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S.F. Activists Disrupt Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
Nine activists disrupted the speech of Deputy Secretary of Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz at a lunchtime fundraiser he spoke at today in San Francisco. The activists were protesting the looming new US war on Iraq.
No War Against Iraq!
S.F. Activists Disrupt Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
Nine activists disrupted the speech of Deputy Secretary of Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz at a lunchtime fundraiser he spoke at today in San Francisco. The activists were protesting the looming new US war on Iraq. Wolfowitz is one of the main advocates and central planners of a new war against Iraq. He is co-author of the "National Security Strategy of the USA," the Administration's doctrine of global domination. Two activists, Saul Kanowitz and Anne Sadler, organizers with the Int'l ANSWER coalition (Act Now To Stop War and End Racism) unfurled a banner reading, "Stop the War on Iraq." They chanted, "Stop the war against Iraq, No Blood for Oil." The ANSWER coalition was the organizer of the October 26, 2002 marches against US war in Iraq of 100,000 people in San Francisco and 200,000 people in Washington, D.C., the largest since Vietnam. Seven other people stood in silence, protesting Wolfowitz, wearing T-shirts with anti-war slogans. All nine were arrested and forced out of the auditorium. 100 people protested outside the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco where Wolfowitz spoke. All nine protesters were released without charges several hours later.
Saul Kanowitz stated, "Wolfowitz is the architect of the U.S. war against Iraq that will kill thousands of people. He wants to re-colonize Iraq for Big Oil. This war will be paid for with the lives of the Iraqi people. People in the U.S. will suffer as the government cuts social services to pay for the war that the is estimated to cost $200 billion. Wolfowitz is a war criminal to-be. He must be confronted wherever he speaks."
Anne Sadler told the media, "The Bush administration should know they can't travel the country promoting death and destruction without being confronted by the anti-war movement. Wolfowitz plans to send our sons and daughters around the world in an endless war to secure profits and global domination for U.S. corporations. He has no interest in peace. He is a death merchant."
"We encourage everyone, especially students to spend their holidays organizing for the next major National Marches to Stop the War on Iraq January, 18th in Washington D.C. and San Francisco, which will honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The momentum for these marches is overwhelmingly strong and growing. It shows most people do not support he US bombing and killing the people of Iraq in a new war. We need the money this war will cost to be spent on jobs and other needs of the people, not to send us to kill and be killed so oil corporations can make more money, " said Nancy Mitchell a youth organizer with ANSWER, at the demonstration outside the hotel.
For more info go to http://www.InternationalANSWER.org and http://www.votenowar.org
S.F. Activists Disrupt Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
Nine activists disrupted the speech of Deputy Secretary of Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz at a lunchtime fundraiser he spoke at today in San Francisco. The activists were protesting the looming new US war on Iraq. Wolfowitz is one of the main advocates and central planners of a new war against Iraq. He is co-author of the "National Security Strategy of the USA," the Administration's doctrine of global domination. Two activists, Saul Kanowitz and Anne Sadler, organizers with the Int'l ANSWER coalition (Act Now To Stop War and End Racism) unfurled a banner reading, "Stop the War on Iraq." They chanted, "Stop the war against Iraq, No Blood for Oil." The ANSWER coalition was the organizer of the October 26, 2002 marches against US war in Iraq of 100,000 people in San Francisco and 200,000 people in Washington, D.C., the largest since Vietnam. Seven other people stood in silence, protesting Wolfowitz, wearing T-shirts with anti-war slogans. All nine were arrested and forced out of the auditorium. 100 people protested outside the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco where Wolfowitz spoke. All nine protesters were released without charges several hours later.
Saul Kanowitz stated, "Wolfowitz is the architect of the U.S. war against Iraq that will kill thousands of people. He wants to re-colonize Iraq for Big Oil. This war will be paid for with the lives of the Iraqi people. People in the U.S. will suffer as the government cuts social services to pay for the war that the is estimated to cost $200 billion. Wolfowitz is a war criminal to-be. He must be confronted wherever he speaks."
Anne Sadler told the media, "The Bush administration should know they can't travel the country promoting death and destruction without being confronted by the anti-war movement. Wolfowitz plans to send our sons and daughters around the world in an endless war to secure profits and global domination for U.S. corporations. He has no interest in peace. He is a death merchant."
