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‘We Can’t Solve This’

A former CIA analyst discusses Turk-Kurd tensions in Northern Iraq and whether Washington can do anything to help.

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  • Posted By: SalanH @ 03/18/2009 7:42:28 AM

    There are two very important points enunciated in this article

    - Every single Kurd houses aspirations for an independent Kurdistan, to be respected as a Kurd not an Iraqi, Iranian, Turk or a Syrian but as a Kurd. This is a basic human right that has somehow been taken away from the Kurds and the Kurds have been told to stay happy with the status quo.

    - The Americans will eventually abandon the Kurds much the same way they did in 1991 (Gulf War) and in 1975 (Henry Kissinger and the Algiers Accord).

  • Posted By: jules007 @ 11/09/2007 12:07:19 AM

    It's not the Kurdish people in Turkey that are causing the problems. Most of the Kurdish people are peaceful and do NOT support any form of terrorism acts (such as the continual killing of Turkish people/soldiers). The PKK are an independent group and do NOT represent the majority of the Kurdish population. The Kurdish people have integrated well among Turkish people. Istanbul is a thriving metropolis that supports unity of all people. It's the same as any fundamentalist group, that impose their own ideologies and belief structures on the world. I think you'll find that Kurdish people in general, especially those that have integrated well into Turkish society, do not hold the same belief structures as those of the fanatic and completely mislead PKK.

  • Posted By: DC VA MD @ 11/04/2007 12:51:14 AM

    Turkey has approximately 80 million population and 30 million of that are the people with Kurdish origin. The country is directed by 550 house representatives and close to 200 of those have also Kurdish descent. Anybody who doesn???t believe this can check previous Turkish president, Turgut Ozal???s background in Wikipedia, who was also of partial Kurdish descent. According to Reuters news released Sun Oct 28, 2007, 12:12pm ET, 30000 people were killed since early 1980s. If a fanatic group calling themselves as a ???party??? and causing so many peoples??? death by bombing the military stations and killing the civilians including Kurdish villagers how much would you believe their ideology that saving 20 million Kurds in Turkey and giving them freedom when Kurds in Turkey can be elected even as a president? Why 2 million Kurds in Iraq are so much interested with 20 million Kurds??? rights in Turkey when more than 3 million of them are living even in Istanbul?

  • Posted By: gochmur @ 11/01/2007 4:54:14 PM

    Turkey(Turkiye) is not fighting with Kurds,with terrorists(pkk) and terrorism like the USA do in Afghanistan and Iraq

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