Asylum in Italy Fading for Kurd
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan probably will not be given political asylum in Italy, the Italian prime minister said Monday.
Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema also reaffirmed Italy’s refusal to send Ocalan to Turkey for trial but said Italy could try Ocalan itself if the rebel leader doesn’t leave Rome shortly.
Ocalan came to Rome on Nov. 12 seeking asylum from Turkey, which is trying him in absentia on charges connected with the Kurdish rebels’ 14-year-old war for autonomy in southeastern Turkey. The conflict has killed 30,000 people.
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