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It's
open season on the Kurds, but only if you have the proper hunting
license.
In
two separate articles published on the same day (August 24, 2000)
we are able to see the duplicity and hypocrisy of U.S. policy
as it plays with the lives of expendable pawns, the Kurds.
An
article titled "US
WARNS OF MILITARY OPTION AGAINST IRAQ," published in
the Middle East Newsline on August 24, 2000, states:
State
Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the key to US military
action is whether President Saddam Hussein rebuilds his arsenal
of nonconventional weapons.
"If
he reconstitutes his programs for weapons of mass destruction,
if he threatens his neighbors, threatens US forces or moves
against the Kurds, we have a credible force in the region and
we are prepared to act at an appropriate time and place of our
choosing as necessary," Boucher said.
Here
we have State Department spokesman Richard Boucher telling us
that the US is prepared to take military action if Iraq "moves
against the Kurds."
Now
let's take a look at another article titled "Cross-border
raids against terrorists justified: US," and published
in the Times of India, on the same date, August 24, 2000.
The article states:
Answering
a question on the periodic cross-border raids against Kurds
by Turkey carried out on Iraqi territory on the grounds that
Iraq-based terrorists strike at Turkey, State Department Spokesman
Richard Boucher said, "In general, we support Turkey's
right to defend itself against terrorism as long as the cross-border
activities are limited in scope and duration and they scrupulously
observe the rights of civilians in the area."
Notice
that the very same State Department Spokesman, Richard Boucher,
supports Turkey's right to kill Kurds; and not just within Turkey,
but also within Iraq.
Here
is a summary of US policy as concerns the Kurdish population of
Northern Iraq and Turkey: Iraq will be bombed by the US if it
takes military action against Kurdish "freedom-fighters"
on Iraqi territory. If, on the other hand, it is Turkey doing
the killing of Kurdish "terrorists" on Iraqi territory,
the US supports Turkey's right to do so.
Not
only does the US support Turkey's right, it has provided Turkey
with the equipment and logistical support to kill over 30,000
Kurds in 10 years and displace millions more – were this
Kosovo we would be hearing words like "genocide" and
"ethnic cleansing."
You
see, to kill Kurds, all you need is the proper hunting license.
In this case that license is a perk of NATO membership.
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