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A Kirkuk wake-up call for Kurds 13.2.2007
By Eamad Mazouri |
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This should be a wake-up call for all the Kurds,
their friends and sympathizers around the world and
especially in the United States of America.
Throughout their modern history, Kurds have been
divided, denied their very existence, oppressed,
massacred and even subjected to genocide. The
regional governments have always conspired against
their very basic human rights.
While the same situation is still continuing in most
parts of Kurdistan, Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan have
made major strides towards gaining
self-determination within the framework of a
democratic federal Iraq as the Kurdistan regional
government has envisioned, secured and guaranteed in
the permanent Iraqi constitution of 2005, that the
majority of Iraqi people have voted on and was
ratified by Iraqi parliament.
Article 140 provides that by the end of 2007 a
referendum to be held by the people of Kirkuk to
decide whether they would like to rejoin Iraqi
Kurdistan region or not.
Regrettably, Turkey has repeatedly stated her wishes
to intervene in Iraqi internal affairs by voicing
outright objection to the implementation of this
article of the Iraqi constitution.
Turkey, that has until recently denied the very
existence of over 20 million Kurds inside her
borders, does not recognize them until now as such,
does not believe in a peaceful solution to her
Kurdish problem, has spearheaded an evil effort
recently, depending solely on her fifth column
embodied in Turkmen Front ITF inside Iraq in a
campaign of lies and deception directed at American
public opinion to misguide them about the facts on
Kirkuk issue.
A Turkish delegation led by Turkish PM of ruling
party Turan Comez is touring U.S. cities and
universities to spread their unsubstantiated claims
that have started surfing the internet lately. Not
only has that, their efforts been coupled with
hiring some pens as well who are unjustly attacking
Kurdish people and their government. The whole
campaign is focused on Kirkuk, in an attempt to
perpetuate the crime dictator Saddam committed
against Kurds.
Therefore, I deem it as a duty for every Kurd and
their true friends to stand up firmly and
aggressively against this unjust campaign waged by
Turkish government who the Kurds have always held an
olive branch towards them.
Their baseless accusations must be answered by facts
concerning the real situation in Kirkuk; how and
when Arabization occurred? Who was the real target?
How those evacuated are still living in camps in
Erbil and Sulaimaniyah unable to return home or
recover their properties even after Saddam is gone?
How Turkmens in Kurdistan for the first time are
granted their full rights and are enjoying them
along with the rest of Kurdistan mosaic population
of religions and ethnicities? How Kurds have
succeeded to build something new in the region in
the middle of the ongoing chaos against all odds
based on tolerance a concept that is totally
unfamiliar or unrecognized by the countries of the
region?
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