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Originally Posted by (Mia,) Actually, I know next to nothing about Kurds. It came up a lot in the lead-up to the Iraq war. "The Kurds" were brought up over and over by middle-eastern nations. The Kurds this the Kurds that.
Who are these poor Kurds and why does everyone want to keep them down? was my question.
I am only responding to your post because there are some things about Syria I do know, and I specifically got a little info on the Kurdish situation THERE.
While I undertand completely you want to do whatever you can to bring light to your cause, I do not think it is fair, nor helpful to your cause, to exaggerate grossly.
And what I know from very reliable people conflicts with statements like
"The Kurds (implying all 2,000,000) are not citizens and cannot go to school or hospital, etc..."
"hundreds were killed, mostly by Syrian officials"
Additionally, can the actions taken before the current party took control (in what, the 70's?) be held against the current government?
As far as the current situation....as I said, both mainstream news and what people inside Syria tell me is different from Kurdish or Israeli sites.
So, I am not going to take a postion on it, only point out there is more than one side to the story.
I reccommend always to everyone that if you are going to form an opinion on something, at least look at it from all sides first.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
I assume you know too many Syrians-that is Arab Syrians- and perhaps one Kurdish family.
If you know next to nothing about Kurds, then it would unfair of you to pass judgement on them, especially concerning the latest incident.Also you would only defending Syria.Isincerely would like to hear about your info on Syria, and whatever you know about Kurds.I am beginning to suspect your info on Kurds are one sided.
If you are interested I can tell alot about Kurds and their plight.You can ask me any question, I would glad to respond to it as objective as I can. If there is one nation in Middle East who is tolerant is Kurdish nation who has been divided, discriminated against and never himself made any aggression against any other nation.Under worst circumstances they have refused to resort to terrorist acts,despite the fact that those governments were terrorizing Kurdish civilians all the time.
I cited various sources, majority of which were Kurdish who has until now telephone contact with Kurds inside Syria.Of course they vary on the number of casualties.In a country like Syria you will never get the right number.Many of the wounded didn't seek treatment fearing they would be detained.Today's news are estimating the number of arrested at 6000 Kurds.
The current government is a continuation of previous ones. It is the Baath party and its policies that deny the very existence of Kurds. Find one Syrian law, not only the constitution, but any law that mention the word "Kurd" or in any form or shape recognize Kurds.
The Arab Belt was enforced in 1962. If the current government is just, it would return the land to the Kurds and compensate Arabs for their losses and it would grant those who have been denied before the Syrian citizenship.
I cannot agree more on your last statement.
I personally don't hate anybody, and I am against all kinds of violence. But I like to know whyare against Kurdish and Israeli sources.
Here are some links with much info on Syrian Kurds, I hope you find them interesting.
http://hrw.org/reports/1996/Syria.htm http://www.10452lccc.com/neal/hitti29.5.03.htm http://international-friends-of-kurdistan....n_kurdistan.htm http://www.american.edu/cgp/pdf/dunn.pdf http://www.kurd.org/kcrf/SyriaKCRF.html