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...with Turkish security forces throughout the 1980s and '90s that left some 30,000 dead. Declaring a cease-fire in 1999 only after the capture and imprisonment of its charismatic leader, Abdullah Ocalan (known to Kurds simply as "Apo"), the group, numbering several thousand, retreated to the mountains of northern Iraq. There, its members abjure worldly goods and alcohol, practice strict gender equality (though sex between members is not allowed), while rising early to pore over left-wing political tracts. While they fought originally for a "free Kurdistan" for all Kurds, lately they have limited their demands to improved rights...
...recent weeks, the conflict has threatened to spill over into northern Iraq, one of the last tranquil areas in that country - a fact that may have caught the U.S. military's attention more than the bombings on the Mediterranean coast. Authorities inside Iraq have reported that p.k.k. positions around the Kandil Mountains have been shelled by Iranian and, possibly, Turkish artillery. In July, Turkey moved tanks and reinforcements up to its border with Iraq. Turkey's new army chief, General Yasar Buyukanit, who took office last week, is known for his hawkish views on how best to deal with...
...they leave each morning for school or to cultivate crops. Their homes may be gone by the time they return and, as they have no other explanation for their hardship, they have turned to religion for answers. They believe the fires to be the work of evil spirits. In northern Uganda, well over 1 million of the Acholi people live in camps like the one at Anaka. But a truce last week between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (lra) offers real hope that the gruesome, almost 20-year-long power struggle is finally over...
...daubing a special oil on the feet of young soldiers to help them march dozens of miles on empty stomachs. And now that peace is slowly returning to the region, traditional Acholi beliefs may prove the best method to mop up after the brutal conflict. The struggle in northern Uganda has hopelessly blurred lines between victims and perpetrators; many of the atrocities were performed by abducted children forced to become soldiers. Partly for that reason, the communities value reconciliation over punishment, say local leaders, aid workers and even parents whose children were abducted. When soldiers from both...
...only two people walking on the beach are Steve and Lisa Stroud, filling a plastic Wal-Mart bag with seashells. They drove six hours from northern Louisiana to visit the place where they've vacationed since they were kids. "We never even bothered to buy a T-shirt," Steve Stroud says sadly of his last visit...