Ambassador Bremer Statement on Terrorist Organizations in Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq January 28, 2004 – Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, Coalition Provisional Authority administrator, today issued the following statement on terrorist organizations operating in Iraq:

“President Bush has committed to end the use of Iraq as a terrorist haven. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its aliases the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) and the Kurdistan People’s Congress (Kongra Gel) are terrorist organizations and have been designated as such under U.S. law. The Coalition Provisional Authority, Coalition forces and Iraqi security forces will treat the PKK/KADEK/KONGRA Gel as terrorists. There is no place for terrorism or terrorist organizations in the new Iraq.”