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10-26-2007, 02:00 PM
Iraq ordered the closure yesterday of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) offices in the country as pressure mounted on the Government of Nouri al-Maliki to clamp down on the hardline Kurdish separatists.

“The PKK is a terrorist organisation and we have taken a decision to shut down their offices and not allow them to operate on Iraqi soil,” Mr al-Maliki said after talks with Ali Babacan, the Turkish Foreign Minister.

“We will also work on limiting their terrorist activities which are threatening Iraq and Turkey.”

President Talabani, a Kurd, also declared that PKK attacks on Turkey would not be tolerated. “We have given the PKK the option to leave or disarm. We care for every drop of Turkish blood like we care for every drop of Iraqi blood,” he said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2726809.ece