Should Iraq be partitioned to giv Kurds a country?

Question

Aka Kurdistan, or such?

*typo*give

Answer 1

Yes. There will be nothing even close to peace otherwise.

Answer 2

Iraq should be left to HER OWN government to decide what to do. The U.S. has enough troubles within its own borders. Even after 911 -- with the major problem right before their eyes -- there are still very few safeguards against foreign infiltration, sans terrorists.
It is NOT up to the U.S. to decide the fate of the Kurds and Iraq. Iraq and the Kurds will decide their own fate. with/OUT US intervention. The welcome map has long been pulled from beneath the feet of the americans.

Answer 3

Lets just leave it to them to decide who runs what part of the country and how. every time some outside government starts dividing up another country it usually results in decades of infighting and strife. If they want to kill each other over a seperate kurd state, then let them make their own choices and deal with the bloodbath that will ensue.

Answer 4

That's a very good idea, what such manners you British have, Now the Iraqui's can be pissed at you, all the time and, leave us alone for awhile. A smashing Idea, say what!

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

tough question...
-if you ask the turks, they would say no
-if you ask the Iraq-ies they would say no
-if you ask the Kurds, they would say yes
-if you ask the american government, it would say yes
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now... whos opinion do you think matters most?
if you picked the forth answer, you are correct

Answer 7

yes they deserve it its absurd why we are bending over to Turkey on thi issue

Answer 8

No it should remain IRAQI !!!

Answer 9

Ever since the United States Army massacred 300 Lakotas in 1890,

American

forces have intervened elsewhere around the globe 100 times. Indeed the

United States has sent troops abroad or militarily struck other

countries'

territory 216 times since independence from Britain. Since 1945 the

United

States has intervened in more than 20 countries throughout the world.



Since World War II, the United States actually dropped bombs on 23

countries. These include: China 1945-46, Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53,

Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960, Congo

1964,

Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala

1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1984, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s,

Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-1999, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan

1998,

and Yugoslavia 1999.



Post World War II, the United States has also assisted in over 20

different

coups throughout the world, and the CIA was responsible for half a

dozen

assassinations of political heads of state.



The following is a comprehensive summary of the imperialist strategy of

the

United States over the

span of the past century:



Argentina - 1890 - Troops sent to Buenos Aires to

protect business interests.



Chile - 1891 - Marines sent to Chile and clashed with

nationalist rebels.



Haiti - 1891 - American troops suppress a revolt by

Black workers on United States-claimed Navassa Island.





Hawaii - 1893 - Navy sent to Hawaii to overthrow the

independent kingdom - Hawaii annexed by the United

States.



Nicaragua - 1894 - Troops occupied Bluefields, a city

on the Caribbean Sea, for a month.



China - 1894-95 - Navy, Army, and Marines landed

during the Sino-Japanese War.



Korea - 1894-96 - Troops kept in Seoul during the war.





Panama - 1895 - Army, Navy, and Marines landed in the

port city of Corinto.



China - 1894-1900 - Troops occupied China during the

Boxer Rebellion.



Philippines - 1898-1910 - Navy and Army troops landed

after the Philippines fell during the Spanish-American

War; 600,000 Filipinos were killed.



Cuba - 1898-1902 - Troops seized Cuba in the

Spanish-American War; the United States still

maintains troops at Guantanamo Bay today.



Puerto Rico - 1898 - present - Troops seized Puerto

Rico in the Spanish-American War and still occupy

Puerto Rico today.



Nicaragua - 1898 - Marines landed at the port of San

Juan del Sur.





Samoa - 1899 - Troops landed as a result over the

battle for succession to the throne.



Panama - 1901-14 - Navy supported the revolution when

Panama claimed independence from Colombia. American

troops have occupied the Canal Zone since 1901 when

construction for the canal began.



Honduras - 1903 - Marines landed to intervene during a

revolution.



Dominican Rep 1903-04 - Troops landed to protect

American interests during a revolution.



Korea - 1904-05 - Marines landed during the

Russo-Japanese War.



Cuba - 1906-09 - Troops landed during an election.



Nicaragua - 1907 - Troops landed and a protectorate

was set up.



Honduras - 1907 - Marines landed during Honduras' war

with Nicaragua.



Panama - 1908 - Marines sent in during Panama's

election.



Nicaragua - 1910 - Marines landed for a second time in

Bluefields and Corinto.



Honduras - 1911 - Troops sent in to protect American

interests during Honduras' civil war.



China - 1911-41 - Navy and troops sent to China during

continuous flare-ups.



Cuba - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American

interests in Havana.



Panama - 1912 - Marines landed during Panama's

election.



Honduras - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American

interests.



Nicaragua - 1912-33 - Troops occupied Nicaragua and

fought guerrillas during its 20-year civil war.



Mexico - 1913 - Navy evacuated Americans during

revolution.



