In the village of Greebee, another Turkish military base is situated on
a hilltop overlooking the village. A Turkish tank is part of the
skyline. The Mukhtar there described the effect of the base on the life
of the people: "Although the Turkish soldiers do not come down into the
village, we are all scared. They have taken good land. We can no longer
move around freely. The children are frightened when they hear Turkish
aircraft overhead. The tank's gun-barrel is aimed at our village. If
trouble starts we will be the first target. Halubja [referring to the
chemical bombing of the city of Halubja by Saddam in the late 1980's]
could come any day."
