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in Northern Iraq By Omer Sahin, Ankara Published:
Saturday, February 25, 2006 zaman.com
Security Director General Gokhan Aydiner announced the explosives used by PKK in the last year were all brought from Iraq.
Aydiner said weapons and explosives emerged in the Iraqi market after the Iraq War.
"In fact, C-4 explosives are NATO equipment. They are sold in only one or two countries in Europe. When the state structure vanished in Iraq, these explosives began to be sold in the markets."
Turkish police caught 51 kilograms of explosives in 2005 and outbound PKK connections were dismissed, the director informed. "No terror organization in the world had as many outlets as PKK."
A Parliamentary study commission has been formed to investigate the explosions in Hakkari.
Aydiner in comparison to terrorist organizations noted PKK makes propaganda, Turkish Hezbollah hides itself and al-Qaeda is an umbrella organization with global dimension.
The Director defended the roots of Hezbollah stems from the period before 1980 military coup, indicating it did not emerge after PKK, and explained the different methods the organization used.
"They never use phones or official accounts. They communicate using different couriers," Aydiner revealed.
As for the limits of authorities the police and national guards are granted, Aydiner asked, "Can gendarme conduct operations inside urban areas? Does it have to inform the police about this operation?" which were also asked to Hakkari Provincial Gendarmerie Colonel Erhan Kubat.
Aydiner emphasized the jurisdictions of different security forces are not defined clearly in Turkey.
Operation and intelligence are different things, he said. "The jurisdictions of security forces are not exact. You sometimes inform about a particular criminal and sometimes directly go and arrest that criminal from the place he was spotted."