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Turkey must stop the massive bombings of Kurds – urge all parties to return to ceasefire.

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Turkey must stop the massive bombings of Kurds – urge

 all parties to return to ceasefire.

Dear NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, Mr. Stoltenberg.
Thanks for your hard work and service in NATO. I write to you with a heavy heart and a sense of urgency. I kindly ask you and urge you to immediately contact the Turkish government and demand in no uncertain terms that the Turkish Air Force stop the massive air strickes against perceived PKK targets. This has gone too far and escalated an already dangerous situation.
I am fully aware that NATO has issued a statement, saying "The security of the Alliance is indivisible, and we stand in strong solidarity with Turkey." I am also aware that
Brett McGurk - American Ambassador, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL – has posted a statement, saying ”We have strongly condemned the #PKKs terrorist attacks in #Turkey and we fully respect our ally Turkey’s right to self-defense.”
Mr. SECRETARY GENERAL, in the name of our common humanity, please listen for a moment:
1: According to the logic of the US (and therefore also NATO?) Turkey has the "right" to do this. Who gave Turkey the right to begin massive bombardements in Quandil (+ other large-scale military actions) after the murder of 2-4 Turkish police officers and military personnel? The Quandil leadership, by the way, deny that they ordered these killings. i Turkey, of course, has all the ”rights” to track down the killers and bring them to justice. But this is not a rightful pursuit of justice, it is excessive force carrying the risk of further escalation and lots of bloodshed. But even if it is a ”right”, it isn't necessarily right:
"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."
-- G. K. Chesterton
2: I don't distinguish between NATO and The Turkish Air force (TAF) as long as
A: American F-15 fighter pilots train with their Turkish counterparts on Turkish soil and impart to them of their (lethal) skills. – They did so in june. I suppose you are aware of this. US Air Force pilots indirectly helping Turkey killing Kurds – this must stop.
B: As long as NATO indirectly gives it's blessing to the airstrickes. - "The security of the Alliance is indivisible, and we stand in strong solidarity with Turkey." No condemnation of TAF airstrickes from NATO.
3: ”The Kurdish question” is a very complex and bloody decades-long conflict with deep historical roots. Who carries the moral authority to speak (any word at all) into such a difficult and bloody conflict? Obviously Mr. McGurk think he does, but I appreciate the wording of the NATO statement, which avoided the ”cursed” (so to say) word ”right”.
4: Many Turkish and Syrian Kurds (women, children and men) have been shot and some of them killed by the Turkish police and Army during the last 10 months (Approx 100-200???).ii Strangely though, all these killings never seem to attract much – if any - attention of the world press. Likewise, all these killings never seem to draw out any condemnation either from the EU, the US, UN or any top political leaders from Europe. (At least as far as I know) I can't provide comprehensive documentation here in this mail, but let me just illustrate with a few pictures. First pic: some Kurdish farmers from Rojava, who suddenly found themselves in a hail of Turkish bullets:




And this picture:   
I hate to say it, but this conflict and the behaviour of the cunning Turkish Government (or some of the persons in it) reminds me too much about a bloody genocide in the last century.


5: The AKP government has kept Abdullah Ocelan in isolation for months now, and the Turkish military has reportedly been increasingly aggressive the last few months – even bombarding PKK bases from the air, june 30. Hardly conducive for a peace process. http://heine-stromdahl-blog.blogspot.dk/2015/07/factual-error-in-bbc-report-about.html , https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4hjJTbOj_agblN0LVhYaGtTakk/view , https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4hjJTbOj_agTExoU0Zyelh1SkU/view

Strangely though, the activities of The Turkish Army never seem to attract much – if any - attention of the world press. Likewise, whatever happens, it never seems to draw out any condemnation either from the EU, the US, UN or any top political leaders from Europe.
Total Silence. All bow ”humbly” before Ankara? A comparison with Israel/Palestine comes quickly to mind. Events there quickly evokes strong responses and a massive media blitz. An appeasement policy is the preferred approach for now? It did not work out well then, and it won't work out well now. Ask Neville Chamberlain and the 50 million dead.
7: I love Turks and harbours no grudges towards them. It is a wonderful country and I prefer to think of Turks as our brothers, perhaps much in the same way as David L Phillips: ”Turks are hardworking and hospitable. They are a noble people.” i Unpleasent reality, however, forces me to speak up for a minority, that has been colonized and oppressed for decades in Turkey (and also in Iraq, Syria, and Iran). Even today, the Kurdish people in Turkey do not enjoy the same security and basic rights we westerners tend to take for granted. Far from it – actually.
8: This morning The Turkish Air force has rained down hell on a Kurdish village in Iraqi Kurdistan. ii








My heart goes out to the poor Kurdish villagers, who are caught in this conflict. 




Hey I am kurdish, 4 years of age. First thing this morning I packed my future and left this world. My father died in the fight against ISIS and his father died in the fight against Saddam Hussien. We are destined to die for people who later stab us in the back.” i
Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.” ii



What a tragedy.
What is going on? Take to the street and ask the ordinary citizen, and most probably you will get an answer like this one, which is flowing around on twitter: ”Oh no, ordinary citizens in the West know exactly what is happening. #Erdogan uses IS as cover to attack #Kurds. We know.”


Mr. SECRETARY GENERAL: I kindly but urgently ask you to contact NATO countries and make every effort to stop this bloodshed. Demand the Turkish AKP government stop the bombings and call upon all parties to implement immediate ceasefire and return to the negotiating table.

And also please demand the Turkish government open up immediately a humanitarian corridor into Kobane. The Kobane citizens need it badly.

Sincerely yours
Heine Strømdahl
Math teacher
Copenhagen.
01-08-15




"We kurds have no friends but the mountains".


"Kurds constitute the biggest stateless minority in the world, with a population of roughly 30 million, divided mainly between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. They have been bombed in Turkey, executed in Iran, gassed in Iraq and besieged in Syria. Oh, and betrayed by the west. Repeatedly." i Quote: Mehdi Hasan.


God have mercy on us.




30 beautiful youngsters, who joined PKK earlier this year. Unknown to the West.





Unknown heval. Picture by Joey Lawrence. i



















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