(Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's use of chemical ******* against Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s was cited by Western powers as one of the justifications for the 2003 invasion that toppled him. Once again, the perilous situation of the Kurds -- this time attacked by Islamic State fighters -- has spurred the United States and its allies in Europe and the Gulf to use military force in Iraq and Syria. And once again the Kurds -- who number up to 30 million people spread through Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran, but with ** state of their own -- are on the move. ...
11-14-2014, 05:32 PM
Kurds again become focus of Western intervention in Middle East
(Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's use of chemical ******* against Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s was cited by Western powers as one of the justifications for the 2003 invasion that toppled him. Once again, the perilous situation of the Kurds -- this time attacked by Islamic State fighters -- has spurred the United States and its allies in Europe and the Gulf to use military force in Iraq and Syria. And once again the Kurds -- who number up to 30 million people spread through Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran, but with ** state of their own -- are on the move. ...
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