Kurds

May 4th, 2006 at 2: 25 pm walter66 says: so MA, what you are saying is that we invaded Iraq to free the Sunnis and the Kurds from the Shia oppression only to have to protect the Shias and Kurds from Sunni oppression.

Think Progress » Senate Speaks: No Permanent Bases In Iraq 2006

White phosporous (MK77) used by Saddam on the Kurds is considered a war crime, and guess who is using in Iraq now?

Think Progress » Administration Breaks Pledge Not To Comment On Ongoing Investigation 2005

Powell toured the northern enclaves of Iraq, the Kurdish areas of Iraq, and recalled the Kurds were the minority who were the most brutally persecuted by Saddam Hussein over a long period of time.

CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2003 2003

The destiny of Turks and Kurds is far less certain, but far more relevant to the kind of map that will explain our future world.

The Coming Anarchy 1994

The destiny of Turks and Kurds is far less certain, but far more relevant to the kind of map that will explain our future world.

The Coming Anarchy 1994

Slide 19: Language The language of the Kurds is Kurdish, but was originally Aramaic.

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“your contention that sanctions were not working because they didn†™ t stop Hussein†™ s army from gassing the Kurds is flat-out wrong.”

Think Progress » “Public outrage, sporadic before, is growing 2006

But with the Turks, killing Kurds is not hatred, it’s just water.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: An Egyptian Gaza? 2009

Thus, with our embassy and military basing in Kurdistan, we’ll either be expected to defend the Kurds from the Turks (which could lead the Kurds to overreach in their interference in Turkey to start with) or we’ll defer to our NATO ally (which has a modern military) and stay neutral as the Turks pound the Kurds.

Matthew Yglesias » The Zero Option 2007

I was under the impression that the Kurds were also closely related.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More Interesting DNA Information 2010