https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47 What do I need to learn to respectfully honor the memory and tell the story of all the people who lost their lives in the Kurds genocide? en-us 2019-01-18 19:19:32 UTC 2019-01-24 19:57:37 UTC hello@padlet.com colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323655512 There are various ways of learning and respectfully honoring the story of the people who lost their lives in the Kurdish genocide.]]> 2019-01-23 19:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323655512 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323656043 The U.S. responded to the Kurdish genocide with many different actions.]]> 2019-01-23 19:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323656043 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323656217 The Iraqi Air Force was influenced into committing this genocide due to various motives.

]]> 2019-01-23 19:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323656217 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323657113 "The U.S. Senate then passed a comprehensive sanctions on Iraq. It was the prevention of genocide act." The United States reacted to the Kurdish genocide by passing comprehensive sanctions on Iraq. They did this so they could prevent the Iraqi military from committing another genocide.



Madeleine Brand, U.S. - Iraqi Relations And the Kurdish Genocide. Washington: NPR, 2006.


]]> 2019-01-23 19:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323657113 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323661299 "the United States increased its support for Saddam Hussein's regime during this period, providing agricultural subsidies and other economic aid as well as limited military assistance. American officials looked the other way as much of these funds were laundered by purchasing military equipment despite widespread knowledge that it was being deployed as part of Baghdad's genocidal war against the Kurds." Money was sent to these countries committing the genocide and the Unites States was probably aware of what was going on but they turned their heads and gave money in indirect ways to the Iraqi military.



Stephen Zunes, The United States and the Kurds: A Brief History. University of San Francisco: Foreign Policy in Focus, 2007]]> 2019-01-23 19:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323661299 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323661919 "Major efforts have been made to provide proper safeguards and medical supplies in case of a terrorist attack using CB weapons. " The United States had made safeguards to try and stop the chemical warfare in the Iran-Iraq war that led the Kurds to be killed by chemical weapons.


"Chemical and Biological Weapons." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society, ABC-CLIO, 2019, issues.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/948049. Accessed 16 Jan. 2019.]]> 2019-01-23 19:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323661919 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323662416 "The PKK sought an independent Kurdish state or, possibly, full Kurdish autonomy. With between 5,000 and 10,000 armed fighters, the PKK directed attacks against government property, government officials, Turks living in the Kurdish regions, Kurds accused of collaborating with the government, foreigners, and Turkish diplomatic missions abroad." The Kurdish nation wanted a independent state, so they attacked many Turks and Iraq civilians in the area. The Iraqi Air Force responded with chemical warfare and genocide.


"Turkey." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 9 Jul. 2018. ]]> 2019-01-23 19:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323662416 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323662947 "As a result of disagreements between the Allies, as well as a strong nationalist Turkish movement that opposed several of the required provisions, the Treaty of Sèvres was annulled and eventually replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne. This new treaty excluded any mention of the Kurds’ right to self-determination among other items." The Kurds have a long history with being disliked among other groups in the area where they reside. The Kurds had their rights stripped from them and weren't able to form their own state. people disliked Kurdish civilians in there nation so they targeted them for genocide.


Alliance for Kurdish rights, Info on Kurds. Turkey: Mideast Youth, 2005.]]> 2019-01-23 19:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323662947 colin_hervey https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323663133 "Syria by refusing to grant at least 20 percent of the Kurdish population their citizenship. As a result, many Kurds are unable to gain access to the most basic public services enjoyed by the rest of the population in Syria." The Kurdish people have been targets of oppression in Syria, proving that many people dislike the Kurds and want them gone. This would ultimately lead to the An Anfal genocide.


Alliance for Kurdish rights, Info on Kurds. Turkey: Mideast Youth, 2005.]]> 2019-01-23 19:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/colin_hervey/6ci0aqbsfe47/wish/323663133