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NECDET OZEL FOUND TO HAVE USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDS
Tert.am
02.08.11
The deputy head of the Turkish army's general headquarters, Necdet
Ozel, used chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels in the late 1990s,
Firat news agency reported.
Ozel, who is going to take command of the Turkish armed forces in the
near future, led military operations against the Kurdistan Liberation
Army in May 1999. His chemical weapons are said to have caused the
death of 20 Kurdish rebels.
He later became known as "chemical Necdet", a nickname similar to the
one given to Ali Hasan al-Majid - a relative of ex Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein - who was executed in 2010. Majid used chemical weapons in
1988 when he headed the military operation Al Anfal in Halabja town,
killing 5,000 Kurdish civilians.
Tert.am
02.08.11
The deputy head of the Turkish army's general headquarters, Necdet
Ozel, used chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels in the late 1990s,
Firat news agency reported.
Ozel, who is going to take command of the Turkish armed forces in the
near future, led military operations against the Kurdistan Liberation
Army in May 1999. His chemical weapons are said to have caused the
death of 20 Kurdish rebels.
He later became known as "chemical Necdet", a nickname similar to the
one given to Ali Hasan al-Majid - a relative of ex Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein - who was executed in 2010. Majid used chemical weapons in
1988 when he headed the military operation Al Anfal in Halabja town,
killing 5,000 Kurdish civilians.