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'You came here to die' Iraq guard told Kurds: witness


Thursday, 19 October, 2006 , 10:20 AFP Guards cut off the water supplies to Kurdish detainees in a desert prison deep in Iraq's south, a witness told the court in Thursday's session of Saddam Hussein's genocide trial.

Kurds tell of mass murder by Saddam death squads


Wednesday, 18 October, 2006 , 13:29 AFP Saddam Hussein's troops drove terrified Kurdish villagers into the desert and gunned them down by the truckload, witnesses told the ousted Iraqi leader's genocide trial Wednesday.

Dutch court reject's Turkish extradition request for alleged PKK member


Tuesday, 17 October, 2006 , 15:31 AFP A court in Maastricht, southern Netherlands, on Tuesday rejected a Turkish extradition request for Nedim Seven, sought by Ankara because he allegedly carried out deadly attacks for the PKK, the Dutch news agency ANP reported.

Dozens of Kurds died each day in Saddam's prisons: witness


Tuesday, 17 October, 2006 , 09:50 AFP At least 30 people died every day in Saddam Hussein's grim prisons, a Kurdish witness said Tuesday as the stormy trial resumed of the ousted Iraqi president and six others on genocide charges.

Turkish premier plays down tough army line on Kurds


Monday, 16 October, 2006 , 08:53 AFP Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in remarks published Monday, played down the army's vow to fight Kurdish rebels to the last "armed terrorist" as too ambitious, and impossible to achieve.

Mine kills two Turkish soldiers


Saturday, 14 October, 2006 , 11:59 AFP Two Turkish soldiers were killed and another wounded Saturday in the explosion of a mine which local authorities said had been laid by Kurdish separatist rebels.

Iraqi PM due in Turkey to discuss Kurdish rebels


Friday, 13 October, 2006 , 15:11 AFP Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will hold talks here next week to discuss bilateral ties and measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in northern Iraq, Turkish officials said Friday.

Kurdish rebels still a threat despite ceasefire: US envoy


Thursday, 12 October, 2006 , 15:04 AFP Washington welcomes a ceasefire decision by Iraq-based separatist Kurdish rebels, but still sees the militants as a security threat to NATO ally Turkey, a special US envoy said here Thursday.

Kurdish women tell of rapes in Saddam's death camps


Tuesday, 10 October, 2006 , 14:19 AFP Kurdish women told Wednesday how they had witnessed savage rapes, murders and other horrors in Saddam Hussein's death camps, as the ousted Iraqi leader's genocide trial continued.

Kurdish women tell of rapes in Saddam's death camps


Tuesday, 10 October, 2006 , 12:20 AFP Kurdish women told Wednesday how they had witnessed savage rapes and other horrors in Saddam Hussein's death camps, as the ousted Iraqi leader's genocide trial continued.