"We encourage everyone, especially students to spend their holidays organizing for the next major National Marches to Stop the War on Iraq January, 18th in Washington D.C. and San Francisco, which will honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The momentum for these marches is overwhelmingly strong and growing. It shows most people do not support he US bombing and killing the people of Iraq in a new war. We need the money this war will cost to be spent on jobs and other needs of the people, not to send us to kill and be killed so oil corporations can make more money, " said Nancy Mitchell a youth organizer with ANSWER, at the demonstration outside the hotel.
For more info go to http://www.InternationalANSWER.org and http://www.votenowar.org
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Excellent work! The numbers are getting bigger all the time . . .
You don't get peace by waging war. If that worked, we would actually have a peaceful world now...DUMMY. The 20th Century was the bloodiest in the history of the planet. DUH. The US has been involved in over 100 military interventions during the last 100 years. You FOOL.
If we take all the billions/maybe trillions we spend on all this security mumbo-jumbo, and help grow infrastructures and social safety nets then we have a shot at peace. I am SICK and TIRED of men inventing toys that have only one goal...creating death and dismemberment. Domestic and foreign policy run on testosterone leads to tragic consequences.
It's time for women-centered policies. Long past time. Women worry about preserving and sustaining life, not creating death toys.
If we take all the billions/maybe trillions we spend on all this security mumbo-jumbo, and help grow infrastructures and social safety nets then we have a shot at peace. I am SICK and TIRED of men inventing toys that have only one goal...creating death and dismemberment. Domestic and foreign policy run on testosterone leads to tragic consequences.
It's time for women-centered policies. Long past time. Women worry about preserving and sustaining life, not creating death toys.
...Madeline "we think the price is worth it" Albright and Margaret "milk snatcher" Thatcher?
I agree wholeheartedly when you say that you're sick and tired of the military interventions, state-sponsored terrorism, and corporate domination that is dominating the political concerns of elites; however, I believe that it is the nature of the institutions, rather than the personnel, that are the problems. As long as the dominant political system is a commercial aristocracy that uses the state's formidable military powers to enforce its will, there is not much hope for positive outcomes - and that would be true even if the institutions were run entirely by women, and the testosterone-free Richard Simmons were president...
I agree wholeheartedly when you say that you're sick and tired of the military interventions, state-sponsored terrorism, and corporate domination that is dominating the political concerns of elites; however, I believe that it is the nature of the institutions, rather than the personnel, that are the problems. As long as the dominant political system is a commercial aristocracy that uses the state's formidable military powers to enforce its will, there is not much hope for positive outcomes - and that would be true even if the institutions were run entirely by women, and the testosterone-free Richard Simmons were president...
Hey Mad Mikey, did you hear?:
First they IGNORE us, then they LAUGH at us, then they FIGHT us, then we WIN !! --Gandhi
I guess, Mikey, you're still mentally behind at stage two, though the rest of your ultra-right-wing cohorts (like Ashcroft) have been ratcheting up to stage three.
Hey, Mad Mikey, are *you* sure that *YOU'RE* not a product of genetically modified engineering?
Mikey's Blog!
Why did the moderator/censor delete the knee-jerking article? There were no personal attacks or profanity.
Bring back the article or accept the charge that you cannot accept dissent or another point of view from someone who has experienced first-hand the terror of Saddam.
Bring back the article or accept the charge that you cannot accept dissent or another point of view from someone who has experienced first-hand the terror of Saddam.
you are from Iraq? if so, whats your take on a postHussein Iraq?
Will there be a Kurdish state in the North? What will Turkey's response be? The new Turkish government may make speaking Kurdish legal, will they also be more friendly and be less likely to invade to prevent a Kurdish state? What is the politics behind the new war going on between Kurdish gorups? Is it really local or is one side a US pawn or an Iraqi pawn? Will S Iraq stay part of a postHussein Iraq? What is the likely stand of any new government on Israel? Iran? Will a new government be Shiite since thats the majority?
So many questions but no real discussion from anyone so far...
Will there be a Kurdish state in the North? What will Turkey's response be? The new Turkish government may make speaking Kurdish legal, will they also be more friendly and be less likely to invade to prevent a Kurdish state? What is the politics behind the new war going on between Kurdish gorups? Is it really local or is one side a US pawn or an Iraqi pawn? Will S Iraq stay part of a postHussein Iraq? What is the likely stand of any new government on Israel? Iran? Will a new government be Shiite since thats the majority?
