tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post5158963393295281486..comments2024-01-23T11:00:45.457-08:00Comments on Rastî: WAR NEWS ROUNDUPMizgînhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01850990661771197094noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-8872442203254307342008-02-28T22:16:00.000-08:002008-02-28T22:16:00.000-08:00Eumenides, your comments are exactly the same as s...Eumenides, your comments are exactly the same as some made to me by someone else as I was writing this post.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, thanks for both links and good wishes, and I don't see the good fight going under any time soon.<BR/><BR/>About Necirvan, I was being a bit facetious, Anonymous.<BR/><BR/>As for making the news, don't you think it's odd that news of importance only makes its way into international media and not into US media? Sibel Edmonds' case is the most striking example of this, but it's the same with the current situation. Why is more not reported in the media?<BR/><BR/>Hevallo has been griping about the same thing, too, and I don't blame him.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous and Nistiman, I've seen the remarks of Hoshyar, too, and in US media--of course the "terrorist" remarks would be noted there, without any context as to why there is a PKK. No mention of context on the part of Southern Kurdish politicians is despicable.Mizgînhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850990661771197094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-62804560632373364972008-02-27T11:19:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:19:00.000-08:00p.s. congrats for making the news! well done.p.s. congrats for making the news! well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-52564126608717059842008-02-27T11:18:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:18:00.000-08:00Nistiman - today, a representative from Turkey (Mu...Nistiman - today, a representative from Turkey (Murat Ozcelik) visited Baghdad and it was reiterated by Hosyar Zebari that Iraq recognizes PKK as a "terrorist" organization (source: Awene News, http://www.awene.com/). Regardless of how they phrase it, Talabani and Zebari's message is quite clear so I wouldn't discredit Kurdmedia so quickly.<BR/><BR/>On another note... Mizgin - I would definitely say you should be hard on Nechirvan. The fact is that elements within the party have been straying from one another for quite some time, and Nechirvan most likely made those statements all on his own disregarding whether or not Massoud Barzani were to approve it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-54778327058690687942008-02-27T07:30:00.000-08:002008-02-27T07:30:00.000-08:00"If we are for lunch, Talabani, you will be for di..."If we are for lunch, Talabani, you will be for dinner!"<BR/><BR/>Is that really the correct translation? I think not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-49136812852342132692008-02-27T04:27:00.000-08:002008-02-27T04:27:00.000-08:00Clearly the pashas learn nothing from their wars -...Clearly the pashas learn nothing from their wars - this recalls WW1, when huge numbers of their soldiers froze to death in the mountains while fleeing from the vengeance of the Imperial Russian Army with the blood of Armenian civilians on their hands.<BR/><BR/>Let the lesson be repeated. May Nemesis smile on the righteous struggle of the Kurdish fighters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-70423864340347528492008-02-27T01:11:00.000-08:002008-02-27T01:11:00.000-08:00I am the anonymous reader who left both links (Fra...I am the anonymous reader who left both links (France 24 and the Cobra shootdown) in this blog. I read your blog here in Europe on a daily basis. Your sight is very informative and i really feel bad that the Kurds do not have a homeland to call their own. You have plenty sympathizers here in Europe. We understand that Turkey is a strategic ally of the US but the human rights violations of Kurds are unacceptable. This hypocrisy of EU members towing the Washington line on Turkey infuriates me. I have met many Kurds and they are wonderful people. I wish you and the Kurds all the best in this life. Keep the good fight going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-50803897282691726642008-02-26T20:49:00.000-08:002008-02-26T20:49:00.000-08:00I'm not a big fan of Talabani's style however I wa...I'm not a big fan of Talabani's style however I watched his interview on Kanal D and he didn't exactly say outright that the PKK was a terrorist organization. It was his classic doublespeak about him classifying all groups that use violence as terrorist groups...and in the same interview he asked the Turkish state not to use violence as well. In fact, Birand said something to the effect that "we [turkey] see the PKK as a terrorist group and from what I understand the matter is different for you".<BR/><BR/>My turkish is a bit dusty -- I'd be interested to see if in fact he stated the PKK was terrorist. <BR/><BR/>That's why I just don't bother reading anything from Kurdishmedia.com anymore. <BR/><BR/>I do hope you're more careful when using them as a source -- especially for anti-Kurdish party stuff - which happens to be their specialty.<BR/><BR/>NistimanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com