Another American Betrayal Of Kurds, Enough Is Enough! : Indybay

But the Americans continue to ignore the legitimate rights of Kurds as a nation in Iraq, as it did for the last 14 months since liberation of Iraq, and are treating them as non-existent and invisible nation, insisting that they should assimilates Iraqi citizens, while Arabs should maintain their Arab or Shia heritage, the American eyes sees only Arab Shias and Arab sunnis in Iraq, ignoring the outstanding fact that Kurds are a separate and distinct nation in Iraq with own language, own traditions, own ambitions which does not necessarily coincides with the reactionary visions of Shia islamists like Sistani or Sunni Islamists like insurgents of Falludjah, the Kurds by tradition are open and liberal, where the women enjoys a very respectable role in Kurdish society, something which can't be said about the way Shia clerics view women. All along since April 2003, the Americans were making mockery of Kurdish demands, they have prevented deported Kurds from returning to their homeland Kirkuk, which raises eyebrows about the real intentions of Americans about Kirkuk, and if the oil wealth of Kirkuk was not actually one of the main aims of American invasion of Iraq, then they denied the key posts of president or prime minister to Kurds, behaving exactly like a colonial power which is trying to subdue the original inhabitants of the country, and now deliberately excluding the legitimate demand of the Kurdish nation in Iraqi Kurdistan for inclusion of TAL in the new resolution, as Kurds we have always tried to dismiss conspiration theories which thrive in the Middle East, but the stench of this Bush-Brahimi-Sistani plot can't be avoided. We are not asking for a special favor from America or United Nations when we ask for guarantees that the heinous atrocities committed by Arab governments of Iraq will not be repeated. Neither Mr. Bush, nor Mr.Brahimi nor the back warded cleric Al-Sistani have legitimacy to deny the Kurds their natural rights in their own homeland. The sincere friendship of Kurds with coalition and their commitment to democracy in Iraq, was misinterpreted by Mr. Bush and Mr. Bremer as weakness which should be dealt with by stepping down on the legitimate Kurdish demands, something which the Americans did many times to Kurds in the recent past especially in 1975, 1988 and 1991.The Americans are undoubtedly about to loose the confidence and friendship of their only real ally in Iraq, Kurdish people are very angry and disappointed about these dubious American actions.

Kurdish Leadership must act decisively:

The American officials are calling our demands as expressed by the letter of Barzani and Talabani to the White House as bluffing, posturing and empty threats and they consider Kurds to weak to follow their words with deeds. The Kurdish leadership and with them the whole Kurdish nation are required to stand up to this challenge and show the Americans and Al-Sistani that they are very serious, they should immediately suspend any cooperation with occupation forces, withdraw their representatives from Interim Iraqi Government, stop cooperation with the biased UN, and make preparations for a referendom about future of Kurdistan. With the obvious dishonest intentions of Americans and the repeated threats of Al-Sistani and other Shia leaders, the Kurds have nothing to loose but their slavery to the Arab regime of Iraq and to expose the lies, double standards and hypocrisy of the American administration about democracy and human rights in Iraq.

Dr.Nazhad Khasraw Hawramany
Switzerland

http://kurdistanobserver.com

Another American Betrayal Of Kurds, Enough Is Enough!

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