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“1. Bangladesh.... In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy in East Bengal and their armed attack on India from West Pakistan.... This led to a moral and political catastrophe the effects of which are still sorely felt. Kissinger鈥檚 undisclosed reason for the 鈥榯ilt鈥� was the supposed but never materialised 鈥榖rokerage鈥� offered by the dictator Yahya Khan in the course of secret diplomacy between Nixon and China.... Of the new state of Bangladesh, Kissinger remarked coldly that it was 鈥榓 basket case鈥� before turning his unsolicited expertise elsewhere.
2. Chile.... Kissinger had direct personal knowledge of the CIA鈥檚 plan to kidnap and murder General Ren茅 Schneider, the head of the Chilean Armed Forces ... who refused to countenance military intervention in politics. In his hatred for the Allende Government, Kissinger even outdid Richard Helms ... who warned him that a coup in such a stable democracy would be hard to procure. The murder of Schneider nonetheless went ahead, at Kissinger鈥檚 urging and with American financing, just between Allende鈥檚 election and his confirmation.... This was one of the relatively few times that Mr Kissinger (his success in getting people to call him 鈥楧octor鈥� is greater than that of most PhDs) involved himself in the assassination of a single named individual rather than the slaughter of anonymous thousands. His jocular remark on this occasion鈥斺€業 don鈥檛 see why we have to let a country go Marxist just because its people are irresponsible鈥欌€攕uggests he may have been having the best of times....
3. Cyprus.... Kissinger approved of the preparations by Greek Cypriot fascists for the murder of President Makarios, and sanctioned the coup which tried to extend the rule of the Athens junta (a favoured client of his) to the island. When despite great waste of life this coup failed in its objective, which was also Kissinger鈥檚, of enforced partition, Kissinger promiscuously switched sides to support an even bloodier intervention by Turkey. Thomas Boyatt ... went to Kissinger in advance of the anti-Makarios putsch and warned him that it could lead to a civil war. 鈥楽pare me the civics lecture,鈥� replied Kissinger, who as you can readily see had an aphorism for all occasions.
4. Kurdistan. Having endorsed the covert policy of supporting a Kurdish revolt in northern Iraq between 1974 and 1975, with 鈥榙eniable鈥� assistance also provided by Israel and the Shah of Iran, Kissinger made it plain to his subordinates that the Kurds were not to be allowed to win, but were to be employed for their nuisance value alone. They were not to be told that this was the case, but soon found out when the Shah and Saddam Hussein composed their differences, and American aid to Kurdistan was cut off. Hardened CIA hands went to Kissinger ... for an aid programme for the many thousands of Kurdish refugees who were thus abruptly created.... The apercu of the day was: 鈥榝oreign policy should not he confused with missionary work.鈥� Saddam Hussein heartily concurred.
5. East Timor. The day after Kissinger left Djakarta in 1975, the Armed Forces of Indonesia employed American weapons to invade and subjugate the independent former Portuguese colony of East Timor. Isaacson gives a figure of 100,000 deaths resulting from the occupation, or one-seventh of the population, and there are good judges who put this estimate on the low side. Kissinger was furious when news of his own collusion was leaked, because as well as breaking international law the Indonesians were also violating an agreement with the United States.... Monroe Leigh ... pointed out this awkward latter fact. Kissinger snapped: 鈥楾he Israelis when they go into Lebanon鈥攚hen was the last time we protested that?鈥� A good question, even if it did not and does not lie especially well in his mouth.
It goes on and on and on until one cannot eat enough to vomit enough.”
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2. Chile.... Kissinger had direct personal knowledge of the CIA鈥檚 plan to kidnap and murder General Ren茅 Schneider, the head of the Chilean Armed Forces ... who refused to countenance military intervention in politics. In his hatred for the Allende Government, Kissinger even outdid Richard Helms ... who warned him that a coup in such a stable democracy would be hard to procure. The murder of Schneider nonetheless went ahead, at Kissinger鈥檚 urging and with American financing, just between Allende鈥檚 election and his confirmation.... This was one of the relatively few times that Mr Kissinger (his success in getting people to call him 鈥楧octor鈥� is greater than that of most PhDs) involved himself in the assassination of a single named individual rather than the slaughter of anonymous thousands. His jocular remark on this occasion鈥斺€業 don鈥檛 see why we have to let a country go Marxist just because its people are irresponsible鈥欌€攕uggests he may have been having the best of times....
