Word: iraqis
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...million to 15 million in Turkey. A close American ally, Turkey is one of the few secular democracies in the Islamic world, making it an important positive influence in the Middle East as well as in Central and Southwest Asia. The mere prospect of independence for the Iraqi Kurds would inspire their Turkish brethren to step up the guerrilla war they have been waging against Ankara since the early 1980s...
That is largely why Bush let Saddam's army suppress the Iraqi Kurds and drive them into the mountains along the Turkish and Iranian borders, where many starved or froze to death. It was only because the Western media publicized those horrors that the Administration belatedly came to the Kurds' rescue. Along with other members of the anti-Saddam coalition, the U.S. has established an umbrella of armed force to safeguard the Iraqi Kurds above the 36th parallel. The area is now a de facto Kurdish state. It has an army and a democratically elected parliament, and it is developing...
...decided to keep the focus on getting rid of Saddam; better not to discourage any possible plotters by imposing in advance conditions aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. The most U.S. officials are authorized to say in public is that it would be nice if a future Iraqi government were "willing to live in peace with its neighbors and its own people." That is supposed to be a "signal" to Saddam's successors to tread gently north of the 36th parallel...
...only in August, little more than two months before the election, that Bush's acutely timed sense of outrage appeared. And anyway, the belated operation will make little real difference for the Shiites. Much of the Iraqi persecution is being carried out by ground troops, and still there are no plans to stop Iraq's army...
...months, Saddam Hussein has pounded the rebellious Shi'ite Moslems of southern Iraq. But last week President Bush made good on his promise to keep Baghdad from bombing the rebels, declaring that any Iraqi fighter crossing south of the 32nd parallel would be shot down. As of week's end allied pilots reported no Iraqi aircraft in the "no-fly zone." Saddam's only comment: "We will choose the appropriate method and timing to confront this unjust, hostile decision...