KurdistanObserver.com  By: Hadi ELIS. Feb 24, 2002

It looks like 21 century will be very interesting according to what we start
seeing/witnessing already. Globalisation in economy is bringing other realms of human affairs with it, as Karl Marx will put it, political, cultural and etc. Globalisation can not start and stop in economic realm only, of course it will find its way to get into other areas too.

First we saw the " Militarized Humanitarian Intervention" in Kosovo to
commence changes in International law and statuesque in Balkans and Southern Europe, with its unknown and unexpected chain of changes.

Then we saw the "Globalisation of Terrorism" at September 11 in New York,
USA, the home of the "New World Order". Globalisation of terrorism brought "War on Terrorism" in Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden and his Al-Qaida organization, with its multi-lateral/multi-national ties in the world, from involvement of states to Finance circles.

Then came the "Axis of Evil" in Asia, the three dictatorship received from 20th
century in to the 21st, Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, which several more Asian
Dictatorships must be included, like Syria.

George W. Bush, American President, with its popularity rising in US, while
visiting Asian countries started this discussion on Axis of Evil, which he believes in Iraq's involvement in Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of Osama Bin Laden / Al-Qaida links.

Iraq's history of being a "headache" state in the M.E.'s security and stability
concerns  is well known, specially after the Invasion /liberation of Kuwait affairs, its stand in the M.E.  peace process, its anti-Israeli/ Jewish stand, very serious international human rights violations and Kurdish Genocide dating back to 1970s.

Nobody knows the "Axis of Evil" in the M.E. better than Kurds, and they are
Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. This "Evil Four" are the real "Axis of Evil" in the eyes of 25 million Kurds under their occupation.

There is a talk almost a decade now, since the Gulf War, about what to do with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. The "Real Question" is How will M.E. look like (and world politics) with Iraq-after Saddam, or Post-Saddam Iraq. It should be the transformation of the Kurdish De Facto State to the De Jure State. Let Kurds declare their State.

The Kurdish conflict in Iraq is at the "Point of No Return" after well
documented Genocide, creation of "Kurdish De Facto State" in Northern Iraq or "No Fly Zone" of north of parallel 36. IT IS TIME TO HAVE A KURDISH STATE. Iraq, as a creation of British in M.E. after the W.W.I is one of the "Most Artificial State" in the world of "Nation States", which Kurds never enjoyed life living in , with its Arabisation of Kurdish cities- especially Oil-rich ones- destruction of over 4000 villages, using Chemical-Biological Gas
on Kurdish civilians ( March 16 1988, city of Halabja and surroundings),
making at least 3 million of them refugees in Turkish-Kurdistan and Iranian-Kurdistan, bordering Iraqi-Kurdistan.

After the Gulf War Kurds return to "Home" and started building a "New Life"
in their De Facto State, with fair and democratic election according to EU election observers, living almost 10 years under their own Government, running their own affairs, having an experience of democracy and freedom.

If USA does attack to Iraq, what will happen ? What is in it for Kurds?, What
is in for Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq? It must be the transformation of the Kurdish De Facto State to the De Jure Kurdish State. Lets have a Kurdish State in the ME.

It does not matter who or which political party became government in Iraq, the
Kurdish situation in Iraq will not change. As long as Kurds claim Kirkuk and Musul as part of Kurdistan, the Arabisation policies of this cities continuos, Kurds involvement limited in running their own affair, THERE NEVER BE PEACE
in Iraq.

What about Turkey, the US ally and one of the other oppressor of Kurds.
Turkey does not want US declare war on Iraq as a part of "War on Terrorism".

It was only two weeks ago that Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit was in
USA, trying to convince G.W. Bush not to this. Because anything Kurdish in
the world is very related to Turkey, so much that even a book of Prof. Chomsky got banned in Turkey, until he himself gone to court to defend his Turkish publisher( both were released of charges, but while visiting Kurdish region his remarks on Kurdish autonomy get him in more trouble). The Turkish reaction to Kurdish affairs is well known in the western world but no voice raised against. Currently there is a Kurdish campaign to have Linguistic Rights specially about Mother Tongue related rights, in Turkey.

Iran is in similar situation, does not want to see Kurdish state. Although it has
its own problem with Kurds, Turkey and Iraq. Syria is not different than others. It has its own problem with Kurds, Iran, Iraq and Turkey.

In fact where Kurds "Live " is the most dangerous neighborhood on the planet.

If USA " Really " wants to do something about these countries, something
against these countries ( as they do against USA), must help Kurds to have
their own State. This will be the best thing USA can do against them. This will
bring their end as Dictatorships, because creation of Kurdish state will cause
big turmoil in them. It will deepen their economic, social, political crisis. It will
give them a chance to restart their life as a Democratic countries, after regime
changing. It will take some time to calm, but when it calm down World will be
a better place to live on.

Than it will "Really " be a New World and "New World Order" can be created. 

Now it is up the George W. Bush to decide what to do next. Everyone is
waiting for the things to come in the 21 century. It will be a very interesting
century to live in. We will wait and see.

It is time to bring an end to the SUFFERING OF KURDS in Iraq and in ME,
and let Iraq go as a Nation-State which never was.