"Know Thy Enemy: The Kurdistan Worker's Party
By Tom Ordeman, Jr.
Author's Note: The venerable Sun Tzu wrote, 'Know thy self, know thy enemy.' Many Americans recognize the influence that various terrorist groups have on foreign affairs; yet few know the basic background and facts about many of these groups. This piece continues a series of articles aimed at familiarizing FSM readers with basic, important information about key terrorist, militant, and insurgent groups, whose regional operations often influence security issues on a global scale. This installment details the Kurdistan Worker's Party, an ethnic Kurdish separatist group operating primarily in northern Iraq and southern Turkey."
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