Dominican Rep 1914 - Navy fought with rebels over



Santo Domingo.



Mexico - 1914-18 - Navy and troops sent in to

intervene against nationalists.



Haiti - 1914-34 - Troops occupied Haiti after a

revolution and occupied Haiti for 19 years.



Dominican Rep 1916-24 - Marines occupied the Dominican

Republic for eight years.



Cuba - 1917-33 - Troops landed and occupied Cuba for

16 years; Cuba became an economic protectorate.



World War I - 1917-18 - Navy and Army sent to Europe

to fight the Axis powers.



Russia - 1918-22 - Navy and troops sent to eastern

Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution; Army made five

landings.



Honduras - 1919 - Marines sent during Honduras'

national elections.



Guatemala - 1920 - Troops occupied Guatemala for two

weeks during a union strike.



Turkey - 1922 - Troops fought nationalists in Smyrna.



China - 1922-27 - Navy and Army troops deployed during

a nationalist revolt.



Honduras - 1924-25 - Troops landed twice during a

national election.



Panama - 1925 - Troops sent in to put down a general

strike.



China - 1927-34 - Marines sent in and stationed for

seven years throughout China.



El Salvador - 1932 - Naval warships deployed during

the FMLN revolt under Marti.



World War II - 1941-45 - Military fought the Axis

powers: Japan, Germany, and Italy.



Yugoslavia - 1946 - Navy deployed off the coast of

Yugoslavia in response to the downing of an American

plane.



Uruguay - 1947 - Bombers deployed as a show of

military force.



Greece - 1947-49 - United States operations insured a

victory for the far right in national "elections."



Germany - 1948 - Military deployed in response to the

Berlin blockade; the Berlin airlift lasts 444 days.



Philippines - 1948-54 - The CIA directed a civil war

against the Filipino Huk revolt.



Puerto Rico - 1950 - Military helped crush an

independence rebellion in Ponce.



Korean War - 1951-53 - Military sent in during the

war.



Iran - 1953 - The CIA orchestrated the overthrow of

democratically elected Mossadegh and restored the Shah

to power.



Vietnam - 1954 - The United States offered weapons to

the French in the battle against Ho Chi Minh and the

Viet Minh.



Guatemala - 1954 - The CIA overthrew the

democratically elected Arbenz and placed Colonel Armas

in power.



Egypt - 1956 - Marines deployed to evacuate foreigners

after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.



Lebanon - 1958 - Navy supported an Army occupation of

Lebanon during its civil war.



Panama - 1958 - Troops landed after Panamanians

demonstrations threatened the Canal Zone.



Vietnam - 1950s-75 - Vietnam War.



Cuba - 1961 - The CIA-directed Bay of Pigs invasions

failed to overthrow the Castro government.



Cuba - 1962 - The Navy quarantines Cuba during the

Cuban Missile Crisis.



Laos - 1962 - Military occupied Laos during its civil

war against the Pathet Lao guerrillas.



Panama - 1964 - Troops sent in and Panamanians shot

while protesting the United States presence in the

Canal Zone.



Indonesia - 1965 - The CIA orchestrated a military

coup.



Dominican Rep- 1965-66 - Troops deployed during a

national election.



Guatemala - 1966-67 - Green Berets sent in.



Cambodia - 1969-75 - Military sent in after the

Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia.



Oman - 1970 - Marines landed to direct a possible

invasion into Iran.



Laos - 1971-75 - Americans carpet-bomb the countryside

during Laos' civil war.



Chile - 1973 - The CIA orchestrated a coup, killing

President Allende who had been popularly elected. The

CIA helped to establish a military regime under

General Pinochet.



Cambodia - 1975 - Twenty-eight Americans killed in an

effort to retrieve the crew of the Mayaquez, which had

been seized.



Angola - 1976-92 - The CIA backed South African rebels

fighting against Marxist Angola.



Iran - 1980 - Americans aborted a rescue attempt to

liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy.



Libya - 1981 - American fighters shoot down two Libyan

fighters.



El Salvador - 1981-92 - The CIA, troops, and advisers

aid in El Salvador's war against the FMLN.



Nicaragua - 1981-90 - The CIA and NSC directed the

Contra War against the Sandinistas.



Lebanon - 1982-84 - Marines occupied Beirut during

Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American

barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the

Mediterranean.



Honduras - 1983-89 - Troops sent in to build bases

near the Honduran border.



Grenada - 1983-84 - American invasion overthrew the

Maurice Bishop government.



Iran - 1984 - American fighters shot down two Iranian

planes over the Persian Gulf.



Libya - 1986 - American fighters hit targets in and

around the capital city of Tripoli.



Bolivia - 1986 - The Army assisted government troops

on raids of cocaine areas.



Iran - 1987-88 - The United States intervened on the

side of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.



Libya - 1989 - Navy shot down two more Libyan jets.



Virgin Islands - 1989 - Troops landed during unrest

among Virgin Island peoples.



