Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: WORLD IN BRIEF IRAQ Kurd Fighter Says He Survived Massacre Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 10:01:22 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: WORLD IN BRIEF IRAQ Kurd Fighter Says He Survived Massacre Publication Date: Saturday November 7, 1992 BYLINE: Rebel Kurds fighting Turkish and Iraqi Kurdish forces in northern Iraq shot 18 of their own wounded rather than let them be captured, a man claiming to be the sole survivor said. "We were 18 wounded. We couldn't walk. Each one was shot with a bullet in the head," said Husni, 19, a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighter. "Only I survived." There was no independent confirmation of his story. Turkish television reported a separate incident in which Turkish troops inside Iraq found a mass grave with bodies of what they said were PKK wounded killed by their comrades. PKK members use northern Iraq as a refuge in their battles with the Turks, while the Kurds of northern Iraq are anxious to maintain good ties with Turkey. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM