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To: epsteinbd who wrote (90255)	4/5/2003 1:06:14 PM
From: maceng2	of 281500

What about Kissinger and the Kurds? Not that anyones foreign policy could ever be perfect mind you. counterpunch.org In the early 1970s, as tensions between Iran and its neighbor Iraq increased, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger agreed to support a plan devised by the Shah of Iran to encourage an uprising by Kurds in Iraq. By 1975, Kissinger had secretly channeled $16 million in military aid to the Kurds, who believed that Washington was finally supporting their right to self-determination.

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