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    KurdistanObserver.com
    Jan 30 2004

    Crimes against Humanity


    Remembering Holocaust and Denouncing Hatred at Museum of Tolerance,
    Los Angeles, CA on January 30th, 2005

    Sixty years ago, this week, on January 27, the Allied Forces
    liberated Auschwitz and freed what was remained of millions of people
    who were condemned to be annihilated for being of a different ethnic
    background. The simple goodness of mankind, which creates the true
    and miraculous spirit of liberty and freedom in humanity, delivered
    the gift of liberation on the day of January 27, 1945 to the
    survivors of the Holocaust.

    But throughout the recent history, our humanity has witnessed other
    acts of crimes that parallel Auschwitz in intention but only
    differing in scale. Bombing of various refugee camps, Genocide of
    Armenians, Pol Pot's crimes in Cambodia, ethnic cleansing in Rwanda,
    Sudan, and Bosnia, Killing of Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria
    in general and chemical bombing of Halabja in particular, killing of
    civilians in the world trade center, beheadings in Iraq,
    suicide/homicide bombing in the world and particularly in Israel and
    Iraq, and torture and abuse of political prisoners around the world
    are just few examples. These acts are to be remembered as acts of
    crimes against humanity, so the power of goodness in humanity
    prevents their recurrences.

    Since 1945 the Jewish community has much recovered but remained the
    victim of hatred and anti-Semitism in various places of the world.
    More tragic is that this community has remained in a chronic conflict
    with its Semitic cousins over the rights of Palestinians. A major
    obstacle has been terrorizing Jewish civilians by suicide/homicide
    bombing in Israel and preventing Palestinians from fulfilling their
    dreams of independence with peaceful means. Fortunately through the
    efforts of peace activists, finally Palestinians elected a new leader
    democratically to negotiate resolving the conflict via democratic and
    peaceful means.

    While Palestinians are making progress, Iraqis are becoming the
    victims of criminal behaviors such as suicide/homicide bombings. Many
    of us did not want the war in Iraq, but wished for the removal of
    Saddam in a nonviolent way. Just because we couldn't stop the war, it
    does not mean we should stop working for peace and freedom to return
    to that country. We hope this upcoming election would bring peace and
    justice to that country and to the rest of the Middle East. We hope
    that the Kurds like other ethnicities in the Middle East gain their
    right of self determinations.

    There are many difficulties and despairs to overcome, but as
    liberation of Auschwitz has proven, we must not give up rejecting
    crimes against humanity in all its violent forms including
    suicide/homicide bombing of civilians in this remembrance day, so we
    could create otherwise, what could be a better, more peaceful and a
    secure world for the fellowship of mankind.


    Board of Directors

    Kurdish-American Education Society

    Southern California

    January 27, 2005
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