German Hostages Freed in Turkey

The Kurdish group PKK has released three German hostages in Turkey.

The tourists were seized from their camp on Mount Ararat in Turkey's eastern Agri province on 9 July.

The PKK had vowed not to release them unless Germany renounced its crackdown on the group, defined as a terrorist organisation by the US, EU and Turkey.

My first observation is that climbers are indeed allowed on Mount Ararat, contrary to popular Armenian belief, and the other that the PKK is becoming a real thorn on Turkey's political ambitions.

Source: BBC News

Turkey Attacks Kurds, Again

Looks like Turkey is attempting to relive its glory days once again, the days when it attempted to eradicate entire communities for sport.

Fighter planes attacked positions held by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a 35-minute raid, the army said.

Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Levent Bilman told the BBC the United States "supplied actionable intelligence" for that operation.

Besides the healthy dose of bullshit present in the article as well as the entire conflict, the level of patriotism over U.S.-made weapons at the control of barbarians is also laughable. Frankly, I await the day when Turkey is no longer a strategic ally of the United States and is forced to return to its not-so-distant caveman past.

Source: BBC News

Turks Deface Belgium's Defense Ministry Web Site

Turks are getting back to doing what they do best: causing chaos and instability. Here's their latest act of heroism:

The website of Belgium's Defense Ministry remained off line on Monday after it was hacked over the weekend by a group defending Turkish nationalist views.

...a group calling itself the "Turk Forcers" posted a text in English on the site defending World War I-era actions against Armenians in Turkey and against Kurds afterward, said defense spokeswoman Ingrid Baeck.

How cute! They've exhausted all possible means of communication and now rely solely on Belgium's Defense Ministry website to express their misguided views.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald