MAFIABAD, han (IJPI) Kurdish
guerrillas today executed at east four
rcvolut 'onary guardsmen and blew up
a huge fuel tank while ignonog a
deadline to surrender their weapons
in a standoff between arired Kurds
old ig Mahabad and ar ored tr of S
ass than 20 miles away
A Kurdish firing squad in toe Iraqi
border town of Sardasht executed
[ our revs Ut onary guardsmen r re-
taliation for the execution of nine
Kurdish rebels in Marivan two days
ago, a Kurdish spokesman said.
The four all non Kurds, were tried
by a Kurdish revolutionary cour aid
found guilty of “acts against the Kur-
dish people,” the spokesman said
Fifty Kurdish rebels were executed
after Is a—iw trials since the latest
round of trouble began in Paveh two
wceks ago, But Kurdistan's Islamic
cour chief, Sheik Sadeq Khalkhali
gave no details of further trials when
quesfoned today
He said resu La of further trials
would be announced after they had
taken place. ‘ he Kurds claim they
are holding about 150 government
tr0005, rrainly revolutiolary mill
tiamei, in custody at undisclosed
sites
Two armored columns of the Irani
an mi itary today took posit ans on
key roads leading iCto Mahabad
travelers entering the town said.
The streets of Ma abad were ca i,
but scores of young Kurdish men and
women crowded the former army
garrison on a lii Is de overlooking the
town, A guerrilla explai ed hat they
had come to “regioter themselves for
the battle
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Kurds Execute Four Guardsmen,
Ignore Arms Surrender Deadline
