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Article: Turkey had help in tracking down Kurdish rebel leader Prime minister confirms another country gave a tip on Ocalan's whereabouts
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 20, 1999
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Lifting a corner of the veil of secrecy surrounding the capture
of Abdullah Ocalan, Turkey's prime minister confirmed suspicions in
an interview run Friday that another country helped track down the
Kurdish rebel leader.
In Turkey's Kurdish southeast, protests over the arrest continued
for a fourth day, reportedly leaving one person dead. Security
forces fired on Kurdish demonstrators in the town of Kiziltepe,
killing one and wounding five, said Aslan Yildiz, an official of the
pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party.
The government didn't comment, but Turkey has taken a hard line
against Kurdish demonstrators, arresting more than 1,000 since
Ocalan's capture, according to the independent ...