So many questions but no real discussion from anyone so far...
"you are from Iraq? if so, whats your take on a postHussein Iraq?
Will there be a Kurdish state in the North? What will Turkey's response be? The new Turkish government may make speaking Kurdish legal, will they also be more friendly and be less likely to invade to prevent a Kurdish state? What is the politics behind the new war going on between Kurdish gorups? Is it really local or is one side a US pawn or an Iraqi pawn? Will S Iraq stay part of a postHussein Iraq? What is the likely stand of any new government on Israel? Iran? Will a new government be Shiite since thats the majority? "
No, I am not from Iraq; the removed post was by somone named Forni Al-Shahad [sic?] who spoke of terror he experienced.
As to the future of Iraq and Turkey, the U.S. [namely Wolfowitz] has been working hard on implementing as a post-Saddam
policy, the following:
1- An Iraq with its present territorial boundaries in tact with all Iraqi factions participating in a democratic government
with full protections of minority populations.
2- The Iraqi Kurds will remain Iraqi with full participation in the Iraqi government. Turkish Kurds will remain in the
Turkish nation with the needed internal Turkish reforms which are part of Turkey's entry into the EU [notice the
strong push by the US for Turkey's entry into the EU].
3- There are some Al Queda [and other terrorist groups] among the Kurdish territories; these are the ones primarily
behind Kurdish unrest. If you actually listened to the Wolfowitz speech [or heard reports by Senators
Biden and Harkin from a recent trip to Northern Iraq], their experience is that the Kurds have united on one
important goal -- to end the regime of Saddam.
4- Israel and Turkey are friends of long standing. When King Ferdinand threw the Jews out of Spain in 1492,
Turkey gladly took them in.
5- Iran is mostly hands-off vis a vis US policy EXCEPT for Iran's policy of disruption in Afghanistan against
Karzi and Iran's practice of supplying arms and terrorist into the Palistinian areas.
From the major media [both US and UK], one would think Wolfowitz was the devil himself. But when I
looked a bit deeper, the opposite is true. He was a "Scoop" Jackson democrat, self described bleeding
heart and civil libertarian. Note how he was booed at a pro-Israeli rally when he suggested that
Palestinians bled too. Here are a couple of good reads about Wolfowitz:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/magazine/22WOLFOWITZ.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2002/s20021118-depsecdef.html
Will there be a Kurdish state in the North? What will Turkey's response be? The new Turkish government may make speaking Kurdish legal, will they also be more friendly and be less likely to invade to prevent a Kurdish state? What is the politics behind the new war going on between Kurdish gorups? Is it really local or is one side a US pawn or an Iraqi pawn? Will S Iraq stay part of a postHussein Iraq? What is the likely stand of any new government on Israel? Iran? Will a new government be Shiite since thats the majority? "
No, I am not from Iraq; the removed post was by somone named Forni Al-Shahad [sic?] who spoke of terror he experienced.
As to the future of Iraq and Turkey, the U.S. [namely Wolfowitz] has been working hard on implementing as a post-Saddam
policy, the following:
1- An Iraq with its present territorial boundaries in tact with all Iraqi factions participating in a democratic government
with full protections of minority populations.
2- The Iraqi Kurds will remain Iraqi with full participation in the Iraqi government. Turkish Kurds will remain in the
Turkish nation with the needed internal Turkish reforms which are part of Turkey's entry into the EU [notice the
strong push by the US for Turkey's entry into the EU].
3- There are some Al Queda [and other terrorist groups] among the Kurdish territories; these are the ones primarily
behind Kurdish unrest. If you actually listened to the Wolfowitz speech [or heard reports by Senators
Biden and Harkin from a recent trip to Northern Iraq], their experience is that the Kurds have united on one
important goal -- to end the regime of Saddam.
4- Israel and Turkey are friends of long standing. When King Ferdinand threw the Jews out of Spain in 1492,
Turkey gladly took them in.
5- Iran is mostly hands-off vis a vis US policy EXCEPT for Iran's policy of disruption in Afghanistan against
Karzi and Iran's practice of supplying arms and terrorist into the Palistinian areas.
