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[KurdNet News ekurd.net] Turkey: A long history of chemical weapons use against the Kurds: In 1999 a ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, a German public-service television station) television report alleged chemical weapons use against the PKK, citing an unnamed member of a Turkish military special unit. ZDF said that in May of that year, a Turkish source told them he had taken part in operations against the PKK in which an unidentified chemical weapon had been used against insurgents hiding in caves.

[Prophecy Fellowship Forums] Turkey accused of using Chemical weapons against the Kurds ...: Hans Baumann, a German expert on photo forgeries has confirmed the authenticity of the photos, which according to Turkish-Kurdish human rights activists show eight members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) underground movement, considered a terrorist movement by the UN, EU and NATO. They are believed to have been killed in September 2009.

[KURDISTAN COMMENTARY] Turkey: A long history of chemical weapons use against the Kurds ...: In 1999 a ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, a German public-service television station) television report alleged chemical weapons use against the PKK, citing an unnamed member of a Turkish military special unit. ZDF said that in May of that year, a Turkish source told them he had taken part in operations against the PKK in which an unidentified chemical weapon had been used against insurgents hiding in caves.

[Vlad Tepes] Turkey uses chem weapons against Kurds?: In March, the activists gave the photos to a German human rights delegation comprised of Turkey experts, journalists and politicians from the far-left Left Party, as SPIEGEL reported at the end of July. Now Hans Baumann, a German expert on photo forgeries has confirmed the authenticity of the photos, and a forensics report released by the Hamburg University Hospital has backed the initial suspicion, saying that it is highly probable that the eight Kurds died “due to the use of chemical substances.”

[Berman Post] Berman Post: Turkey Caught Using Chemical Weapons Against the Kurds?: The magazine reports that forensic experts at the Hamburg University Hospital have confirmed the authenticity of 31 photographs that show the severely scorched bodies of eight PKK fighters who are believed to have been killed in the Kurdish town of Çukurca in September 2009. The hospital says it is highly probable that the victims in the photographs, six men and two women who are said to be scarcely recognizable as human beings, died “due to the use of chemical substances.”

[Harry's Place] Harry's Place » Did Turkey Use Chemical Weapons Against Kurds?: German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that purport to show PKK fighters killed by chemical weapons. The evidence puts increasing pressure on the Turkish government, which has long been suspected of using such weapons against Kurdish rebels.

[Stop The ACLU] Did Turkey Bomb Kurds With Chemical Weapons in 2009? : Stop The ACLU: Members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union are demanding that Turkey answer to these accusations but Turkish officials have been for years stonewalling all attempts to get answers about the practices of the Turkish military and its campaigns against the Kurds.

[NOAH DAVID SIMON] Shocking Images of Dead Kurdish Fighters: | NOAH DAVID SIMON: In March, the activists gave the photos to a German human rights delegation comprised of Turkey experts, journalists and politicians from the far-left Left Party, as SPIEGEL reported at the end of July. Now Hans Baumann, a German expert on photo forgeries has confirmed the authenticity of the photos, and a forensics report released by the Hamburg University Hospital has backed the initial suspicion, saying that it is highly probable that the eight Kurds died "due to the use of chemical substances."

[Updated News] Is Turkey Using Chemical Weapons Against Kurdish Rebels?: German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that purport to show PKK fighters killed by chemical weapons. The evidence puts increasing pressure on the Turkish government, which has long been suspected of using such weapons against Kurdish rebels.

[ChicagoNow] Did Turkey Bomb Kurds With Chemical Weapons in 2009? - Publius Forum: Members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union are demanding that Turkey answer to these accusations but Turkish officials have been for years stonewalling all attempts to get answers about the practices of the Turkish military and its campaigns against the Kurds.

[TheLastBestHope] TheLastBestHope » Report: Turkey Used Chemical Weapons Against Kurds: The photographs in question were given in March by activists to a German human rights delegation, comprised of experts, journalists and politicians from Turkey’s Left Party. The photos feature burned, maimed and scorched body parts, so much so that he victims are scarcely even recognizable as human beings.

[San Francisco Sentinel] San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » TURKEY ACCUSSED OF USING ...: In March, the activists gave the photos to a German human rights delegation comprised of Turkey experts, journalists and politicians from the far-left Left Party, as SPIEGEL reported at the end of July. Now Hans Baumann, a German expert on photo forgeries has confirmed the authenticity of the photos, and a forensics report released by the Hamburg University Hospital has backed the initial suspicion, saying that it is highly probable that the eight Kurds died “due to the use of chemical substances.”

[Hit & Run] Der Spiegel: A Mini-Halabja in Turkey? - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine: In the westthere are christian parties, ministers who keep talking aboutchristendom and emphasizing the importance of their religion intheir institutions such as the EU, die hard christian leaders likeBush or Merkel who don't hesitate invading countries and callingthem a crusade, yet when Turkey shows the slighest religiousconcern or opposes Israel for it's shameful acts it's all omg westis losing Turkey, another Iran coming blah blah This is sheerIslamophobia and nothing else.

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