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Kurdish perspective shared
By Brandon Siem
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Monday, October 27, 2003
Media Credit: Ching Fung
Kurdish Activist Kani Xulam discussed the current occupation of Iraq by the U.S. and the impact this has had on the Kurdish people in Atwood Center Thursday.
Renowned Kurdish activist Kani Xulam discussed the conditions that Kurdish people live under Thursday evening at the Atwood Memorial Center Theater.
A population of 30 to 40 million Kurds live in an ancestral homeland known as Kurdistan.
The countries that make up the region are Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. The only Middle East allies that actually helped fight the Iraqi army were the Kurds. Kurds in Iraq make up about one-fifth of the population.
The Kurdish people of Iraq do not want the U.S. troops to leave because, according to Xulam, Turkey has a reputation of brutality against the Kurds. If U.S. soldiers leave, the Kurdish people could be subject to violence.
"Kurdish people in southern Turkey and northern Iraq have been subject to the same racist fate as the Jews of Europe, the Tutsis of Rwanda and the Bosnians," Xulam said.
"The U.S. shouldn't allow Turkey troops into Iraq because they are just as bad as Saddam," said Mike Schwanz, an SCSU student. Turkey recently has announced that they want to send 10,000 troops to northern Iraq to relieve U.S. soldiers.
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