PENTAGON / TURKEY (S-ONLY) BY DAVID SWAN/PENTAGON
DATE=7/6/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181573
TITLE=PENTAGON / TURKEY (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS URGING TURKEY TO LIMIT ITS
LATEST INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ IN PURSUIT OF KURDISH
SEPARATISTS. THE TURKISH ARMY SAYS 57 REBELS HAVE BEEN KILLED SO
FAR, WITH NO WORD OF CASUALTIES TO THE TROOPS. V-O-A'S
PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT DAVID SWAN HAS DETAILS.
TEXT: TURKISH OFFICIALS SAY THE NEW CRACKDOWN IS TAKING PLACE ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SOLDIERS, BACKED
BY PLANES AND HELICOPTERS, LAUNCHED THE OFFENSIVE WEDNESDAY
AGAINST THE SEPARATIST P-K-K GUERRILLAS, WHO USE THE REGION AS A
BASE FOR ATTACKS ON TURKEY.
THE ARMED FORCES CONDUCTED A MUCH LARGER, SIX-WEEK INCURSION IN
NORTHERN IRAQ EARLIER THIS YEAR. THAT OPERATION DREW WIDESPREAD
INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM. A PENTAGON SPOKESMAN, (NAVY) CAPTAIN
MIKE DOUBLEDAY, CALLS ON TURKEY TO KEEP THIS MISSION SHORT -- AND
NOT TO HARM CIVILIANS.
// DOUBLEDAY ACT //
WE WOULD AGAIN URGE TURKEY TO MAKE MAXIMUM EFFORT TO
PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
WE WOULD ALSO STRESS THE NEED TO LIMIT THE SCOPE AND
DURATION OF THE OPERATION AND TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN RIGHTS.
// END ACT //
TURKEY DENIES ALLEGATIONS THE TROOPS HAVE INDISCRIMINATELY
SHELLED OR BOMBED SEVERAL VILLAGES. THE MILITARY SAYS THE PLANES
ARE STAYING AT LEAST TWO KILOMETERS FROM SETTLEMENTS. (SIGNED)
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06-Jul-95 2:59 PM EDT (1859 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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