Western organizations transfer terrorists for PKK to Syria, Iraq

Many institutions supported by the U.S. and Europe are transferring Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists to serve in Iraq and Syria. All Western countries, especially the U.S., UK and Germany, are supplying terrorists to the PKK and Democratic Union Party (PYD).

Yeni Şafak daily obtained information regarding these transfers. Three different battalions of over 7,000 foreign terrorist fighters are present in Syria. Among them are psychologically troubled former soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan, illegal organization members, and Jewish and Christian missionaries who are sent to terrorist camps through various foundations, associations and companies.

Pirate associations in Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Vienna, Paris and London provide consultancy services to European terrorist candidates regarding the journey to Syria. The candidates receive a three week preparatory course and an introduction to the region and the PKK.

Fake passports are organized for some of the terrorists who go to Iraq by air without any hindrances. The travel expenses of Western candidates are also covered by “Kurdistan”-PKK associations.

Many of the foreign fighters who are active in the region are able to travel to and from their homelands without any official barriers.

There are three battalions of foreign terrorist fighters who fight in the ranks of the PKK/PYD. Over 7,000 of them are a part of the Bob Crow Battalion, Defend Kurdistan Battalion and International Battalion.

These terror battalions have their own symbols and headquarters. Tattoos determined by the group administrations are a distinguishing feature.

The majority of foreign terrorist fighters are from the U.S. The number of terrorists brought from Texas to Syria has exceeded 2,000. The majority of those who join the PKK are sent first to Iraq and then Syria by organizations such as Dwekh Nawsha and Bunch of Damn Reds.

While Dwekh Nawsha deems itself a religious organization, a Bunch of Damn Reds is made up of anti-religious members. The movement of foreign fighters started in 2013 and accelerated in 2015, and the CIA is aware of this.

It was revealed that approximately 70 percent of foreign fighters in Kobani, Manbij and Raqqa joined the PKK after being influenced by coverage of the Washington Post, BBC, New York Times and CNN.

Three addresses operated by the PKK function as the first point of contact for the terrorists coming from the west. Groups such as “Assisting the Volunteers of Rojova,” “Solidarity to Kurdistan” and “The Lions of Rojova” are the main tools of propaganda which have tens of thousands of followers.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.