SARAH ABED: The Iraqi government cracked down, which resulted in many
Kurds being forced out of the lands they had only recently acquired.
Iraq and Iran came to a diplomatic
resolution and the Kurds were left holding the proverbial bag in what
would also become a recurring scenario. Nearly the exact same phenomenon
occurred in the 1980s and 1990s when, during the first Gulf War, a
no-fly zone was established that granted the Kurds a tangible measure of
international support and protection.
