Obama's Election Makes 'Fatal Blow' Against Kurds Possible: Kitabat of Iraq

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debate in the Iraqi National Assembly.

Kitabat, Iraq

Obama's Election Makes 'Fatal Blow' Against Kurds Possible

"Obama's victory and the advent of the Democratic Party to power have created radical changes on the Iraqi political landscape that could lead to disaster for everyone - but especially the Kurdish parties."

"This would seem like a great opportunity for Iraqi Shiites, Sunnis, Turkmen and Christians to close ranks and strike a fatal blow against the Kurdish parties - and not the Kurdish people - and expel the Kurdish politicians from Baghdad and purge them from the government and National Assembly."

By Khadir Taahar

Translated By Nicolas Dagher

November 22, 2008

Arabic - Iraq - Original Article (Arabic)

The outline of the Status of Forces Agreement between the governments of Iraq and the United States.

BBC NEWS VIDEO: Thousands of demonstrators who back Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protest against the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, Nov. 21, 00:01:04

Obama's recent victory and the advent of the Democratic Party to power in the United States have created radical changes on the Iraqi political landscape that could lead to disaster for everyone - but especially the Kurdish parties.

The Democratic Party stood against George W. Bush in regard to the liberation of Iraq from the criminal regime of Saddam Hussein, and Obama promised during the campaign to withdraw U.S. forces within 16 months. Even if the Security Agreement is signed, with the economic crisis and America's immediate need to divert more money to its domestic needs, the timetable for withdrawal could be accelerated. And there's always the chance that Obama won't consider himself bound by the deal and will cancel or decide not to implement it.

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As far as America is concerned, militarily and economically, Iraq as a whole isn't important. Continued engagement is a loosing proposition for the United States. There are more attractive alternatives for America, for example the Gulf countries and Turkey, where there are already U.S. military bases. And as for oil, the Americans can always obtain that from the Gulf nations or others.

Based on all this, the position of the Kurds appears extremely weak and chaotic. They are confronting a real dilemma after the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of Obama, who isn't prepared to attend to Iraq's problems at the expense of the domestic challenges in the United States. Economically and politically, what is the value of the Kurds to the United States? Of course, the answer is that they have none. And the Democrats, being a party with liberal leanings, oppose the clannishness and chauvinism of the Kurdish national parties.

Supporters of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converge on Firdous

Square in Baghdad for a mass prayer to protest the U.S.-Iraq

Status of Forces Agreement, Nov. 21.

Given these political variables, this would seem like a great opportunity for Iraqi Shiites, Sunnis, Turkmen and Christians to close ranks and strike a fatal blow against the Kurdish parties - and not the Kurdish people - and expel the Kurdish politicians from Baghdad and purge them from the government and National Assembly. They should also proclaim the independence of the cities of Irbil, Dohouk and Suleymaniah, along with Iraqi Government recognition of an independent Kurdish state, thereby severing all forms of financial, political and bureaucratic association with it.

The Kurdish parties are a dangerous and lasting enemy of the Iraqi state. After the fall of the criminal Saddam, the Kurds obtained more than their fair share of rights and their hatred for the Iraqi people came out into the open. This has shown that their problem wasn't with the previous regime, but the hatred they feel for all Iraqis. Despite all of the good things and benefits they were granted from Iraq, they have continued to plot against our country day and night.

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Iraq gleans no benefit whatsoever from the Kurds. They are a political and economic burden. It would be foolish to bear the weight of five million Kurds who have absolutely no loyalty to Iraq. The plots and malice of the Kurds are clear for all to see, and every noble Iraqi should firmly oppose them and amputate this cancer from the body of our nation, since we don't want them living among us and enjoying our wealth while plotting against us.

[See below for additional articles by Khadir Taahar]

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Letter to the editor

about Khadir Taahar,

author of this article

Translated By James Jacobson and Nicolas Dagher

December 21, 2007

Iraq - Kitabat - Original Article (Arabic)

I so admire the writings of Khadir Taahar! This writer raves with such frankness and clarity, and never shies away from shocking the reader with his contrarian beliefs - whether he (the reader) be left-wing, right-wing or independent. For him, all that matters is that the reader be an Iraqi. Why? Because regardless of their religious denominations or particular beliefs, Iraqis are uncomfortable with the international brand known as the “United States of America.”

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To say: “They are uncomfortable” in a polite and civilized way is not to say: “They hate or are resentful,” since I don’t wish to annoy Khadir Taahar - who is more American than the Americans and even more than Bush, Cheney, Rice or Gates. He is more part of the American intelligence apparatus than the men of CIA and more Jewish than the Jews (remember his Kitabat article from April 15th 2007, in which he called for establishing friendly relations with Israel so that it could take part in rebuilding Iraq!)

I like the work of this writer because he isn’t ashamed or embarrassed to express his ideas and political views clearly and honestly and he isn’t afraid of critics of his writings. Nor does he feel the need to respect the feelings of other Iraqis, who take umbrage at his favorite leaders, the Americans, who have inflicted death, destruction and ruin upon them in the service of Israel and her future security, and at their hands of Washington’s creation, the terrorists, who came from abroad at the behest of their [Iraqi] allies and advisers from the former regime.

kodhayer1961@yahoo.com

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