Makeda Tiye Young
September 16, 2010
10:42pm
A roadside bomb exploded on a minibus traveling along the southeast Turkey border near Iraq that claimed victim of at least nine of the passengers who were killed and three that were injured. The group that many of the officials believe to be responsible for this act of terror is the PKK or the separatist Kurdistans Workers Party which is listed as a terrorist organization. Although the group has said they declared a cease-fire for the Muslim holy month violence is still occurring. The leader Murat Karayilan said that if Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire and met the conditions that they described they would have been more than willing to lay down their arms. In the last twenty years 37,000 people have lost their lives from the violence. This is not the first incident of violence between the two countries. Turkey ordered air strikes after 15 soldiers were killed in 2007 from a cross-border attack and since than the Turkey government has even banned pro-Kurdish political party in their siding with the PKK.
After reviewing this event it seems that over the last few years more countries have been involved in the war on terror by endless attacks from extremist. I find that because there has been some communication between governments that perhaps the violence will lessen but what I believe will not solve the fight is the continual use of violence between both parties. As I have researched the PKK through the Muslim Observer it has been said that the FBI has been trying to figure out how the PKK has funding and where it is getting the weapons. I am glad that there has been an effort from multiple groups to stop the violence. Especially now that the United States has decided to end the War in Iraq I believe that there needs to be more effort because smaller incidents between nations only create setbacks for progress. By progress I do not just mean within the United States effort of the last 9 years but for Islam and the Muslim community.
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1 comment:
I find it hard to imagine that these types of news stories disappear in our lifetime. It seems that the consistency of such attacks foretell a long hard road to peace, perhaps even a fruitless path.
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