Erdogan vows to eliminate terrorist threat in Iraq's north
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ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed his determination to eliminate terrorists from northern Iraq.
“Our goal is to completely clear Sinjar and Mt. Qandil of the separatist terrorist organization [referring to PKK],” Erdogan said in his speech at the opening of Turkish parliament’s second legislative session here.
The Mt. Qandil is home to the PKK terror group's headquarters and the terror group initially established a presence in Sinjar in 2014 on the pretext of “protecting” the local Ezidi community from the Daesh terrorist group.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK - listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the EU - has been responsible for the death of some 40,000 people, including women and children.
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