11 October 2013
Source: Kavkaz Center
A
correspondent of the Syrian emigrant Mujahideen website FiSyria interviewed Emir Umar
al-Chechen in connection with military confrontations in the area of border
village Atma between the Mujahideen of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham
(ISIS) and criminal gangs of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
FiSyria: Peace be upon you.
Umar al-Chechen: And unto you peace.
FiSyria: There are many talks
going on about battles with Kurds near Atma. Typically, each event is a mix of
rumors, speculations, and sometimes blatant misinformation. There is a
rumor that the ISIS and the PKK have reached a truce, even clauses of the truce
are being discussed. We would like to clarify, when the truce was signed,
and what clauses have been made?
Umar al-Chechen: There is no truce so
far. Therefore, no clauses exist. There is an agreement on temporary
cease of fire. And there is a huge difference between a temporary cease of
fire and true armistice.
FiSyria: Yes, there is a
difference between these concepts. And how did this conflict
begin? What was the reason?
Umar al-Chechen: Some time ago,
Kurdish militants seized a hill near the village of Atma and started firing at
the road beneath. The ISIS Mujahideen reacted quickly to protect the Sunni
population. The Kurds were driven off from the hill and suffered
losses. Three Kurdish militants were killed. On our side, there were
no losses.
Unfortunately,
our fighters did not give proper attention to the developments and left the
hill without any defensive facilities. As a result, three days later, PKK
militants moved freely on these positions and established commanding posts
there. And we had to storm the entrenched enemy.
FiSyria: Is there any
information about the reason why Kurdish communists show aggression?
Umar
al-Chechen: Captured Kurdish militants claim that they had to gain a foothold
on the hills, as they were warned that their village is to be attacked by the ISIS
Mujahideen. And the claim that alerted allegedly came from a senior
officer in the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
FiSyria: Did they disclose
the name?
Umar al-Chechen: They did. But
naturally, we can not yet reveal it, relying solely on the testimony of
prisoners. A Sharia investigation should be carried out
FiSyria: What combat troops
participated in the storm of Kurdish positions and what were the losses on both
sides?
Umar al-Chechen: In addition to our
Mujahideen, units from Ahrar Sham, Al-Nusra Front and Levayat Dawood also
participated. Our losses were 15 martyrs, not counting the wounded. Of
these, 9 martyrs were from the Army of Emigrants and Supporters (AES).
As for the Kurdish side, we can not give fully
accurate figures. On the positions after the storm, we found 3 dead
women. One of them had a notebook on her body, in which the names of
killed and wounded were listed. According to these data, 85 of them were killed. It
is unclear who the woman was,
a
commander or a person, responsible for medical care of the militants.
FiSyria: Yes, these figures
are roughly consistent with our data. One of our Mujahideen, a Kurd by
origin, told us that a relative from the village gave a figure of about 90
killed.
So,
the participation of Kurdish women in the military units of the PKK is not a rumour?
Umar al-Chechen: Yes, it is not a rumour.
The PKK imposed a tough system on Kurdish population. It is a policy that
could be called a "war communism". The communists keep a record
on each individual family and impose different taxes.
In
addition, each family must supply to the PKK military young men and
women. If a family has 4 daughters, one of them has to go to serve in
their army. In case of refusal, the house and property of the family is
burned.
Here's
a true mafia-communist system.
FiSyria: Military conflict in
the Atma is not the only case of battles with PKK militants?
Umar al-Chechen: Yes, this is not the
first clash. There are other cases. For example, when there was a
conflict between the ISIS and a unit of the FSA, The Northern Storm, in Azaz,
PKK militants fired from their checkpoint at Mujahideen in their back when they
went on offensive.
About
a month ago, there was a clash between the ISIS and the PKK in the area of
Hasaka on the border with Iraq. Incidentally, it was there where 7 women
were captured among other militants.
FiSyria: Yes, global infidelity uses against our Mujahideen
any organization that professes a non-Islamic ideology. May Allah reward
you with goodness, Umar.
Umar
al-Chechen: You too.
Department of
Monitoring
Kavkaz Center
Link: http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2013/10/11/18393.shtml
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