MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : PKK Commander Surrendered to Peshmerga Reveals PKK’s Plots against Kurdistan
BasNews 2021/06/21 – 20:19 – ERBIL — Kurdistan Region’s Security Council (KRSC) on Monday published the confession of a surrendered regional commander of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) about the party’s provocative plans against the Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan.
Inan Ahmed Mirza Chelik, known Ozgur Jiyanda, 31, abandoned the PKK earlier in June after the party carried out an attack on the Peshmerga forces in Matina Mountains of Amedi area and killed five Peshmerga soldiers while several others were injured.
In a video recording, in which Jiyanda appears unstressed and comfortable next to a Kurdistan flag, he said he could not continue with the PKK after it insisted on pointing its weapon at fellow Kurds.
He stressed that many of the fighters of the PKK are underaged boys and girls who do not understand the destructive policies of the party through constant threats it poses to the Kurdish cause.
Mirza Chelik further called on his comrades within the PKK to realize the true policies of the party, warning them that the armed group, indeed, deceives them, and that the PKK leaders prioritize their own political interests rather than the interests of the Kurdish nation, and urged them to abandon the party.
He also argued that fighting for liberty, brotherhood, and equity cannot be done through terrorism.
This comes weeks after the PKK fighters killed five Peshmerga soldiers in Matina mountain of Duhok province.
The Kurdish top leaders have repeatedly called on the PKK to avoid using the Kurdistan Region’s territory to attack the region’s neighbors and giving them excuses to react and affect the lives of civilians in the border areas.
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