European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I thousands of kurd forced from their Homes into refugee Camps wait for somewhere to go in this 1991 photo. Little has changed in four  Kunds caught in factional Cross fire s&5 Kan Yoorga Tija m sunday War Sanction sapping kurd Hope monday one Many a misery shows plight of Iraq tuesday will Saddam fall a and when today turkeys bitter War with the kurd continued from Page 1 overwhelmingly kurdish. Military checkpoints halt traffic in the Rocky Sun scorched wastelands Between towns. Smalt turkish military outposts ringed by razor wire and stacks of sandbags proliferate As you near the iraqi Border. But some say the fighting puts turkish troops a and by Extension their american allies a in an awkward position. On the one hand Turkey is fighting its. Own kurd and even chasing them across the Border into Northern Iraq which the pkg often uses As a base of operations. On the other hand Turkey is protecting iraqi kurd through operation provide Comfort which bars Saddam Hussein a military from making flights North of the 36th parallel. The United states which is turkeys partner in the operation flies reconnaissance missions Over the a no Fly zone every Day of the week. It has been widely reported that intelligence gathered from these flights is shared with Turkey which uses the information in its fight against the pkg. However a . State department officer said such reports Are  she said . Flights do not gather intelligence on pkg positions in North a Ern Iraq. Furthermore the United states does not consider turkeys simultaneous Protection of iraqi kurd and War against turkish kurd a conflict because the United states considers the pkg a terrorist organization the official said. A we done to see it As kurd being hunted Down a said the official speaking on condition of anonymity. A we see it As turkish authorities going after a terrorist organization that threatens turkeys stability. And Turkey is our ally Quot so the United states did no to blink in March when 35,000 turkish troops stormed across the Border to blast pkg guerrillas from their Mountain hideouts. Hundreds of kurd were killed before Turkey withdrew its troops in april and May. A a a the turks troubles with the pkg have triggered an internal debate Over whether Turkey should continue to conduct operation provide Comfort. Some turkish lawmakers fear the Protection afforded to Northern iraqi kurd might encourage turkish. Kurd to push even harder for Independence. A a. Others counter that if operation pro. Continued on age 24 wednesday september 13, 1995 the stars and stripes 23