Due in part to the arms and ammunition sent to the Kurds from the Shah of Iran. the Kurds fought bravely and with some success. The Shahs motive should be understood for what it was: an attempt to cripple his bitter enemy. Iraq. by using the Kurds as cannon fodder. The recently concluded Pact of Algiers between Iran and Iraq reflects the Shahs callous attitude toward the Kurds. The Shah agreed to end all aid to the Kurds and to seal the borders to Kurdish refugees on April 1 of this year. In effect. the Shah signed the death warrants for those Kurds who did not flee their homelands. The tragedy of the betrayal has been compounded by the inaction of the United Nations.
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