Friday, February 26, 2010

11 held in Italy over alleged PKK training camps - CNN.com

"11 held in Italy over alleged PKK training camps

Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Police arrested 11 people in central and northern Italy on Friday on suspicion of recruiting Kurds to join the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK -- the outlawed separatist group fighting for a homeland in southeastern Turkey.

Of those arrested, 10 are Kurdish -- mostly from Turkey -- and one is an Italian with a criminal record, Italian authorities said. Searches related to 16 others are under way, according to police."

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