Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index.
Contents:
An overview of the Kurds / Amir Hassanpour -- Turkey's 1934 settlement law targets non-Turks including Kurds / Erol Ülker -- The Kurds hoped for equality and peace on the eve of Iraq's independence / Ibrahim Ahmad -- Turkey's Kurds feel frustrated and bitter / Marvine Howe -- Saddam Hussein is accused of using poison gas against the Kurds / Al Gore -- The Kurds rebel in Iraq and Turkey after the Gulf War / John Yemma -- Kurdish graves are exhumed in Iraq / Middle East Watch and Physicians for Human Rights -- Kurds and Shia Muslims vote together in post-Saddam Iraq / Economist -- Saddam Hussein's actions against the Kurds constitute genocide / Human Rights Watch -- Saddam Hussein's actions against the Kurds were horrific, but do not constitute genocide / Patrick E. Tyler -- The Kurds should be granted an independent state / Namo Abdullah -- It is too risky to set up an independent state for the Kurds / David Romano -- The United States has nobly protected weaker nations and groups like the Kurds / Victor Davis Hanson -- Chapter three: Saddam Hussein's American train / Larry Everest -- Iraqi Arabs flock to Kurdistan / Yahya Barzanji and Karin Laub -- Kurdistan after Saddam Hussein is still dependent on foreign support / Denise Natali, Henri J. Barkey, and Marina Ottaway -- Kurdistan after Saddam Hussein is a violent gangster state / Justin Raimondo -- Turkish actions against Kurds constitute genocide / Rebwar Fatah -- Turkey has not mistreated the Kurds / Dan Burton -- The Kurdish language and culture are still under threat in Turkey / Minhaj Akreyi -- A Kurd who grew up in Turkey laments the denial of his cultural identity / Edip Yuksel -- A Kurdish politician gives personal impressions of Saddam Hussein / Sami Abdul-Rahman, interviewed by Frontline -- Kurdish survivors remember Saddam Hussein's gas attacks / Wendell Steavenson -- A Kurdish writer remembers his time in Saddam Hussein's prisons / Jalal Barzanji.
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