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Subject: Belgian Police Raid Suspected PKK Training Camp

Belgian Police Raid Suspected PKK Training Camp 

BRUSSELS, Nov 22 (Reuter) - Belgian police have raided a holiday resort 
believed to be a training camp for members of the banned Kurdistan 
Workers Party (PKK), a Brussels public prosecutor's office spokesman said 
on Friday. 

He said 36 people were detained after the raid on Thursday, including 18 
minors from Germany. Most of them had been reported missing by their 
parents, he said. 

Police found PKK propaganda and paramilitary clothes but arms were not 
discovered at the holiday barracks in Zutendaal, northeastern Belgium. 

The spokesman said the minors were invited to a one-week cultural course 
but forced to stay for several months during which they were 
"indoctrinated".

Kon-Kurd, the Confederation of Kurdish Associations in Europe, said the 
young Kurds all took part in the camp voluntarily and with the approval 
of their parents. 

"The programme of the camp is made up of courses and seminars on the 
culture, history and socio-economic situation of Kurdistan," it said. 

In September, police raided houses of Kurds and Kurdish organisations 
allegedly linked to the PKK, including the Kurdish-language satellite 
station Med-TV, which Belgian authorities suspect of laundering money for 
the PKK. 

Med-TV, which has its offices in Belgium, denies the allegations. 

Over 20,000 people have been killed in a 12-year conflict in southeast 
Turkey where government forces are battling Kurdistan PKK guerrillas 
fighting for autonomy or independence for the mainly Kurdish
region. 


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