Iraq Promotes Genocide of Kurds
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Science, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Human Rights, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Iraq
- Date: 1960’s
Article abstract: The Kurds, one-fifth of Iraq’s population, have struggled ceaselessly for their rights; successive Iraqi governments have responded with repression.
Summary of Event
The Kurdish experience in the 1960’s in Iraq is a record of cruelty inflicted by national dictatorships and international abandonment. Claiming descent from the Medes, destroyers of Balshazzar’s Babylon, Kurds fought repeatedly against aggressors in ancient and medieval eras. The Kurds found inspiration in recalling the deeds of their greatest hero, Saladin. In early...
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