Philippines - 1989 - Air Force provided air cover for

government during coup.



Panama - 1989-90 - 27,000 Americans landed in

overthrow of President Noriega; over 2,000 Panama

civilians were killed.



Liberia - 1990 - Troops entered Liberia to evacuate

foreigners during civil war.



Saudi Arabia - 1990-91 - American troops sent to Saudi

Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against

Iraq.



Kuwait - 1991 - Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back

Saddam Hussein.



Somalia - 1992-94 - Troops occupied Somalia during

civil war.



Bosnia - 1993-95 - Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone"

during civil war in Yugoslavia.



Haiti - 1994-96 - American troops and Navy provided a

blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA

restored Aristide to power.



Zaire - 1996-97 - Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus'

refugee camps in the area where the Congo revolution

began.



Albania - 1997 - Troops deployed during evacuation of

foreigners.



Sudan - 1998 - American missiles destroyed a

pharmaceutical complex where alleged nerve gas

components were manufactured.



Afghanistan - 1998 - Missiles launched towards alleged

Afghan terrorist training camps.



Yugoslavia - 1999 - Bombings and missile attacks

carried out by the United States in conjunction with

NATO in the 11 week war against Milosevic.



Iraq - 1998-2001 - Missiles launched into Baghdad and

other large Iraq cities for four days. American jets

enforced "no-fly zone" and continued to hit Iraqi

targets since December 1998.



These **100** instances of American military

intervention did not include times when the United

States:



(1) deployed military police overseas;



(2) mobilized the National Guard;



(3) sent Navy ships off the coast of numerous

countries as a show of strength;



(4) sent additional troops to areas where Americans

were already stationed;



(5) carried out covert actions where American forces

were not under the direct rule of an American command;





(6) used small hostage rescue units;



(7) used American pilots to fly foreign planes;



(8) carried out military training and advisory

programs which did not involve direct combat.





U. S. Government Assassination Plots

====================================



Following is a list of prominent foreign leaders whose assassination

(or planning for same) the United States has been involved in since

the end of Second World War. The list does not include several

assassinations in various parts of the world carried out by anti-Castro

Cubans employed by CIA and headquartered in the United States:



LIST A: NON MUSLIMS



1949 - KIm Koo, Korean opposition leader

1950's - CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of numerous political figures in

West Germany

1955 - Jose' Antonio Remon, President of Panama

1950's Chou En-lai, Prime Minister of China, several attempts

on his life

1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premiere of North Korea

1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader

1955 - Jawar Lal Nehru, Prime Minister of India

1959 and 1963 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia

1950s-70s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica,

two attempts on his life

1961 - Francois "Papa Doc"Duvalier, leader of Haiti

1961 - Patrice Lumumba , Prime Minister of Congo (Zaire)

1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican Republic

1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam

1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, more than

15 attempts on his life

1960s - Raul Castro, high official in government of Cuba

1965 - Francisco Caamanao, Dominican Republic opposition leader

1965 - Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi

1965-6 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France

1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader

1970 - Salvadore Allende, President of Chile

1970 - General Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army, Chile

1970s and 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama

1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama Intelligence

1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire

1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica

1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua

1984 - The nine commandantes of the Sandanista

National Directorate

1980's - Dr. Gerald Bull, Canadian Ballistics Scientist

assassinated by Mossad in Belgium.



Partial List of Muslim Leaders Assassinated or

Attempted Assassinations

1950's Sukarno, President of Indonesia

1957 Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt

1960 Brigadier General, Abdul Karim Kassem, Leader of Iraq

1980-86 Muammar Qaddafi, Leader of Libya, several plots and

attempts upon his life

1982 Ayatullah Khomeini, Leader of Iran

1983 General Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan army Commander

1985 Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadllallah, Lebanese Shiite Leader

(80 people killed in that attempt)

1991 Saddam Hussein, Leader of Iraq

Reference: Blum, William, "KILLING HOPE - U.S. Military and

CIA Interventions Since World War II," Appendix III

U.S. Government Assassination Plots, page 453,

Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine 1995. ISBN 1-56751-052-3



Very likely Victims :

April 4, 1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Leader of Pakistan, for pursuing

making

of

Nuclear Bomb.

August, 1988. General Ziaul Haq, Military Leader of Pakistan.

1995 - Murtaza Bhutto, Son of ZUlfiqar Ali Bhutto, Anti-American

would-be Leader - Pakistan.

March 25, 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia through his Nephew, Saudi

Arabia

for imposing 1973 Oil Embargo.

August 24, 1999. Mullah Mohammad Omar, in Kandhar, Afghanistan.

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"ہ"List of Known Assassination Plots

1950's Sukarno, President of Indonesia

1957 Gamal Abdul Nasser, President

2001 Since early this year more than 40 Palestinian leaders

assassinated

through surrogate Israel.



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