3. Cyprus.... Kissinger approved of the preparations by Greek Cypriot fascists for the murder of President Makarios, and sanctioned the coup which tried to extend the rule of the Athens junta (a favoured client of his) to the island. When despite great waste of life this coup failed in its objective, which was also Kissinger鈥檚, of enforced partition, Kissinger promiscuously switched sides to support an even bloodier intervention by Turkey. Thomas Boyatt ... went to Kissinger in advance of the anti-Makarios putsch and warned him that it could lead to a civil war. 鈥楽pare me the civics lecture,鈥� replied Kissinger, who as you can readily see had an aphorism for all occasions.
4. Kurdistan. Having endorsed the covert policy of supporting a Kurdish revolt in northern Iraq between 1974 and 1975, with 鈥榙eniable鈥� assistance also provided by Israel and the Shah of Iran, Kissinger made it plain to his subordinates that the Kurds were not to be allowed to win, but were to be employed for their nuisance value alone. They were not to be told that this was the case, but soon found out when the Shah and Saddam Hussein composed their differences, and American aid to Kurdistan was cut off. Hardened CIA hands went to Kissinger ... for an aid programme for the many thousands of Kurdish refugees who were thus abruptly created.... The apercu of the day was: 鈥榝oreign policy should not he confused with missionary work.鈥� Saddam Hussein heartily concurred.
5. East Timor. The day after Kissinger left Djakarta in 1975, the Armed Forces of Indonesia employed American weapons to invade and subjugate the independent former Portuguese colony of East Timor. Isaacson gives a figure of 100,000 deaths resulting from the occupation, or one-seventh of the population, and there are good judges who put this estimate on the low side. Kissinger was furious when news of his own collusion was leaked, because as well as breaking international law the Indonesians were also violating an agreement with the United States.... Monroe Leigh ... pointed out this awkward latter fact. Kissinger snapped: 鈥楾he Israelis when they go into Lebanon鈥攚hen was the last time we protested that?鈥� A good question, even if it did not and does not lie especially well in his mouth.
It goes on and on and on until one cannot eat enough to vomit enough.”
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“Let鈥檚 stand against the killing of innocent civilians. It is time to make the future better than today. Together we can bring peace and unity to our communities.”
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“If the Bahreini royal family can have an embassy, a state, and a seat at the UN, why should the twenty-five million Kurds not have a claim to autonomy? The alleviation of their suffering and the assertion of their self-government is one of the few unarguable benefits of regime change in Iraq. It is not a position from which any moral retreat would be allowable.”
― A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
― A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq

“It is time to recognize the past and ongoing genocides to prevent new ones. Together we can build a better world!”
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“夭蹎乇 噩丕乇 亘蹠鬲蹠賳蹖丕 亘蹠 丿蹖丕乇 卅丕賵蹘賳蹠賵蹠 丿丕丿蹠賳蹖卮賲 賵蹠 爻蹠蹖乇蹖 禺蹎賲 卅蹠賰蹠賲貙 卅蹠賱蹘賲 亘丕卮蹠 賲乇蹎冥 噩蹎賳 賵丕 夭賵賵 賳丕卮乇蹖賳 卅蹠亘蹘.
賰蹠 趩蹖 丿丕蹖賰蹖 亘蹠乇蹠丨賲蹠鬲蹖賲 賴蹠賲蹖卮蹠 卅蹠蹖 賵賵鬲 賰賵跁賲 禺蹠賲 賲蹠禺蹎 趩蹠賳丿 亘蹠鬲蹠賲蹠賳 鬲乇 卅蹠賰蹠賵蹖 噩賵丕賳鬲乇 卅蹠亘蹖”
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賰蹠 趩蹖 丿丕蹖賰蹖 亘蹠乇蹠丨賲蹠鬲蹖賲 賴蹠賲蹖卮蹠 卅蹠蹖 賵賵鬲 賰賵跁賲 禺蹠賲 賲蹠禺蹎 趩蹠賳丿 亘蹠鬲蹠賲蹠賳 鬲乇 卅蹠賰蹠賵蹖 噩賵丕賳鬲乇 卅蹠亘蹖”
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“Future generations must always learn about what took place in sinjar so it never happens again.”
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“卅蹠诏蹠乇 賳賷卮鬲蹖賲丕賳 倬蹠乇賵蹠乇蹖 亘蹠 賲丕爻鬲丕賵趩蹖蹠鬲蹖 亘蹘鬲貙 卅蹠賵蹠 酃贍侏 讴賵乇丿 亘蹠 讴蹎賳蹠 亘蹠毓爻蹖蹠讴丕賳蹖卮蹠賵蹠 亘蹠 賳蹖卮鬲蹖賲丕賳 倬蹠乇賵蹠乇
卅蹠跇賲蹘乇丿乇丕賳&谤诲辩耻辞;
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卅蹠跇賲蹘乇丿乇丕賳&谤诲辩耻辞;
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“The history of Kurdistan doesn鈥檛 just tell us why it hasn鈥檛 become independent so far. It also helps to make the case for Kurdistan鈥檚 independence. It is a desire founded, not just on some passing modern whim in that direction, or on spurious claims to natural and obvious borders, but on a sustained historical focus and desire by its people, on pre-existing promises, on the need for protection from the kind of atrocities that have historically been perpetrated against the Kurds, and on the rather artificial way in which Kurdistan has been denied its existence in the past.”
