They include relentless bombardment of Kurdish cities by artillery and helicopter gunships. the massacre of civilians in areas recaptured by the army. and the use of such unconventional weapons as phosphorous artillery shells and napalm. Several million Kurds have left the cities of northern Iraq to seek shelter in the high mountain valleys and. now. in Turkey and Iran. Because the Baath regime systemtically destroyed every village in Kurdistan. the refugees inside Iraq have no shelter and there is ho source of food in this once rich agricultural region. The refugees who reached the mountain areas did so mostly on foot and such food as they had they brought with them. By now this food is gone. We need to provide relief to the millions of Kurds on the IraqTurkey border. inside Turkey. on the IraqIran border. and inside Iran. I appreciate the efforts both Turkey and Iran have made to help the Kurds but both countries must do more. It is not acceptable to leave starving people in a freezing cold environment exposed to military attack. And the United States has an obligation to endeavor that the financial burden of these refugees is borne not by Turkey and Iran but by the whole world community. Most of all. the world must take effective action to stop the killing now. We should communicate to Saddam Hussein that killing of civilians is not acceptable and that he must stop.
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