SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
SPY 683.00+0.2%Nov 11 4:00 PM EST
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (573)11/24/2001 10:43:13 PM
From: Scoobah  Read Replies (1) of 32591
 
An Iraqi Idea of Dialogue

21 November 2001

Addressing the leaders of the Kurdish enclave in the northern part of Iraq through the Iraqi daily ath-Thawra, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was quoted as warning Kurds that if dialogue does not succeed in restoring Iraqi rights, then “the Iraqi sword should be used to recover [them]… We are not incapable of using arms, even in the presence of the Americans and British in the north and south of the country…”

Apparently indirectly referring to the communique published by Jalal Talabani, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), wherein the PUK rejected Hussein’s overtures, Saddam further counseled the Kurds that “[w]isdom must be the foundation of any dialogue to resolve problems between people…” If not, Hussein’s Ba’ath Party newspaper quotes him as saying, “One day we will cut out the tongue of he who pronounced these words [of the PUK communique].”

Accusing Jalabani, but not by name, of wanting only “to talk to the Americans and the Zionists,” Saddam is quoted as stating that “we want to talk to our Kurdish people.” While he claims that no one can stop him from visiting “the provinces of Kurdistan… I do not go for psychological reasons…” quotes the newspaper. What those “psychological reasons” are, he did not tell ath-Thawra.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News