KANI XULAM, Director of the American Kurdish Information Network, Xulam said today: “Basically, the Kurds have been handed over to the Turkish government. It is being reported that the U.S. has approved some 80,000 Turkish troops in
northern Iraq. The gains of autonomy that the Kurds have made in northern Iraq could well be lost. The Turkish military has depopulated thousands of Kurdish villages and killed tens of thousands of Kurds over the last 15 years. Northern Iraq could end up much like northern Cyprus, which Turkey has illegally occupied for decades.... Also, crucially, the government of Iraq should come from the people who live in Iraq, not someone appointed from Washington.”
KANI XULAM, akin@kurdish.org,
http://www.kurdistan.org
northern Iraq. The gains of autonomy that the Kurds have made in northern Iraq could well be lost. The Turkish military has depopulated thousands of Kurdish villages and killed tens of thousands of Kurds over the last 15 years. Northern Iraq could end up much like northern Cyprus, which Turkey has illegally occupied for decades.... Also, crucially, the government of Iraq should come from the people who live in Iraq, not someone appointed from Washington.”
KANI XULAM, akin@kurdish.org,
http://www.kurdistan.org