Nov 14, 2009

Salem on History | Iraq Promotes Genocide of Kurds

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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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Salem on History | Iraq Promotes Genocide of Kurds

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