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“The memory of Mullah Mustafa Barzani has become a crucial part of the idea of what it means to be Kurdish today.”
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“Kurdistan has a long and turbulent history. Today, it faces a future branching in directions that could lead it towards success or disaster, freedom or renewed oppression.”
― Kurdistan: The Road to Independence
― Kurdistan: The Road to Independence
“賱蹠 賴蹖趩 爻賵趩蹘讴蹖 诏蹎蹖 夭蹠賵蹖丿丕 賲蹖賱賱蹠鬲蹘賰 賳蹖蹠 賴蹘賳丿蹠蹖 讴賵乇丿 亘蹘 賲丕賮 亘蹘鬲貙 賵蹠 賴蹖趩 賲蹖賱賱蹠鬲蹘賰 賳蹖蹠 賴蹘賳丿蹠蹖 賰賵乇丿 亘蹘 賰蹠爻 亘蹘鬲”
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“賴蹠賲賵賵賲丕賳 賱蹠 丨蹠賯蹖賯蹠鬲 賴蹠賱丿蹘蹖賳貙 跁蹎跇蹘讴 丿蹘鬲 丨蹠賯蹖賯蹠鬲 蹖蹠禺蹠賲丕賳 丿蹠诏乇蹘鬲 賵 丿丕丿诏丕蹖賲丕賳 丿蹠讴丕鬲佾 卅蹠賵 讴丕鬲蹠 倬蹠賳噩蹠蹖 倬蹠卮蹖賲丕賳蹖 丿蹠诏蹠夭蹖賳 賵 賴蹖趩 丿丕丿賲丕賳 賳丕丿丕鬲”
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“賰丕鬲蹘賰 賰蹠 賲賳 賲賳丿丕诘 亘賵賵賲 丿賵丕蹖蹖賳 卮鬲 賰蹠 亘蹠 禺蹠蹖丕賱蹖 賰蹠爻蹘賰 丿丕亘蹘鬲 賴蹠賱诏乇鬲賳蹖 賵乇丿蹠賰丕乇蹖蹠賰丕賳蹖 乇蹎跇蹖 賱蹠 丿丕蹖賰 亘賵賳賲 亘賵賵”
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“People deserve to know about that. They need to understand, not so that they can pity the region, but simply because it helps to explain so much of the way Kurdistan has tried to improve itself afterwards. They need to understand to stop it from ever happening again. They need to understand, because it is unacceptable that a genocide that was essentially ignored by many countries around the world at the time should be continued to be ignored by history”
― Kurdistan: Genocide and Rebirth
― Kurdistan: Genocide and Rebirth
“脟areniv卯s 莽i dibe bila bibe gel锚 me dikare bij卯 没 ger tirsa neman锚 j卯 bike, ew wek卯 ber锚 dixwaze serxweb没na xwe misoger bike.”
― Di Ar艧卯v锚n R没s de Mustefa Barzan卯
― Di Ar艧卯v锚n R没s de Mustefa Barzan卯
“A soft barbed tongue cannot clean the bloody crooked claw hands.
After a conversation with Dr.Muhsin Bilal who tried to wash the bloody hands of his party (Ba士ath) in general and Bashar al-Assad
in particular.”
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After a conversation with Dr.Muhsin Bilal who tried to wash the bloody hands of his party (Ba士ath) in general and Bashar al-Assad
in particular.”
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“we know that Only careful political maneuvering will be able to manage the situation of Kurdistan
so we must act now to solve this.”
― KURD AND KURDISTAN
so we must act now to solve this.”
― KURD AND KURDISTAN

“Cold sweat, like the river streams from Mount Sabalan, builds up on his wrinkled forehead. His palms heat up faster than an Ahvaz summer鈥檚 day. His ears, his fingertips oscillate like the Thousand Daf festival in Kurdistan鈥檚 Sanandaj, the sound of a thousand Iranian tambourines.”
― Tajrish
― Tajrish
“Kurds in Syria must first unite internally and then present their demands collectively to Damascus”
― Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement: Fourth Edition, 1975-1990 - The Gulan Revolution, Part One
― Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement: Fourth Edition, 1975-1990 - The Gulan Revolution, Part One
“Federalism should be an alternative to suppression and persecution, ensuring rights for all components of society”
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