As you may have heard, a child lost its life because one animal (please replace the animal with the lowliest life form you can think of) put an anti-personal mine hoping to kill some Turkish soldiers. There is nothing we can do to bring this child back to life. And I think his blood is not only in the terrorists' hands, but also in the hands of the countries who support them, who sold them the mines, and who gave them the mines.

This unfortunate event was reported in Reuters.

Let's see. There is not one reference to the terrorism eventhough PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by US and EU. There is no mention that the mine was layed down by PKK. There is a reference to 30,000 people who lost their lives. The majority of the victims race is especially highlighted as if it was on-purpose that the Kurds are killed. Yet there is no mention about those people were killed by PKK.
I wish we could have seen Hz. Isa/Jesus' return in our own life time. At least we could then expect a worldwide justice and peace. I just can't stand these double standards by so called objective western media.

Well the way news are reported can give you an idea of what will happen later on saladin... i see signs of support to the Kurds and considering the whole situation in the region i'm expecting even more support..

i'm not going to comment on the event itself... it is sad even if a mine up on a mountain is not exactly what i would call a terrorist attack... there is a war over there and if you walk inside a war zone bad things can happen..

Dear Dourious,
I am sure your reference to the "war" in the region was a benign one. However as a lawyer, in whose profession the designation of events has a remarkable significance, I would modestly protest this war reference of yours.
Of course you are entitled to your opinion and by no means do i intend to star a flame war. just noted.

I will agree derkrieger.. the word "war" is not the most accurate or appropriate for the case but you can understand what i intented to say... maybe the terms "conflict zone", "insecure zone" or "Military/PKK operation area" would be more appropriate..

Anyway, the fact is that there is a Low intensity/scale conflict over there and it is not an area for walks and recreation activities.. that was my point..

Thanks bro.
further on the topic, I am sure we are all aware that there is a vast collection of international rules applicable or, at least in theory and in times of their codification good-intendedly meted out to be applicable, to the civil wars or internal strife.
I guess it would be a very good article that deals with the status of PKK terrorists in international law.
Prima facie though I'd tend to think that they are not directly applicable ( here I am generally referring to international law treaties. not those of European Human Rights convention and the jurisprudence of Starsbourg Court) basing this claim mainy on two grounds.
1) Tough SE Turkey is an important operational field for them, it is very very far from being the FACT, that they de facto have an state-like control in the region. The conflict is not that widespread to dub the events as an uprising.
2) It would be a grave mistake to claim that PKK enjoys the general support of the turkish citizens of kurdish origin. So this event would definitely disqualify as an uprising en massè
addition: Self determination plea would also fail to don PKK terrorist international law granted rights (except jus cogens rules as well as those stemming from customary I L, if any.) Self determination plea was a very often used one during the sixties and the very construction of its theory and application were strongly shaped by the conditions of those years. SD should be handled maybe more deeply however suffice it to say that Turkey is not an colonialist state. Her borders today are those that are internationally recognized borders who were thus shaped by mandates of pertaining several treaties. so ther goes SD plea.
Regards
disclaimer: I just wrote as i deemed fit and as good as i could remember without hitting the books. If there is somehow sthg lacking I reserve my right to make corrections. wow IL is actually joke if you ask me especially after Israeli attacks on Lebanon and relevant US backing. So mine is much ado bout nothing. I better go and :drink2: