If Iraqi Kurdish leaders had the power to prevent the Turks from acquiring the tools of massacre but did not, they should be willing to explain why, or be forced to acknowledge they use the rhetoric of Kurdish empowerment insincerely.

Fifty-seven years ago, an armistice ended the fighting in Korea, yet when the war was over, the United States did not abandon South Korea. Similar considerations apply to Iraq today.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 7, 2008

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