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April 11, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/opinion/10SAFI.html

Jubilant V-I Day

(New York Times) - William Safire Because the U.S. believed that we would get Turkey's cooperation against Saddam, we refused to arm the Kurds, even though they were under attack from terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda. When we launched our invasion, the 70,000 Kurdish pesh merga troops volunteered to serve in the coalition under the command of our small airborne units in the north. The Kurds were and still are the only indigenous force fighting against Saddam's regime.

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