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Old Mar 17, 2004, 01:51 am   #17 (permalink) (top)
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I am not passing judgement on anyone - and I am not biased in favor of Syria that I will just defend it.

But if I see something that seems innacurate, yes I am going to say something.

I don't pretend to know a lot even about Kurds in Syria, just what I said - that it is not correct to imply that the whole population is "enslaved" "under seige" and "not able to go to school, hospital, travel..." when I know that the Kurdish Syrian I know has a law degree over there, his wife has a government job, they both travel back and forth at will, their families travel to see them, and they say there is no massacre and no one is under seige.

I admitted I do not know about the estimated 65,000-200,000 who have been denied citizenship. I know Syria is very strict on citizenship and that Kurds aren't the only ones this affects.

I am not trying to present a different, one-sided version. I only know enough to refute the other end somewhat. In fact, I am specifically NOT writing what some Syrians say about "their side" as it seems biased and of no use.

I have a problem with any pro-anything site as views and "information" are always biased.

In the particular case at hand, I would not believe official Syrian site or official Kurdish site. (or Israeli as they are anti-anything-arab).

I took from news from all sources and people who actually live there.


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