Tag Archives: Kurdistan

Referendums threaten non democracy

So the referendum in Catalonia is unconstitutional? A vote for Kurdish sovereignty is illegal? A collective initiative can be UNILATERAL?! These complaints don’t sound very democratic… Communities wanting the right to self determination is the point of governments from the … Continue reading

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I really did try to give them a break, you know

Because I hate false accusations. God knows I’ve had enough slung at me. But my readers might know by now my oft-repeated recollection about a “joke” which had too much truth. The one with the Air Force pilot shooting up … Continue reading

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More Fallujah

I feel that it’s my duty as a Christian but even more deeply as a human being to remind people of stupid shit like this.  You remember when exactly the name Fallujah crept into the American Psyche? I do. It … Continue reading

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The Puppet-Masters and their pet Turkey, double-dealing.

They condemn those of us in America who rebel against their fascist Corporate leadership and presumption of ownership of every aspect of our lives, calling it “Freedom” while their Pig-Slaves break our heads with clubs and plastic bullets. And in … Continue reading

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“Separating the Sheep from the Wolves in Afghanistan”

A more polite version of the “Human Shields” crap the Pentagon puts out. Oh, and IDF. And, let’s see, the VietMinh, North Korea, the Boxer Rebellion,Oh Here’s One, the Rebellion in the British Colonies on the eastern coast of North … Continue reading

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New Trouble for Iraq, Iran, U.S. Puppet Government.

Kurdistan. The Turkish top court just banned the largest pro-Kurdish party, the Democratic Worker’s Party, stripping the top level 35 members of the party including the chairman and vice chairman. Banned them from politics for 5 years, and stripped the … Continue reading

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US journalists! Visit scenic Kurdistan!

US media correspondents, reporters, tv anchors and news directors, get yourselves to scenic Kurdistan asap, visit the mountains of Sulaimania, the waterfalls of Ahmed Awa are apparently recommended. Embeds, lead the way! It may be the only way all you … Continue reading

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“Fighting for our freedom”

That’s a theme that comes up from time to time. I’ll point out something a couple (literally, they’re married to each other) of Air Force Sergeants boast about, from when they were on TDY in Turkey, their wing was doing … Continue reading

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Turkey’s Kurds and China’s Tibetans

The Western corporate press is non-stop reporting on China’s suppression of the rebellion by its small Tibetan minority of about 6 million Tibetans, out of a nation of 1.3 billion. Many in the US support independence for a portion of … Continue reading

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Holding Iraq down for others to kick it

It’s been repeated we cannot pull US forces out of Iraq before we have established an Iraq military with which the Iraqis can defend themselves. Not a police force, not a constabulary or carabinieri, but a veritable army to defend … Continue reading

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Dead Chetnik discovered in US embassy

Angry Serbs stormed the American embassy in Belgrade to protest the US support of Kosovo independence. In the aftermath a charred body was found. Strange detail, don’t you think? Standard news reports would say one killed, or that there had … Continue reading

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Fecal material contacts rotary air circulation device…

This is like 20 minutes old, I would do a link but feel a certain urgency so here is the article verbatim, Yahoo! News Back to Story – Help Turkey bombards northern Iraq, Iraq says By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press … Continue reading

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Algeria, Eritrea, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Chad, Yemen- all pulled into made by US war

It is no longer even just Iran, Somalia, and Syria that are now being pulled into the vortex of the US government’s mad assault on the Muslim world. The above countries, too, are all being made part of the US … Continue reading

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Algonquin, Iroquois, Hmong, Montagnard, Pashtun, Kosovars, Bosnian Muslims, Kurds, Timorese

What a tragic list. The list is actually much, much larger than the one I put here as the title of this thread, but the unifying theme is a simple one. It is a list of smaller national groupings that … Continue reading

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Affluenza

Are you worried that your children might be suffering from Affluenza, a degenerative virus pervasive among the world’s affluent cultures? Many of America’s youth can easily grow up insulated from an understanding of the human condition. Here are some recommended … Continue reading

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