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The awaited statement from #PKK on #Erbil comes from Bahoz Erdal, top Syrian Kurd militant in group.He says victim was Turkish intel agent who plotted top level PKK militant's death.Hails killers as "patriotic youths" who weren't acting under orders from PKK, hence the amateurismhttps://twitter.com/y_ozgurpolitika/status/1154125013362061318 …
Subtle reference to alleged secret talks with #KRG reported by @AlMonitor He calls on KRG to talk “openly” & “that which you want to keep secret, we will,” he says
Claim that killers acted alone will be questioned and congratulating them hardly helps
Nor does calling the murder of a Turkish official “a worthy act”
All of this will bolster Turkish public support for even tougher action against PKK and YPG.
And elevate Turkish pressure on KRG to squeeze PKK further.
As for restarting peace talks and easing isolation of Ocalan....,,
And here the back story as per the PKKhttps://anfenglishmobile.com/features/hewler-incident-and-the-plan-of-the-kdp-and-turkey-36471 …
Unlikely that any of it will sway Washington or EU & Erdal statement flies in face of Bayik Op Edhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/03/now-is-moment-peace-between-kurds-turkish-state-lets-not-waste-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e4537b83ced1 …
And @alizamarcus shares her take on Bahoz Erdal statementhttps://twitter.com/AlizaMarcus/status/1154219170378276870 …
As she says what's notable about all this is the relative cool maintained in Ankara and Erbil alike.Curiously none of major Iraqi Kurdish outlets have commented thus far that I've discerned
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