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Kurds launch "Letter to President Obama"
campaign, "Do Not Be Part Of The Kurdish Massacre In
Turkey!"
5.1.2012 |
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January
5, 2012
Within the frame of the campaign launched by KON-KURD
(the Confederation of In Kurdish Associations in
Europe) and other 10 federations affiliated to it,
Kurds are beginning to send a letter to U.S.
president Barack Obama. The campaign will last until
January 31st, 2011.
Kurdish institutions aim to point out the support
the USA are providing to Turkey, both in terms of
intelligence-sharing and military sales, ultimately
hits Kurds.
In the statement calling on people to mobilize, KON-KURD
and the other associations organizing the protest
underlined the recent massacres and operations in
which the Turkish army had the support of the USA.
It is no mystery that the USA have been providing
Turkey with intelligence on Kurdistan Workers' Party
PKK camps and movements. Indeed the U.S. have
deployed four RQ-1 Predator MALE drones at Turkey’s
southern İncirlik airbase to fly over PKK camps in
Kurdistan region in Iraq's north and provide the
Turkish military intelligence.
The letter which is being sent to president Obama
begins with a reminder of "the genocides and
massacres that the Kurdish people have witnessed and
also what the Kurdish people are facing today".
The letter also stresses that "The Republic of
Turkey, your strategic partner, is massacring Kurds
everyday with the very support you give them whether
it is military,www.ekurd.net
political or economical. The very latest example of
this is the most recent
killing of 36
unarmed Kurdish civilians by F-16 Jets bought from
the USA and intelligence gained from Predator Drones
supplied by yourselves".
Underlining that over 4 thousand people have been
jailed by the Turkish government, the letter adds
that "The Turkish Army, by using airspace that is
controlled by your state, has massacred Kurdish
civilians and ruined our landscape and yet you still
have not said a word".
The letter then underlined that for five months
there has been no news from "the leader of our
people Mr. Abdullah Ocalan who was actively
kidnapped and handed over to the Turkish authorities
by your predecessors, and yet not a word from your
administration".
The letter ends with some questions directly put to
president Obama: "What have we, the Kurds, ever done
to you or your country, what have we come against
for you to declare us enemies? Or maybe this
“democracy, human rights and freedom” are just part
of a rhetoric only used to further the USA’s
interests across the globe. What is the reason for
this double standard? Why do you continue to support
a state that bombs its own people within its own
borders?"
And then underlines that Kurds "will not allow for
Kurdish children to be massacred in this way" nor
"will allow for history to repeat itself".
The final sentence of the letter is a reminder to
president Obama, "the Nobel Prize for Peace".
"To play the role of peacemaker for the Kurdish and
Turkish people - says the letter - whom we believe
is also in the best interests for the USA. We
believe that you have a positive role to play in
bringing peace to Kurdistan, the Middle East and the
World".
SEND YOUR OWN LETTER TO
OBAMA
Title: “To the USA Government Authorities
DO NOT BE A PART TO THE KURDISH MASSACRE IN TURKEY!”
And our letter to Obama. Everybody can be a part of
our campaign and send a letter with the added
address, email and fax number?
Address: US Presidency – The Whitehouse – Washington
DC
e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Phone: 001 202 456-1414 – Fax: 001 202 456-2461
President of the USA
Washington D.C.
Barack H. Obama
Re: It is time to see the truth, The Kurds will not
allow for history to repeat itself.
Dear Mr. Obama,
I am writing you this short letter to remind you of
the genocides and massacres that the Kurdish people
have witnessed and also what the Kurdish people are
facing today.
The Kurdish people are being deprived of basic human
rights and much of what is generally accepted as
universal human rights.
The Republic of Turkey, your strategic partner, is
massacring Kurds everyday with the very support you
give them whether it is military, political or
economical. The very latest example of this is the
most recent killing of 36 unarmed Kurdish civilians
by F-16 Jets bought from the USA and intelligence
gained from Predator Drones supplied by yourselves.
Your strategic partner Recep T. Erdogan’s government
has been running a systematic political and military
genocide against the Kurdish people. Until now a
total of 4000 people consisting of MP’s, Mayors,
politicians, intellectuals, writers, journalists,
solicitors and hundreds of children have been
arrested in Turkey and you haven’t had a single word
to say about this.
The Turkish Army, by using airspace that is
controlled by your state, has massacred Kurdish
civilians and ruined our landscape and yet you still
have not said a word.
For five months we have not been able to hear any
news from the leader of our people Mr. Abdullah
Ocalan who was actively kidnapped and handed over to
the Turkish authorities by your predecessors, and
yet not a word from your administration.
Let alone a word of criticism your spokespersons are
declaring support for the AKP government and
promising further supply of technologically advanced
missiles.
Mr. Obama,
What have we, the Kurds, ever done to you or your
country, what have we come against for you to
declare us enemies? Or maybe this “democracy, human
rights and freedom” are just part of a rhetoric only
used to further the USA’s interests across the
globe. What is the reason for this double standard?
Why do you continue to support a state that bombs
its own people within its own borders?
Mr. Obama,
We will not allow for Kurdish children to be
massacred in this way.
We will not allow for history to repeat itself.
We do not want decisions made on our behalf.
We decline to be sacrificed for certain interests.
What we expect of you and your administration;
To play the role of peacemaker for the Kurdish and
Turkish people whom we believe is also in the best
interests for the USA. We believe that you have a
positive role to play in bringing peace to
Kurdistan, the Middle East and the World.
Regards
Your name
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