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| Uludere massacre caused by 'erroneous' intelligence: Report |
| 2015-09-22 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The Uludere air raid, which left 34 villagers dead, was caused by "erroneous" intelligence ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's National Intelligence Organization (MIT), daily Cumhuriyet has alleged. Cumhuriyet has published what is claimed to be a correspondence between the MIT and the attorney general's office of Diyarbakir, a southeastern province of Turkey, which is leading the investigation into the massacre at Uludere. According to the report, the Diyarbakir office of the attorney general has sent the MIT an official document on Dec.28, 2011 -- the day of the incident-- inquiring whether the organization had any intelligence on terrorist infiltration and, if yes, which institutions they had shared this information with. The MIT sent a written response on Jan.10, 2012, denying the existence of any "notes, writings or information shared with any external offices." Nonetheless, research by the prosecutor's office has revealed the MIT has in fact shared intelligence with the general staff on Nov.27, 2011 through the Operational Information Sharing System (OBIPAS). The intelligence report in question stated an infiltration by forces of Evil of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was expected from the region adjacent with Iraq towards the Ortasu village of Sirnak's Uludere district, the site of the air raid which killed 34 civilians. In addition, the MIT allegedly sent a second report to the general staff on Dec.21, a week before the air raid, warning against an infiltration by senior PKK leader Fehman Huseyin (code-named Bahoz Erdal) organizing a terrorist attack. The report, categorized as "Most Probably Correct," claimed the terrorist attack would be conducted against military base camps between Dec. 21 and 30, 2011. Cumhuriyet alleged that withholding this information started a crisis between the MIT and the attorney general's office in Diyarbakir. |
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