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		<title>SKS statement: Turkey bombing of Kurds on 28 December 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkish war planes bomb Kurds and massacre 40 children and youth in Sirnak, South East Turkey. Turkish war planes bombed villagers in the South East province of Sirnak, Turkey, killing at least 40 civilians, many of them children and youth on 28 December 2011. 24 of those killed belonged to the same family. A villager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousand soldiers enter South Kurdistan as first clashes reported</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/news/thousand-soldiers-enter-south-kurdistan-as-first-clashes-reported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firat News: 25 October 2011 @ midday: The Turkish state army began its cross border operation against the Medya Defence Areas. According to HPG (People&#8217;s Defense Forces) sources, around 1000 Turkish troops with heavy weaponry entered the area of Haftanin/the Media Defence Areas under air support of war-planes and cobra type helicopters. Also, according to the reports from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey fires on Kurds in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/news/turkey-fires-on-kurds-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kani Xulam: Erdogan thinks &#8220;other&#8221; countries are jealous of turkey and are using pkk to attack his country. I guess it would be news to him to find out that his hatred of the kurds is the main reason for the present impasse.  Turkey warns &#8216;other powers&#8217; it sees behind deadly PKK attack  &#8230; REUTERS:  PKK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey/Iraq: Investigation needed into killing of civilians in the Kurdistan region of Iraq</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/reports/turkeyiraq-investigation-needed-into-killing-of-civilians-in-the-kurdistan-region-of-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The killing several days ago of an Iraqi Kurdish family of seven, including two women and four children, when the vehicle they were travelling in was attacked in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, reportedly by a Turkish warplane, must be promptly and independently investigated, Amnesty International said today. In the early afternoon of 21 August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Embassy In Baghdad: We support cooperation between Iraq and Turkey in combating The PKK</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/turkey/u-s-embassy-in-baghdad-we-support-cooperation-between-iraq-and-turkey-in-combating-the-pkk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rudaw conducted this interview via email with Michael McClellan, spokesperson for the US embassy in Baghdad.  Rudaw: What is US&#8217;s reaction to Turkey&#8217;s recent attacks on the Kurdistan region?  Michael McClellan: We support cooperation between Iraq and Turkey in combating the PKK, which is a common enemy of Turkey, Iraq, and the United States.  We have seen the reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Independent Kurdistan is the long-term solution</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/iraq/an-independent-kurdistan-is-the-long-term-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://supportkurds.org/iraq/an-independent-kurdistan-is-the-long-term-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written on August 26, 2011 by Editor in KRG, Kurdistan By Abdulmajeed Nizamaddin Gli  Rudaw: On Sunday, shocking photos of seven family members killed by a Turkish air strike emerged on social media websites. Turkey has made no apology, saying that it is pursuing Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels who maintain bases in the mountains of Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region. An incident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish Studies and language classes at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/syria/kurdish-studies-and-language-classes-at-middle-tennessee-state-university-mtsu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the direction of President McPhee, plans were developed to create a Middle East Center (MEC), which officially came into being in December 2006.  From July 2006 through June 2009 MTSU had a Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages grant to initiate language programs in Arabic and Hebrew, develop courses for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leyla Zana MP says to world leaders: it is time you speak</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/reports/leyla-zana-mp-says-to-world-leaders-it-is-time-you-speak/</link>
		<comments>http://supportkurds.org/reports/leyla-zana-mp-says-to-world-leaders-it-is-time-you-speak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Turkey&#8217;s air strike continues in southern Kurdistan, Diyarbakir deputy Leyla Zana, in a letter to the leaders of the world, criticized the silence over the growing attacks against Kurds. Leyla Zana has sent the following letter to: US President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, President of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish villages bombed: Attacks by the Turkish army</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/reports/kurdish-villages-bombed-attacks-by-the-turkish-army/</link>
		<comments>http://supportkurds.org/reports/kurdish-villages-bombed-attacks-by-the-turkish-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES PRESS RELEASE    Göttingen, August 18, 2011: Kurdish villages bombed: Attacks by the Turkish army on the peaceful democratic state of Iraqi Kurdistan are &#8220;outrageous acts of aggression&#8221; The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) condemned the attacks by the Turkish air force and army on numerous Kurdish villages in northern Iraq as &#8220;outrageous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syria for PKK: The US-Turkish deal in the region</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/reports/syria-for-pkk-the-us-turkish-deal-in-the-region/</link>
		<comments>http://supportkurds.org/reports/syria-for-pkk-the-us-turkish-deal-in-the-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raber Y. Aziz: Turkish fighter planes have started to bombard northern Iraqi Kurdistan Region since Wednesday. So far, they have strike over 250 targets in the mountainous region of Qandil Mountain, Avashin, Khwakurk and Zap and other territories. The latest Turkish strike in Sangasar sub-district, north west of Sulaimaniyah city, left at least six civilians dead who were so charred [...]]]></description>
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