From the major media [both US and UK], one would think Wolfowitz was the devil himself. But when I
looked a bit deeper, the opposite is true. He was a "Scoop" Jackson democrat, self described bleeding
heart and civil libertarian. Note how he was booed at a pro-Israeli rally when he suggested that
Palestinians bled too. Here are a couple of good reads about Wolfowitz:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/magazine/22WOLFOWITZ.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2002/s20021118-depsecdef.html
"1- An Iraq with its present territorial boundaries in tact with all Iraqi factions participating in a democratic government with full protections of minority populations."
Thats not what most Kurdish groups want? What is to keep the Kurdish groups from trying to form a seperate state so that they can eventually unite with the Kurdish sections of Turkey and Iran. The chance of peace is 0 since the Kurdish civil war has already restarted.
"2- The Iraqi Kurds will remain Iraqi with full participation in the Iraqi government. Turkish Kurds will remain in the
Turkish nation"
Note again this is nice in theory but Ocalan is still in jail and people are not just going to happily accept a UN or US forced solution.
"3- There are some Al Queda ... these are the ones primarily behind Kurdish unrest."
FALSE, the PKK is secular and very antiUS and before Ocalan was captured it was the largest armed Kurdish group
for background see:
http://www.pkk.org/
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/mideast/iraq.html
http://www.humanrights.de/~kurdweb/#
for recent news see:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20021203_439.html
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18548501
http://home.cogeco.ca/~konews/16-11-02-opinion-should-kurds-call-tky-bluff.html
"4.Israel and Turkey are friends of long standing. When King Ferdinand threw the Jews out of Spain in 1492,
Turkey gladly took them in."
Unclear on what thsi has to do with anything bu there is alot of sympathy for Palestinians in Iraq so a real democratic government wont change that
"5- Iran is mostly hands-off vis a vis US policy"
Well its not an issue with Iran wanting to govern Iraq its more of an issue with Iraq being majority Shiite and if a Suni reuler is imposed by Washington the Southern portions could break away since their sympathies will lie elsewhere.
Thats not what most Kurdish groups want? What is to keep the Kurdish groups from trying to form a seperate state so that they can eventually unite with the Kurdish sections of Turkey and Iran. The chance of peace is 0 since the Kurdish civil war has already restarted.
"2- The Iraqi Kurds will remain Iraqi with full participation in the Iraqi government. Turkish Kurds will remain in the
Turkish nation"
Note again this is nice in theory but Ocalan is still in jail and people are not just going to happily accept a UN or US forced solution.
"3- There are some Al Queda ... these are the ones primarily behind Kurdish unrest."
FALSE, the PKK is secular and very antiUS and before Ocalan was captured it was the largest armed Kurdish group
for background see:
http://www.pkk.org/
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/mideast/iraq.html
http://www.humanrights.de/~kurdweb/#
for recent news see:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20021203_439.html
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18548501
http://home.cogeco.ca/~konews/16-11-02-opinion-should-kurds-call-tky-bluff.html
"4.Israel and Turkey are friends of long standing. When King Ferdinand threw the Jews out of Spain in 1492,
Turkey gladly took them in."
Unclear on what thsi has to do with anything bu there is alot of sympathy for Palestinians in Iraq so a real democratic government wont change that
"5- Iran is mostly hands-off vis a vis US policy"
Well its not an issue with Iran wanting to govern Iraq its more of an issue with Iraq being majority Shiite and if a Suni reuler is imposed by Washington the Southern portions could break away since their sympathies will lie elsewhere.
Iraq's Kurds Fear Results of U.S. Attack on Saddam
Reuters
July 29, 2002
Iraq's breakaway Kurds fear that a possible U.S. attempt to topple President Saddam Hussein could lead to death and destruction for them and their mountainous homeland.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~kurdistanobserver/29-7-02-reu-barham-fear-us-attack-saddam.html
Frederick Forsyth, a recognized writer on the British intelligence agency, said that PKK President Abdullah Ocalan was surrendered to Turkey by the US and Britain.
The dimensions of the international conspiracy by which PKK President Abdullah Ocalan was surrendered to Turkey are coming out into the open a little more every day. Frederick Forsyth, an author who has gained worldwide fame with the novels he had written based on information from the British intelligence agency SIS, said that Ocalan was surrendered to Turkey with the approval of the US and Britain.
...
