MIM Notes 187 June 1 1999

HYPOCRISY WATCH:
Turkey attacks Kurds within Iraqi borders

The excuses used by Amerika to justify their 
economic and military war against Iraq keeps on 
changing. At the moment enforcing the illegal 
U.$.-imposed "no-fly zones" over northern Iraq 
to "protect" Kurds is at the fore. 

MIM has long pointed out that the U.$. supports 
Turkey's genocidal war against Kurds within the 
borders of Turkey. Some critics might take this 
information and argue that there must be some 
sort of difference between the Kurds within 
Turkish borders and those within Iraqi borders. 
But every now and then Turkey goes and shows 
this to not be the case.

While it's an excuse for war for Iraq to try and 
crush the Kurdish revolution within Iraq, it's 
perfectly fine for Turkey to do it. On April 7, 
about 15,000 Turkish troops crossed in to Iraq 
to attack Kurds. They were supported by Turkish 
planes.

Note: Boston Globe 8 April 1999, p. 2.