Thanks for the link,
I see the original story is linked too
newyorker.com
When Abu Nidal committed "suicide", there were some other, alternative, stories floating around, coming from places like Berut. He was asked to train Al Qaida operatives in Northern Iraq, refused, and was executed.
The Kurds definitely see to have had a tough time of it..
In the nineteen-seventies, the Iraqi Kurds allied themselves with the Shah of Iran in a territorial dispute with Iraq. America, the Shah's patron, once again became the Kurds' patron, too, supplying them with arms for a revolt against Baghdad. But a secret deal between the Iraqis and the Shah, arranged in 1975 by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, cut off the Kurds and brought about their instant collapse; for the Kurds, it was an ugly betrayal.
and
Attempts by Congress in 1988 to impose sanctions on Iraq were stifled by the Reagan and Bush
The article documents the Kurds have suffered terribly in Northern Iraq.
But yes, if Al Qaida are now in Northern Iraq, and there is any substance to the story, yes that would change things re: attack on Iraq. imho. |
