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What was the impact of ethnicity in the Kurd’s Genocide?

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In what way did the United States change the outcome of the Kurdish Genocide?

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Ethnicity impacted the Kurd's Genocide by discriminating those who were not of the same race, and taking advantage of the weaknesses that other ethnicity's had. This is shown in the articles, "Learn about the Kurdish Genocide," made in 2015, "Biological and Chemical Warfare," accessed on January 21, 2019 made by ABC CLIO, and the last article by Britannica School named, "The Kurdish Rebellion," made on December 3, 2018.

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The United States negatively affected the outcome of the Kurd's by not standing up for them and by taking advantage to the Kurdistan nationality. This is shown in a book by Heather Wagner, made in 2003 called, "The Kurd's," and an article named, "The Kurd's Story" by PBS.

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Background Info and Events Going on in the U.S. at the Time.

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Background Info and Events Going on in the U.S. at the Time.

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The Kurdish Genocide went from 1986 to 1989. It was located in Iraq  and it was started when Turkey first declared their borders. The Kurdish people wanted their own land and that is when the Iraqi government came in and said no. During the Kurdish Genocide between 50 to 180 thousand were killed. During this the U.S. was launching Space Shuttle Challenger. This ship suddenly exploded after reaching the edge of Earth atmosphere. Also in 1989, it was the first time the Galileo Spacecraft was launched even after the incident in 1986.

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The perpetrator during the Kurdish Genocide was the Iraqis. The Iraqis took advantage of the Kurd's and lied to them about their freedoms. An example of this is when the Baghdad government that allowed them to be apart of politics, but this agreement was not fullfilled.

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The Kurd's were considered the victim. The Kurd's were people that lived in Iraq but who's nationality was Kurdish. They were moved from place to place by the Iraqis. They were also lied to constantly, like when they were promised their own state.

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In the article, "Learn about the Kurdish Genocide" it states, "Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), led by Mustafa Barzani, reached an agreement with Baghdad on autonomy for Kurdistan and political representation in the Baghdad government. By 1974, key parts of the agreement were not fulfilled...By the end of the 1970’s, 600 villages were destroyed and 200,000 Kurd's were forcibly resettled to other parts of Iraq."

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The Kurdish party wanted representation in Iraq and just because they were Kurd's, they were not allowed it. Instead, hundreds of thousands of Kurd's were moved to other parts of Iraq. The government took advantage of the little power that the Kurd's had.

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In the second article by ABC CLIO it says, "Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was the most aggressive in deploying chemical agents, and he used them not only against Iranian forces in the field, but also against ethnic Kurdish people in his own country who had resisted his authority."

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The leader of Iraq deployed harsh chemicals onto Kurds when they did not respect his authority. He did this just so the Kurds would know he was in power and that the other Iraqis were of higher class.

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In the Last article by Britannica School it proclaims, "The Kurd's were promised a separate state... when that agreement was replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne. Since then, the Kurd's have engaged in an ongoing fight for their own territory."

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The treaty that allowed the Kurd's to have their own territory was broken. The Kurd's thought they deserved to have there own state but that was taken away from them just because their ancestory was from Kurdistan.

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In the article by PBS it states, “Washington's response has been classic realpolitik - using the Kurd's when it wanted to hurt Saddam and then dropping them when their usefulness had run out.”

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The U.S. did not want anything to do with the Kurds unless it would be beneficial to themselves. The U.S. did not do anything to protect the Kurd's and this negatively effected the Kurd's ability to fight back against the Iraqis.

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In the book by Heather it says, "... the victorious Allied powers gathered in France to divide the Middle East...The United States and a Kurdish delegation attended but only as observers."

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The United States remained neutral throughout all the harm that was done to the Kurd's. The U.S. could have made an effort to protect the Kurd's from harms way.

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In the same book it proclaims," At the Paris Peace Conference, Kurdish nationalist appealed to the U.S. President Woodrow Wilson for an independent Kurdistan. He agreed. The Treaty of Severs provided for such a nation-but the treaty was never ratified because of the opposition of Ataturk and his supporters. The Treat of Lausanne replaced Sevres but it made no mention of Kurdistan of the Kurd's. Indeed, Kurdistan was now more fragmented than before the war."

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Kurdistan was told they would be independent according to the Treaty of Severs. This was never ratified and the new treaty did not mention the Kurd's. The U.S. did not care about the Kurd's or of what their independence was.

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The remains of some Kurdish genocide victims have been found in mass graves throughout Iraq, and returned to their final resting place in Kurdistan.

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This is a picture of a body found in one of the mass graves. As shown in image 2, these bodies were relocated back to Kurdistan.

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This is an image of Turkey using their chemical weapons. These weapons were also used during the Kurdish Genocide when eliminating the Kurd's.