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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RWISTA
STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi
armed attacks onlY serves to increase the strength of
the radicals in the Kurdish movement. A vicious circle.
It is now up to those within the DEP who in private
argue against Dicle's policies and say they sincerely
support Turkey's unity, to take action to
break this ClfcJe.
Either through an emergency convention which
will topple Dicle and replace him with a: moderate
leader, or by resigning from the party altogether,
such activists must immediatèly take action and differentiate
themselves from the central ruling flank.
What is equally important, for the sake of all the
people of Turkey, is to be able to take a strong and
determined stance against terrorism, whatever its
source.
If those now gearing up to move against Dicle are
sincere, they have to come out once and for all and
condem'rrterrorism. They must condemn the use of
terrorist tactics aimed at civilians for any cause and
they must condemn such tactics put into force by
the PKK.
'}lurkey today Is living through a serious era of
provocation and it does not matter from which side
It come~. Dicle, f~r hispa~, is~. dangerou~ as t~ose
provokIng Kurdish e~mlly o~ the TurkIsh sIde.
Everyone who genuInely wIshes to break the
vicious circle and thus to avoid a civil war or another
interrupti~n of, democracy, has to come to~ether
and act agaInst provacateurs." For now, wnat is
clear is that the first step has to come from the DEP
side and the main culpnt within it. This person, who
betr~ys not only humanity in general but the
KurdIsh people he so much claims to be "tighting
for," has to .be eith~r isolated with hi~ own groups
- and left III the pIt he has so cJl!mslly fallen into
- or removed from the party's leadership. Even
then, il is going to be a difficult task for the 'moderates,"
since they too are now among the unwanted
in Turkey. But at least they will have the chance to
maintain their own dignity and perhaps, in taking
the necessary action, Will have lhe personal satisfaction
of having given peace a chance.
International Herald Tribune - February 17, 1994
Saddam Is Responsible
Iraq has been moving toward meeting Unit-.
ed Nations terms on disarmament, and in so
doing it has improved its claim to have the
United Nations lift the punishing economic
sanctions. The United States and otherUN
.members have responded by adding new conditions.
Not only must Iraq meet intrusive
disarmament requirements. It must also recognize
the border that the United Nations.
drew between it and Kuwait, end persecution
of its Kurds and Shütes and prove its disarmament
compliance over time.
The adding of new conditions when a party
gets within range of meeting old ones is
knownas moving the goalposts. Usually it is
unfair. lfit became a rule, it would give target
states a positive disincentive to respect UN
strictures ...But Iraq is different.
gamk - 21-22 février 1994
It isdifféieilt because both the'foreign ~d
the domestic policies practicedby.its leader,
Saddam Hussein, have richly earned universal
fear and loathi~g. Not' to say that no crasser
motives are at play, such as keeping Iraq's oil
off a depressed international market. But a
tegitimate and shared prudence compels oth.er
.nations, of various political hues, to stay UDlt-.
ed and. on guard against this demonstrably
unprincipled violator of peace and human
.rights. The break in normal UN ways is disàgreeable
but seems a modest price to pay to
contain his real and potential danger.
The disappointing truth is that the embargo
: and the other punitive elements that go with it
have so far failed in their inner purpose of
ending Saddam Hussein's rule -although the
policy has restored much regional normality
and.broughf a-tenuous relief to northern
Kurds. But the inconclusiveness of the policy
.is more an argument for keeping the pressure
•on than for taking it off. If other nations must
live with Saddam Hussein indefinitely, better
that he be contained.
Many people remain troubled by the suffering
of the innocent and unconsulted Iraqi
'people. Their pain is real, and Saddam Hus-
.sein has exploited it to muster support for
. terminating sanctions. It needs to be underlined
that UN policy permits entry of medi- .
cines and foodstuffs. But the Iraqi leader, citing
violations of "sovereignty," refuses to use the
privilege. UN conditions center on monitoring
Iraqi purchases and distribution and, unquestionably,
do trample on Iraqi sovereignty.That
is Iraq's burden for having started and lost the
Gulf War. Saddam Hussein is responsible for
denying his people the humanitarian
that others are eager to furnish them.
- THE WASHINGTON POST.
relief
Un attentat à la bombe.
contre un parti
pro-kurde à Ankara
Un attentat à la bombe contre le
Parti de la Démocratie (DEP,
pro-kurde), survenu vendredi
soir à Ankara, a été revendiqué
quelques heures plus tard par le "Djihad
islamique. L'attentat a fait un mort et 16
blessés, selon un bilan établi par les
autorités.
Il a été revendiqué dans la nuit
de vendredi à samedi dans un appel téléphonique
par un interlocuteur anonyme
affirmant parlera~ nom de.l'orga(lisation
fondamentaliste "Djihad Islamique",
selon le préfet d'Ankara, Erdogan Sahinoglu.
Ce dernier a toutefois émis des
doutes quant à la véracité de cette revendication,
sans fournir d'autres précisions.
Une bombe placée dans
l'ascenseur de l'immeuble abritant le siè- .
ge du parti pro-kurde avait explosé alors
que l'ascenseur se trouvait au niveau du
5e étage. Les locaux du DEP se trouvent
aux 6e et 7e étages.
Le "Djihad Islamique" avait
revendiqué plusieurs attentats meurtriers
à la bombe en Turquie, notamment
contre un diplomate israélien en poste à
Ankara, Ehud Sadan, en mars 1992, et
contre la synagogue Neve Shalom à
Istanbul en septembre 1986, qui avait fait
25 morts.
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