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| Kurds allege ethnic cleansing in Syria |
| 2008-03-28 |
| The Syrian regime is torturing the country's Kurdish minority and is planning an ethnic cleansing in the Kurdish region, a Kurdish opposition group says. Syria's plan to move 10,000 troops into the country's Kurdish region could mark a dangerous turn in the attitude towards this ethnic minority, Sherko 'Abbas, president of the United States-based Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria told The Media Line. Celebrations of the Kurdish Nowruz spring festival were marred this week in Syria when clashes broke out between security forces and Kurds. Three Kurds were killed and dozens were wounded. In addition, at least two people were killed in Turkey in Nowruz clashes between Kurds and riot police. For some time the Syrians have been accusing the Kurds of treason and alliances with the Americans and with the Israelis, 'Abbas said. "This is an excuse for them to move troops into the Kurdish region and try to quell any rebellion or uprising there. They're trying to bring in the fear factor that they lost in the Kurdish region." Reports suggest Damascus has deployed some 10,000 Syrian troops into five cities in the country's northern Kurdish-dominated region. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Supply all the air power and let the Kurds take over Syria if they can. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-03-28 15:53 |