The "Kurdish Observer" on 14 March carried an expose of the activities of a criminal organization which it alleges is controlled by JITEM (The Gendarmerie Intelligence Agency) located in the city of Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border. Sirnak's name is the name of the "il," or administrative district of which Silopi is the major city. Under Silopi's jurisdiction is the Khabur Border Gate, through which some $2 billion worth of goods, mostly petroleum products, annually goes through. ...