Halabja After 10 Years: The Dead and the Living

by | Mar 18, 1998 | Speeches

By Kani Xulam The following speech was delivered in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 18, 1998, on the tenth anniversary of Saddam’s gas attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja. There is a story in Greek mythology, which sheds some light on Saddam’s...

Pacifica News Network Interview with Kani Xulam

by | Feb 25, 1998 | Commentary

February 25, 1998 Editor’s note: The following incomplete introduction refers to the televised “town meeting” on Iraq which aired on CNN earlier this month, during which U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen held up a photograph of Kurdish victims...

Kani Xulam on Pacifica Radio

by | Feb 10, 1998 | Commentary

“Democracy Now” Pacifica Radio February 10, 1998 With Amy Goodman (AG), Juan Gonzales (JG), and Kani Xulam (KX) AG: We have news over the last few days that Turkey’s military has sent thousands of commandos into northern Iraq. This is being denied by...

All Human Rights for All

by | Dec 10, 1997 | Speeches

The Statement of Kani Xulam at Kay Spiritual Life Center American University December 10, 1997 I want to thank Patrick Pierce of Kay Spiritual Life Center for inviting me to this gathering. I am happy to be here and to offer you a few of my thoughts on the subject of...

Crisis in Turkey

by | Dec 1, 1997 | Articles

By Haluk Gerger (1) December 1997 Occasional Paper No. 28 Published by Middle East Research Associates (MERA) Amsterdam/Holland Turkey is living through the gravest crisis in its history. The once universally revered project called the ‘Kemalist Republic’,...