The Kurds, who form the third largest ethnic group after the Arabs and the Turks in the Middle East, have been arbitrarily divided amongst several nations, Iran , Iraq , Turkey , and Syria .

• The Kurds have their own homeland-Kurdistan.

• The Kurds have never sought more than what has been granted to many people less numerous and less educated: the right of Self Determination as presently expressed by their desire for Autonomy or Federalism.

• And yet, for daring to raise such a legitimate claim, they have been subjugated to aerial bombardment, arbitrary execution, imprisonment, torture, deportation, and even enslavement.