Wednesday, February 04, 2009

U.S. brands anti-Iran Kurdish group terrorist | Reuters

"U.S. brands anti-Iran Kurdish group terrorist
Wed Feb 4, 2009 6:31pm GMT

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday branded the Kurdish group PJAK, whose guerrillas fight against government forces in Iran's Kurdish-populated areas, as a terrorist organization.

The group is a front for the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which has been fighting the Turkish government for 25 years, said Stuart Levey, U.S. Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence."

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