Dutch raid 'Kurd training ground'

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(CNN) -- Dutch police say they have raided a suspected paramilitary training ground for Kurdish militants in the southern Netherlands, arresting 29 people.

Police said Friday's operation was unconnected the the November 2 killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a suspected Islamic radical.

But they said it may have some links to recent arson attacks on churches and mosques.

The raid took place at a campground believed to be used by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). The campground's manager was among those arrested.

CNN

[amandabeech]

1. I didn't realize that there was a Kurdish movement in Armenia.

Or is Armenia, historic enemy of Turkey, a staging ground for attacks into Turkey?

Perhaps the Kurds are ready to make a real push for an independent Kurdistan once again.

I wonder if the Iraqi Kurds see the current situation there as so totally out of control that an independent Iraqi Kurdistan is a real possibility?

Of course, an independent, land-locked Kurdistan will have considerable difficulty getting the oil out.