Immigration Judge in Detroit Orders Deportation of Kurd Accused of Terrori

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBBX4D7C3E.html

DETROIT (AP) - An immigration judge Wednesday ordered the deportation of a Turkish immigrant who the government accuses of terrorism, a court spokesman said.

Judge Elizabeth Hacker ruled all charges against Ibrahim Parlak had been proven and ordered him removed.

Parlak, a Kurd, once had ties to the Turkish militant group PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, now known as KONGRA-GEL. The group is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.

He was stripped of his Turkish citizenship after he was convicted in 1988 of being involved in a firefight on the Syrian-Turkish border in which two Turkish soldiers were killed. He has maintained his innocence.

Parlak was given political asylum in the United States in 1992 and owns a Middle Eastern restaurant in southwestern Michigan. He has been jailed since his July 29 arrest.

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[asjr]

1. Kurds vs Turks. Turkey is our "ally." I thought the Kurds

were good guys also.

[NNN0LHI]

2. Some Kurds

Don't ask me how to tell the good Kurds from the bad Kurds though. Because I don't have a clue.

Don

[Sara Beverley]

3. The US always fails to mention the number of Iraqis killed by Kurds

We only know about the Kurds killed by Saddam.