'We made the Kurdish groups fight each other'
Forsyth recalled that Turkey was the only NATO country with a border with Russia and continued to say the following: "There were always relations of direct or inverse proportions between our service, the CIA, and the Turkish secret service. The Kurdish matter was one factor influencing this. The position of the Kurds has been complicated and difficult in every period. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Saddam Hussein arose as a dangerous power in the region. The West determined their strength against Saddam Hussein and wanted Turkey to stand behind the groups in Northern Iraq. Thus, Turkey drew the KDP closer to itself. The reason for this was political. We and the Americans did not want Turkey to become stronger. Additionally, we also wanted to use the Kurds against Saddam. That is why we cooperated with the Kurds."
http://www.kurdishobserver.com/2001/03/15/hab04.html
The facts regarding the circumstances under which Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (KWP), was captured in Nairobi and flown to Istanbul clandestinely by the Turkish Special Forces are not yet clear. The questions confronting an analyst are:
Why did he go to Nairobi as he should have known that he might be walking into an Israeli trap by doing so?
Was the shelter allegedly given to him by the Greek Ambassador authorised by Athens or was it a rogue operation by the Ambassador for mercenary motives (for personal gain by tipping off Israel, Turkey or both about his presence in his house)?
Was Ocalan waylaid and captured by the Turkish Special Forces after he had left the Embassy as claimed by Greek officials or was he captured inside the Ambassador’s residence by the Kenyan security forces and/or the Turkish Special Forces as alleged by KWP exiles?
How did the Turkish Special Forces manage to smuggle out a drugged Ocalan through the Nairobi airport without being checked by the Kenyan Immigration and security? How were the Turkish Special Forces permitted to drive the car containing a drugged and gagged Ocalan on to the tarmac and bundle him into the aircraft?
Did Mossad, the Israeli external intelligence agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US play a role in this operation as alleged by KWP exiles?
http://www.subcontinent.com/sapra/terrorism/tr_1999_02_001_s.html
Reuters
July 29, 2002
Iraq's breakaway Kurds fear that a possible U.S. attempt to topple President Saddam Hussein could lead to death and destruction for them and their mountainous homeland.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~kurdistanobserver/29-7-02-reu-barham-fear-us-attack-saddam.html
Frederick Forsyth, a recognized writer on the British intelligence agency, said that PKK President Abdullah Ocalan was surrendered to Turkey by the US and Britain.
The dimensions of the international conspiracy by which PKK President Abdullah Ocalan was surrendered to Turkey are coming out into the open a little more every day. Frederick Forsyth, an author who has gained worldwide fame with the novels he had written based on information from the British intelligence agency SIS, said that Ocalan was surrendered to Turkey with the approval of the US and Britain.
...
'We made the Kurdish groups fight each other'
Forsyth recalled that Turkey was the only NATO country with a border with Russia and continued to say the following: "There were always relations of direct or inverse proportions between our service, the CIA, and the Turkish secret service. The Kurdish matter was one factor influencing this. The position of the Kurds has been complicated and difficult in every period. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Saddam Hussein arose as a dangerous power in the region. The West determined their strength against Saddam Hussein and wanted Turkey to stand behind the groups in Northern Iraq. Thus, Turkey drew the KDP closer to itself. The reason for this was political. We and the Americans did not want Turkey to become stronger. Additionally, we also wanted to use the Kurds against Saddam. That is why we cooperated with the Kurds."
http://www.kurdishobserver.com/2001/03/15/hab04.html
The facts regarding the circumstances under which Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (KWP), was captured in Nairobi and flown to Istanbul clandestinely by the Turkish Special Forces are not yet clear. The questions confronting an analyst are:
Why did he go to Nairobi as he should have known that he might be walking into an Israeli trap by doing so?
Was the shelter allegedly given to him by the Greek Ambassador authorised by Athens or was it a rogue operation by the Ambassador for mercenary motives (for personal gain by tipping off Israel, Turkey or both about his presence in his house)?
Was Ocalan waylaid and captured by the Turkish Special Forces after he had left the Embassy as claimed by Greek officials or was he captured inside the Ambassador’s residence by the Kenyan security forces and/or the Turkish Special Forces as alleged by KWP exiles?
How did the Turkish Special Forces manage to smuggle out a drugged Ocalan through the Nairobi airport without being checked by the Kenyan Immigration and security? How were the Turkish Special Forces permitted to drive the car containing a drugged and gagged Ocalan on to the tarmac and bundle him into the aircraft?
