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Calls for international community to prevent genocide of Kurds after Turkish invasion of northern Iraq
Kurdistan Communist Party general secretary Hawre Osman addresses a protest at the Slemani government offices over the latest announcement to cut public sector wages by 21 per cent

THE Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) issued an urgent appeal for the international community to “stop an imminent massacre and genocide” after Turkish troops invaded Iraqi Kurdistan on Saturday.

Soldiers dropped via helicopter into the so-called Medya defence zones in the mountainous Duhok province, which borders Turkey, following a series of air strikes.

“The Turkish state has signalled the launch of a campaign of massacre and genocide,” KNK co-chair Ahmed Karamus said yesterday.

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