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4. The PKK Relies on Communist Terror

All the bloody communists of the 20th century have said that the
armed struggle and terror are essential if communism is to survive and
have consequently translated these ideas into action.

Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the communist organization the
PKK, also states that armed struggle and terror are essential for its sur-
vival and makes it clear that communism requires that this be put into
action:

"... THE ARMED STRUGGLE, POPULAR REVOLUTION
AND ORGANIZATION POSSESS FEATURES THAT COM-
PLETELY DEVELOP TOGETHER AND MAKE ONE ANOTH-
ER ESSENTIAL..." (Abdullah Öcalan, Selected Writings, Vol.
1, p. 195)

"... We state that in order to raise the national liberation struggle to
the level of an advanced war IT IS NECESSARY TO BEGIN
WITH ARMED PROPAGANDA, and ARMED PROPAGAN-
DA WILL BE the main vehicle for the success of the tasks of agita-

tion, propaganda and organization, and ARMED PROPAGANDA
WİLL SERVE as the basic pier in the creation of a revolution-
ary structure..." (Abdullah Öcalan, Selected Writings, Vol. 1. p.
213)

"... Ho Chi Minh says this on the subject, under the conditions
facing Vietnam before 1944; '... We can initiate neither a guer-
rilla war nor a popular uprising. But WE NEED TO APPLY
ARMED PROPAGANDA to prepare these.' And this is an even
clearer and more obligatory fact under the conditions of Kur-
distan..." (Abdullah Öcalan, Selected Writings, Vol. 1. p. 213)

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