PJAK refuted the KDP-affiliated Anti-Terror Unit’s report that three of their guerrilla fighters were killed in the Turkish attack in the Pêncewîn region of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
The Foreign Relations Committee of Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) released a statement regarding the Anti-Terror Unit of the KDP, the ruling party in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which spreads manipulative information regarding the systematic attacks of the invading Turkish state on the region.
The statement released by PJAK Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday said the following:
“The KDP-affiliated Anti-Terror Unit reported that three of our guerrilla fighters had been killed as a result of the most recent Turkish attack in Pêncewîn. Denying this false report, we would like to call attention to the dirty work of this institution.
It has been learned that three people killed in the Turkish attack on Pêncewîn-Nalparêz road on 11 August were employees of Asia Cell and came from Mosul, residing in Duhok. The Anti-Terror Unit of the KDP reported that the victims were 3 guerrillas, including a high-ranking fighter. Asia Cell released a statement immediately after and refuted the false report.
This vicious KDP institution has a history marked by mafia-like attacks against citizens, activists and journalists. In addition, it acts like an offshoot of the Turkish intelligence service MIT. Spreading fabricated news hastily after every attack, it reveals the fact that it has indeed turned into an offshoot of MIT.
These practices of the institution in question are not a surprise to us, since it is affiliated to a party that displays the photos of Humeyni but not of martyrs. Still, we felt the need to make this statement in response to false reports. Our people should know well that the KDP’s Anti-Terror Unit has turned into a news service of MIT. We call on media outlets not to lower themselves to the level of this institution. Even if they have to publish the statements of this institution, they should not forget that all those statements are proven lies. Journalists should turn to us to find out the truth in the face of such false news. This is a moral responsibility of journalism.
We are going through a revolutionary period and informing our people about every positive and negative development concerning resistance. On this basis, we call on our people to act with sensitivity towards false reports and to rely on the official statements of our movement.”
