Kurdish Youth Club mark the anniversary of the Halabja genocide in Iraq
Last year, Kurdish author Goran wrote a crucial post remembering the Halabja genocide:
On March 16th, 1988, the city of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan became the site of the largest scale chemical attack on a civilian population in history. That morning, Iraqi warplanes flew over the city and dropped chemical bombs on the thousands of unsuspecting people living there. At least 5,000 people died immediately (75% of them women and children) as a result of the chemical attack and it has been estimated that a further 7,000 people were injured or suffered long-term illnesses. Still today, victims of the chemical weapons used in the region during that time continue to die decades after their exposure.
Next week, Kurdish students at Arizona State University are holding an event in memory of this tragic day:
We all have a responsibility to increase awareness on this tragic day, because despite the fact that the day has passed, the Kurdish tragedy remains with many open wounds. Extreme human rights violations against this largest regional ethnic minority exists in many countries especially Iran, Syria, and Turkey.
Please read Goran’s post, visit the Alliance for Kurdish Rights, and spread the word.
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Its a shame………Im an Arab,however i condemn this genocide on my Kurdish brothers and sisters,we shouldnt fight each other.Why do they hate the Kurds? Aren´t they our muslim brothers and sisters too? And the big problem about that is that no one (from the Arab world) cared about this genocid which took part in Halabja….Im really ashamed……
Perhaps we all need to read a little more, and know what we are talking about. It has been several years since the lie about Halabja was definitively refuted by none other than a ranking CIA officer, instructor at the US Army War College (where officers are given advanced training; not West Point, where new soldiers are trained to become officers) located in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
Read this article in the New York Times, then decide:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/opinion/31PELL.html
The Arab Nation has an eternal role to play in the advancement of humanity, but not if we continue to play the role of ignorant puppets, repeating every bit of propaganda fed us by the enemies of our people!
By the way, there is no reference to where the supposed “quote” from Ali al-Majid in the poster above was obtained! This is another of the Nazi-inspired ‘big lie” techniques, in which one fabricates propaganda designed to feed the predetermined prejudices and/or ignorance of a population, and repeats it relentlessly, in order to achieve a political goal? If any one has any questions on the issue, let them read the letters in the section on the so-called Arab Association for Kurdish Rights on this web-site. There are plenty of references to sources on the nature of the Kurdish movement. There should be no confusion as to why the Kurds refer to the parts of the Arab, Turkish, and Persian lands in which they have settled, as “Kurdistan”, as if it were their OWN land! This is a repeat of the Zionist occupation of Arab land, and we would be nothing less than fools to ignore it AGAIN! Whether they are Muslims or not is immaterial: Supported by the US/Zionist alliance they seek to take part of our lands, as the Persians have done (Ahwaz/Arabistan). Whether or not invaders are Muslims is immaterial. They are no less enemies than are the Zionists, for they have the same goals and objectives, like it or not!
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We should have a little self-respect, and not be so eager to accept lies against our own people from those who have a reason to be untruthful! In the 40′s there were Arabs who felt it was wrong for us to oppose the Zionist “settlers”, some of whom were refugees from Europe. now we know better; these “refugees” became invaders, and used our weaknesses and disunity against us. Still, it seems we are not fully awake, and we allow traitors and hirelings in our midst to weaken our resolve, saying “these poor people only want a place to practice their culture, sing their songs, speak their language”. And when we awaken (again) we will find ourselves bereft of another part of our Arab homeland, with still another enemy firmly planted in our midst, still more Arab refugees fleeing from the invaders, still more violated women, more battered elderly, more traumatized children, more orphans and widows. And whose fault would it be this time? Our own, for we have been forewarned, but we chose to blind ourselves from reality, to listen to the soothing voices of the enemy and his allies. Ahwaz has fallen to the Persians, Palestine to the Zionists, and with Iraq destroyed and a puppet regime in place, northern Iraq (and part of Syria) are the next likely targets of the enemy. What will you say to your children, when they ask of you “what did you do to help those Arab children, Baba?” Will you puff up your chest and say, proudly, ‘I babbled on about the right of their tormenters to have a place to speak Kurdish, to establish their culture, to create “their” homeland on the soil of our Arab neighbors’?
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In case you have any doubts about the nature of Kurdish-Zionism, google: “report: israel operating hundreds of agents in northern Iraq”. Also in the article, (Jewish) NY Times reporter Seymour Hersh tells CNN that “hundreds of Israelis” are in the Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq, and are also “attempting to assist(?) Kurds living in Syria”. One can only guess what “assist” means!
Let’s wake up before it’s too late!
Below is a sample of the above-mentioned sites on documentation of Kurdish-Zionist alliance in occupied Iraq! Check the sites yourself. If any Arab doubts the Kurdish movement is an enemy of the Arab Nation, this should put those doubts to rest!
The zionists used the Holocaust to justify their invasion of Arab Palestine, so their Kurdish proteges have adopted a fake mini-holocaust, “Halabja”, to win support from the west.
Jun 22, 2004 … Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh reports that Israel warned the US … Now, hundreds of Israeli agents, including members of Mossad, … members of Mossad operating in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq. …
http://www.democracynow.org/…/seymour_hersh_israeli_agents_operating_in – Cached – Similar
Report: 3 Mossad spies killed in IraqSep 7, 2008 … Meanwhile, the Iraqi media reported that hundreds of Mossad agents had been deployed to northern Iraq. According to reports, the agents were …
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68740§ionid... – Cached – Similar
Israeli agents working in Iraq’s Kurdistan, Iran: report …8 posts – 7 authors – Last post: Sep 11
Israeli agents working in Iraq’s Kurdistan, Iran: report. … Kurdish commandos in the northern part of the country, the report in New …
http://www.democraticunderground.com/…/duboard.php?az…all... – Cached – Similar
Critical Montages: Israeli Agents and the Kurds in Iraq, Iran, and …According
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