There are over 20 million Kurds. yet they are without a country or land of their own. They have learned to expect persecution wherever they go. The Kurdish refugees on the Iraqi border are in grave danger if war erupts in the Persian Gulf. They are confined to closely guarded camps from which they cannot leave. If war spreads in their direction they will have no way of protecting themselves. Three years ago the Bush administration was silent when Saddam Hussein ordered mustard gas to be used against the Kurds. I urge the administration to use its influence with Turkey and the governments of Western Europe. and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. to ensure that these vulnerable people will not suffer again such a terrible fate. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that a recent editorial from the Burlington Free Press on the Kurdish refugees in Turkey be printed in the RECORD.
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Generalization that Kurds 'expect persecution wherever they go'.