Evidence shows Kurdish raid may have been intentional
Thomas Seibert
Jan 7, 2012
ISTANBUL // When the bombing started, Haci Encu and his fellow smugglers ducked for cover.
Mr Encu, 19, and about 40 other Kurds from villages on the Turkish side of the border with Iraq, had set out with their mules to smuggle cigarettes and petrol from Iraq into the Turkish province of Sirnak, just like many times before. Such smuggling has a long tradition in this poor region of Turkey, and civilian or military authorities rarely interfere.
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