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Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro de la Prensa-Baszn Özeti Kurds in Iraq II•ByThomas Oliphant' Turkey's dubious presence innorthem Iraq WASiIlNGTON Amid the chaos and tribula- . . tions of "postwar" Iraq, the . initial reports reaching here over the weekend from a small tOWnin extreme northern Iraq sugges- . ted a welcome, successful OperatiolL Acting. on what was officially described as intelligence' information . about plots against officials trying to manage .northern the country's J?1rdish-led sector out of Kukuk, U.s. . forces raided a. section of the town o( • Sulaimaniya, .seizin, ,weapons and communications eqwpment as well as about tWo-dozen men who ~ taken to a house in Baghdad for questioning. The glow of success..' however. . quiCkly faded as it became cletr diat n of the men. were Turkish soldi~ igniting a fresh round of political strife between the United States and a'Turk- . ish government that has developed. a . severe habit ofbehaving badly. . The seizure has been treated as a major incident by the unsteady govern- . .ment of Prime'Minister Recep 'J;1lyyip Erdogan and its media house organs, , but the few facts that are known sugest they are protesting far too much. Furthermore, the detentions raise fresh questions .about just what' Turkish' armed forces are doing in northern Iraq that can meet any defInition of the adjective "good" and why Washington tolerates their presence in one part of the country where there has been some progress in inching toward a form of selfrule by Iraqis (in this case, the Kwds). Ml weekend, U.S. officials, speaking privately for reasons of diplomati~ co!lvenience, insisted that the operation m the town, carried out by elements o( the 173rd Airborne Brigade, followed receipt of what was described as "hard intelligence" that people in the ~m- 'pound that was raided were planmng . to destabilize the region's ,o~ent and that assassination of high otlic18ls was to be involved. . The insistence by these ~fficialsbecame stronger as the TurkISh govelllment fIrst denied any connection to such plots and then used the detention of its sob dien as fMder (or propaganda . claiming injury to the muntry's 'pride and honor. .' , ',' These protestations do not deserve to be taken at face value. , '[his, is the same Tur~h governmenUliat before the war greatly compliè8ted Washington's planning at the last mo~ent by refusing to allow its . territory. to be the base for an inv8si~n , by coalition forces from the north. This is the same Turkish government that also complicated the American air campaign by confused and conflictiDs responses regarding over-flight permission. ' This is the same Turkish government that has attempted to subvert and suppress Kurdish autonomy -:: wide The V.s.C8IIIlOt tolerate threats to one of the brighter spo~ on the Iraqi horizon sincè thé invasion. its own territory and more ominoUSly inside Iraq's (or more than. a decade. And this is the same Turkish government that hasat v!lP0us moments this year asserted a rigtit if not an intention to enter northern Iraq on its unilateral assessment o( "security" concerns and to continue pursuing its own Kurds across the border whenever it chooses. So far the United, States has kept these dangerous tendencies at bay, but the latest iricident suggests that the underlying problem remains serious. ' In the current environment. the United States can hardly iDsist that . lraJi keep its political and subversive hands out of the delicate situation in the Shiite south. It can. hardly insist that Syria not become a haven for closs-border guerrilla and terrorist activities and still tolerate Turkish misbehavior in the north simply bècaUSè it has status, as a NATO member.NATO membership is a re- .sponsibility, not a licenSe. More important. the United States cannot tolerate threats to one o( the brighter soots on the. Iraqi horizon ' sinCe the mvaSion - the continued de- Wiopment o( a Kurdish-dominated , civil society in the north. The United States has a right to be concerned, as does Turkey, that this developing Kurdish government continue to be ~~ elusive and tolerant. especially toward the sÏpÜ1Cant Turkoman population that also lives there. .. . However. the results to datè- as well as the results during a decade of autonomy north o( Kirkuk when the Kurds were belatedly protected by one o( the no-fly zones - have been uni- (ormly hopefuL At long last. one of the world'smost. supp~ pop~~ is enjoying an' ()pportunity for limited ,autonomy, aDd the fact the Kur~ ~re making the most o( it is both exciting and crucial to the eventual emergen
Revue de Presse-Press Review-Ber1J.evoka Çapê-Rivistt;l Stq.mpa-Dentro de la Prensa-Basm Özeti '"o o N La face cachée des Moudjahidin L'arrestation à grand spectacle de ses dirigeants réfugiés en France a mis en lumière les pratiques étranges de ce groupe d'opposition THE NEW YORK TIMES (extraits) New York iranien. 'arrestation en France de membres des Moudjalùdin du peuple a transformé leur siège d'Auvers-sur-Oise en un lieu de pèlerinage. Des centaines de sympathisants des moudjahidin se sont installés dans la ville où Vincent Van Gogh a passé la fin d~ sa vie avant d'y être enterré. Danielle Mitterrand s'est rendue sur place pour apporter son soutien, Le maire d'Auvers-sur-Oise leur a prêté un terrain de football pour qu'i!s puissent y installer leurs tentes. Shahin Gobadi, un porte-parole de l'organisation, a 'fait circuler des lettres critiquant la décision française d'emprisonner Maryam Radjavi [libérée sous caution depuis]. Plusieurs de ces lettres portaient la signature de législateurs américains. ''Ces arrestàtions servent /es intérêts de la dictature terroriste qui dirige l'[ran", affirmait ainsi une lettre de WilIiam,Lacy Clay, représentant démocrate du Missouri. Le représentant démocrate de New York Edolphus Towns a envoyé une lettre similaire. Ceux qui ,connaissent les Moudjalùdin du ' peuple savent qu'ils sont loin de bénéficier d'un soutien populaire en Iran. L'o1'23I1isap-
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