Kurds - PKK - Partiya Karkeren Kurdistane

KURDS - est. 30 million PKK (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) PKK (Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan) affiliates: YPG  - Syria + (all female militia:  YPJ) PJAK - Iran HPG - Iraq Kurdistan Workers' Party Turkey & Iraqi Kurdistan f. 1978 core group students:  led by Abdullah Öcalan ("Apo") in Ankara, Turkey far-left / sought: independent Kurdistan 30% of armed forces = women largely Russian arms NATO declared terrorist group Switzerland, China & Russia do not blacklist PKK Kurdish region / affiliates MAP source: http://aina.org/news/20150724184904.htm Former KGB-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko {poisoned in 2006} claims: PKK's leader Abdullah Öcalan was trained by KGB-FSB. Danielle Mitterrand, wife of former President of France = had active connections 1990s with elements of PKK leadership. PKK has received various support from the following: >Greece >Iran >Iraq >Russia >Syria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Party Alleged Activities car-bombed Turkish cities kidnapped hundreds killed Turkish & Kurdish state employees significant narcotics traffickers (according to US) ruthlessly dispatch Kurdish political rivals in Syria & elsewhere [SOURCE:  Wikipedia   &   WSJ article]  OTHER: Appear to be highly politically organised / quick to demonstrate. Presently dual demonstration:  London (anti Turkey biased BBC coverage) & in Berlin.  --------------------- ARTICLE America's Marxist Allies Against ISIS http://aina.org/news/20150724184904.htm