Amerikan İstihbarat Belgeleriyle Kürtler

CIA Director Stansfield Turner, May 1979

"The Kurds, who have blindly supported Britain's policies for a long time with the dream of an independent Kurdistan, are now disappointed."
CIA, January 1951

"Doski Chief Sefer Agha was killed by British assassins along with his son and one of his men because of their loyalty to us."
Turkish General Staff, 9 January 1923

"The Kurds thought that our interest in them meant that we were also interested in their goals."
Lee F. Dinsmore, US diplomat

"The Kurds are not capable of waging a permanent war outside their refuges in the mountains."
US National Intelligence Agency, December 1972

"Since the mid-1960s, Iran has supported Israel's aid to Kurdish rebels. Israel has provided financial and material support to these groups and sent military and intelligence expert advisors to train Kurdish tribesmen in Iraqi Kurdistan and positions in Iran. Israel "A small number of Kurds were trained in Iran. It was Iran's help that made this support possible. Without this aid, it was unlikely that Tel Aviv would continue to help the Kurds."
US Defense Intelligence Agency, May 1975

"Shamsuddin Mufti and Massoud Barzani stated that they want to be seen as another state of the USA."
US Iran Embassy Telegram, April 1965

"The Israelis were making intense efforts for the resumption of hostilities in Northern Iraq and promised to provide the Kurds with anti-aircraft and light weapons. Idris Barzani, on the other hand, requested assistance in the form of armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers. The Israelis also promised to provide such equipment They gave."
US Intelligence Briefing Telegram, March 1970

"An autonomous Kurdish state in the north of Iraq could possibly form the core of a Kurdish state that would include the lands of Turkey, Iran and Syria. However, such a structure would not survive and would be temporary."
US National Intelligence Assessment, September 1992

"PKK could be weakened by a non-violent Kurdish political party."
US National Intelligence Agency, September 1992