Did Mossad, the Israeli external intelligence agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US play a role in this operation as alleged by KWP exiles?
http://www.subcontinent.com/sapra/terrorism/tr_1999_02_001_s.html
The enemy of my enemy: Kurds and the Middle East
By Yakov Ben Efrat
Abdallah Ocalan, the revered leader of the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), was abducted from Nairobi on February 15 by the Turkish Special Forces. The event spurred worldwide protests. Ocalan represents 20 million Kurds in their fight for independence. Twelve million of them live in Turkey and the rest are spread through Iran, Syria, Iraq and the former Soviet Union.
Like almost every global issue, the arrest of Ocalan has an Israeli angle. In spite of vigorous denials from Jerusalem, the Kurds insist: it was not only the United States and Turkey who cooperated in tracking down their leader -- the Mossad had a part as well. They accuse Israel of telling the Central Intelligence Agency where Ocalan was. The Turks, so far, have not denied Israeli involvement.
The New York Times has confirmed that for the past four months the CIA helped Turkey in its efforts to get Ocalan. As for the Mossad, suspicions are based on the military and political ties between Israel and Turkey, which have developed under the auspices of the US. These ties have tightened since the signing of the Oslo accords.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1999/355/355p16.htm
By Yakov Ben Efrat
Abdallah Ocalan, the revered leader of the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), was abducted from Nairobi on February 15 by the Turkish Special Forces. The event spurred worldwide protests. Ocalan represents 20 million Kurds in their fight for independence. Twelve million of them live in Turkey and the rest are spread through Iran, Syria, Iraq and the former Soviet Union.
Like almost every global issue, the arrest of Ocalan has an Israeli angle. In spite of vigorous denials from Jerusalem, the Kurds insist: it was not only the United States and Turkey who cooperated in tracking down their leader -- the Mossad had a part as well. They accuse Israel of telling the Central Intelligence Agency where Ocalan was. The Turks, so far, have not denied Israeli involvement.
The New York Times has confirmed that for the past four months the CIA helped Turkey in its efforts to get Ocalan. As for the Mossad, suspicions are based on the military and political ties between Israel and Turkey, which have developed under the auspices of the US. These ties have tightened since the signing of the Oslo accords.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1999/355/355p16.htm
DOD official seeks Turkish support in Iraq
By Pamela Hess
UPI Pentagon Correspondent
From the International Desk
Published 12/2/2002 12:55 PM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is on a 3-day swing through Britain and Turkey to shore up support for military action against Iraq should U.N. arms inspections fail to prove or result in the disarmament of Saddam Hussein.
Wolfowitz and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman left Washington Dec. 1, but mechanical troubles on the aircraft forced the cancellation of a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Wolfowitz visited London Monday and will spend the rest of his time in Turkey.
Turkey is critical to any U.S. military action in Iraq, a defense official said. It has suffered severe economic damage as a result of a decade of sanctions against Baghdad -- around $30 billion in lost trade, according to government estimates.
Turkey borders northern Iraq, where Iraqi Kurds live out of Saddam's reach since the establishment of a U.S. and British enforced no-fly zone nearly 10 years ago.
Turkey, however, has concerns about its own Kurdish population, parts of which have been under close military rule since a 1987 insurrection by rebel factions seeking an independent Kurdistan. Turkey lifted the last of the restrictions this weekend as a condition of being allowed to join the European Union.
Turkish government forces and some of the 4,000 to 5,000 members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known by its local dialect initials, the main rebel faction, reached a cease-fire in 1999 after 15 years of fighting but continue to have occasional clashes. Most of the PKK is encamped in northern Iraq. The PKK changed its name to the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress in April 2002.
Twenty percent of Turkey's 67 million people are Kurdish.
By Pamela Hess
UPI Pentagon Correspondent
From the International Desk
Published 12/2/2002 12:55 PM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is on a 3-day swing through Britain and Turkey to shore up support for military action against Iraq should U.N. arms inspections fail to prove or result in the disarmament of Saddam Hussein.
Wolfowitz and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman left Washington Dec. 1, but mechanical troubles on the aircraft forced the cancellation of a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Wolfowitz visited London Monday and will spend the rest of his time in Turkey.
