disenchantment among the Sunnis, who fear that Saddam's confrontation with the United Nations is driving Iraq to ruin . . U.N. weapo~s i~spectors over the weekend completed an elgh!-day !l11sslOnIn Baghdad to get more infonnatlOn about Iraq s malO weapons systems, which are to be destroyed under Gulf War cease-fire tenns. Punishino economic sanc. tions against Iraq won't be lifted until the Ô.N. decides Iraq has complied with the tenns. . The~e h~ve been reports of several abortive coup plots or assassmatlOn attempts against Saddam over the last few weeks, some apparently implicating Sunnis. None of these upheavals has been independently confinned, But the current witch-hunt involves Sunnis of consider- ~ble standi~g, a ~tr~tum of Iraqi ~ociety not before targeted 10 Saddam s penodlc purges agalOst people he perceives to be a threat. Iraqi di~sldents and \he travelers say that the people roundedup SlOce July include retired anny officers, fonner government ministers and other influential civilians. Some sources say many have been executed, FRt~D1.6S it I ci1i~f.,) l'UR IAFP'-EX7'9 Turquie-Kurdes-Irak OpèratLön de l'armée turque en Irak du nord: 17 rebelles tués~ selon un nOiAVeat4 bi:latl ANKARA~ 11 oct (AFP) - 17 rebelles kurd~s ont été tués lors de l'opération lancée .jeudi dernier par l'armée turque contre les rebelles kurdes de Turquie du Parti séparatiste des Travailleurs du Kurdi~tan (PKK)~ selon un nouveau bilan officiel publié lundi. Les rebelles, qui s'apprêtaient è s'infiltrer en territoire turc, ont été tués dans des zones montagneuses du nord de l'Irak~ selon la même source. Il s'agit de J_a tt~oisièltleclpét'aticlt1 l,ancé(~depLüs début octobt'f:'contt'E~dE.~s .militants du PKK. P~r ailleurs, cinq soldats ont été tués et 23 autres blessés, dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi près de BingoI (est), dans une embuscade tendue par des rebell~s kurdes contre un véhicule transportant des soldats permis5ionnaires~ a rapporté l'agence turque Anatolie. YM/M'lo/br AFP 111209 OCT 93 . Le Nouveau Quotidien - Il octobre 1993 TURQUIE L'ARMÉE POURCHASSE LE PKK EN IRAK L'armée turque a tué 17 maquisards séparatistes kurdes au cours d'une incursion en territoire irakien ce week-end, a rapporté dimanche l'agence anatolienne. 48
REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RwISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi Southeast crisis: Politicalleaders say postponing March 1994 local elections may worsen conditions • Parties say Martial Law no solution for Kurdish problem • "The state and PKK should not hinder the elections" • DEP says ceasefire may be announced before March 1994 Ismet G.Jmset Turkish Daily News DIYARBAKIR- Political party leaders in this southeastern provincial capital believe that any decision to postpone the March 27, 1984, local elections will Jeopardize the future of the region and lead to more bloodshed. In interviews with the Turkish Daily News over the weekend, provincial chairmen of Turkey's four major parties ha've called on the state and Kurdish separatists not to interfere in the upcoming electoral contest. They also expressed concern about possible plans to implement martiallaw in the region, saying this too would only worsen the situation. Main opposition Motherland Party (ANAP) provincial chairman Mehmet Re~it Seydoglu warned that people in the region were "waiting In panic" to see what would happen as a result of "policies based on violence." He cntlcised Ankara for seeking military solutions to regional problems and said this would only deepen the crisis. "When we were in power, there was only one unsolved murder" he said, referring to the clandestine death-squad attacks on Kurdish activists. "We were ashamed of that. But now. we have more than ,no unsolved murders." he added Despite all of the risks and continuing problems, the ANAP official said, elections in March had to be held. "Because, the people need this above everything else, as much as they need oxygen. One cannot think of any alternative but to hold the elections ... In conditions when the guns are doing the talking, even with the risks it brings along, the elections should be held ... Without the elections, other dark forces will come out of their places of hiding," he said. Ruling True Path Party (DYP) deputy provincial chairman Galip Ensarioglu said, on the other hand, that he expected the elections to be held under normal and democratic circumstances. His plea, he made clear, was more to the state than the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). In his words: "as in all other world democracies. the people here should bë able to express their thoughts, to debate all of their opinions. All opinions should be debated NEWS ANALYSIS openly and the good and bad should come into the open. Then the people will act as referees. This is the principle of democracy. " "The people will listen to everyone but elect the candidate they chose in the end. The state or the other side (PKK) should not tell them what is right, the people should decide on this." The DYP official added that it was "a great mistake to seek military solutions to the ongoing problem" and said, "the only solution is one which lies in democracy." Like Seydoglu, he too argued that the "right to life" was being removed from the region and that unsolved murders had become a major item on the daily a~enda. Compla\ning of "the pressures on the people which do not ~ome from only one side," ,the coalition's Junior partner SO~lal Democ~atlc Peoples Party (SHP) provincial chairman Hayatl Kahraman told the TON that problems in the region had gotten out of hand. "Every day, someone is killed in an unsolved murder. The situation is gettin,?, worse,." he. said. Kahraman added, the regIOn IS at war. Much blood is being shed. Everyday there are unsolved murders. If elections are held In an atmosphere of fear l'orthe people, we are concerned that the results will not reflect the true political. will of the people." He Said, however, that there was no other alternative. . "~o sir," he said. "Postp~ning the process for whatever time IS nowhere close to solVing the problem. "Unfortunately, there is a VIcious circle. The elections cannot be postponed. But without truly efficient measures the elections cannot be held. I don't know what to do. W~ are in a true quandary. " Ankara is deeply concerned that the PKK, which has e~panded its grassroots over the past years, will inevitably hinder the elections and force the local populace to vote for its own candidates. . In .the words of Diyarbakir residents randomly ~ntervle~~d ?,n the st~eets, this is not possible. "At least not In the CIties, according to one merchant. But in the rural areas, the only. political alternative to the PKK appears to be the pro-Islamic Welfare Party (RP) which is growing in force throughout the country. According to one source close to the PKK, "the parties here are nothing but mira?es. Only the RP has a chance against the PKK. And this, only where it i~ stronger than the PKK." Everyone believe~ that even if the PKK does not "order" 01 "i~struct" t~e voters on what to do, the people will know who they should vote for. "The criteria," whispers a local driver, "is that the ~and!dat~ .should be a (Kurdish] patriot" Until I JOIned the party, It was in shambles. Now we are strong and confident. But we see that. democratic .elections are being blocked b) a dirty war which has not yet been named ,. says ANAP's Seydoglu. . ' Pr~-J.
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