Turkey is critical to any U.S. military action in Iraq, a defense official said. It has suffered severe economic damage as a result of a decade of sanctions against Baghdad -- around $30 billion in lost trade, according to government estimates.
Turkey borders northern Iraq, where Iraqi Kurds live out of Saddam's reach since the establishment of a U.S. and British enforced no-fly zone nearly 10 years ago.
Turkey, however, has concerns about its own Kurdish population, parts of which have been under close military rule since a 1987 insurrection by rebel factions seeking an independent Kurdistan. Turkey lifted the last of the restrictions this weekend as a condition of being allowed to join the European Union.
Turkish government forces and some of the 4,000 to 5,000 members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known by its local dialect initials, the main rebel faction, reached a cease-fire in 1999 after 15 years of fighting but continue to have occasional clashes. Most of the PKK is encamped in northern Iraq. The PKK changed its name to the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress in April 2002.
Twenty percent of Turkey's 67 million people are Kurdish.
http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/10/1537007.php
We find that the U.S. says "do what you used to do" and
Great Britain says "do what you used to do". What did we used to
do? They say: "Do what you did in 1992, do what you did in 1996."
But wasn't 1996 the murder of the Kurds? Wasn't 1992 the reason
for the deaths of tens of thousands of Kurds? Let the U.S. and
Great Britain pay close attention and take account a little of
the plight of the Kurdish people when they speak. From now on let
them not try to break up the Kurdish alliances.
...
We shall struggle
until the time when we believe that all the Kurds have come
together in one body. Any state which does not accept this is
our enemy. Let them not say they are practicing subtle policies.
There will be no more of that. As long as the Turks have no
policies relating to the Kurds, you cannot participate in
politics with them. If they do have any policies, they are
aiming at spilling Kurdish blood.
-Ocalan
(Source: Kurdistan Information Center, Amsterdam)
http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/05/127975_comment.php#127989
We find that the U.S. says "do what you used to do" and
Great Britain says "do what you used to do". What did we used to
do? They say: "Do what you did in 1992, do what you did in 1996."
But wasn't 1996 the murder of the Kurds? Wasn't 1992 the reason
for the deaths of tens of thousands of Kurds? Let the U.S. and
Great Britain pay close attention and take account a little of
the plight of the Kurdish people when they speak. From now on let
them not try to break up the Kurdish alliances.
...
We shall struggle
until the time when we believe that all the Kurds have come
together in one body. Any state which does not accept this is
our enemy. Let them not say they are practicing subtle policies.
There will be no more of that. As long as the Turks have no
policies relating to the Kurds, you cannot participate in
politics with them. If they do have any policies, they are
aiming at spilling Kurdish blood.
-Ocalan
(Source: Kurdistan Information Center, Amsterdam)
http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/05/127975_comment.php#127989
"t's time for women-centered policies. Long past time. Women worry about preserving and sustaining life, not creating death toys."
You mean like Madeline Albright?
Riiiight. What simplistic, sexist, nonsense.
You mean like Madeline Albright?
Riiiight. What simplistic, sexist, nonsense.
This person probably eats meat, but he does offer some good tips on ways to make such actions more effective!
http://www.happyfunpundit.com/hfp/archives/000433.html#000433
http://www.happyfunpundit.com/hfp/archives/000433.html#000433
The Happy Pundit ain't too bright when he misidentifies Wolfowitz as "The Prince of Darkness".
That title has been given to Richard Perle. When one's facts are wrong, one's conclusions are suspect.
That title has been given to Richard Perle. When one's facts are wrong, one's conclusions are suspect.
I didn't realize SF Indymedia had so many uneducated trolls....
Richard Perle, Dick Cheney...all these sick warmongers should be confronted wherever they speak. Start picketing the American Enterprise Institute and other "think tanks" who's raison d'être are to legitimize the goals of the neo-fascist petro-administration of Emperor Dubya, feeding its propaganda wing with "reasonable arguments" for the pundits to mindlessly spout in their "debates".
The branding of the "War on Iraq"
is failing...
"Anger is the spark, but it must not erase the joy from our hearts. Joy may be our most potent weapon."
- anonymous
The branding of the "War on Iraq"
is failing...
"Anger is the spark, but it must not erase the joy from our hearts. Joy may be our most potent weapon."
- anonymous
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