washington post uses WRONG statistics about kurds

[dyaoko]

I dont know what we kurds have done to this washington post that they attack to us like this.
in their article , it says "Iraqi kurds population is 15% of Iraqi's population which is 3.5 million "

it is just the statistic that Just Sunni arabs and Turks beilve in it.
even shia arabs agreed that kurds are 17% , and currectly kurds recieve 17% of the iraqi's money.[ kurds themself claim they are 20-25% of Iraq, (5-6 millions) ]
I remember some days ago, NY TIMES in one of their articles said "kurds are 25% of iraqi's population"

and in another place in this Washington post , it says "ALL OF THE KURDS POPULATION IS """"***almost***"""20 million"

what the fucking asshole... I dont know if you have seen CIA site or not..in CIA site they have info about every country.for example it says :

7-9% of iran's population are kurds...
blah blah
go at that site and Check each coutnry's kurds population , like if iran's kurds are 7-11% then kurds in iran are , something between 4.9 - 7.7 millions and do the same for other coutries...the number that you willl get by the OFFICIAL AMERICAN STATISTIC (which is sppoused to be PRO TURKISH statsitic ) tell us "kurds are between 25-40 millions"

but Dear Washington Post calims kurds are ALMOST 20 millions (5 million less than the MINIMUM US OFFICILAL estmaite)

what a asshole.
they are the same newspaper which published LIE ALLEGATIONS about kurds abducting turkmens...

I wish someobdy could do something about this cursed washington post, cant we send them e-mail or something ? or send them a portrait of "WOE TO WASHINGTON POST"

[Diri]

PErhaps we should go and hold a demonstration outside their main office... That would give them enough BAD attention so that they stop making false accusations...

In the future they will keep on saying things like this - unless they are given enough negatiove attention... And if we show our resent for their manipulative actions... We might just stand a chance of stopping the lies... Turkey pays them so - well... you never know... Perhaps they write an article the day after the demonstration saying that "There were 6 angry Kurds here at our HQ who carried guns and took us hostage - like that one which was done by the IRI in 1979 in Iran..."

Assholes... They should check their facts... And not TURKEYS FACTS-----> I am starting a thread about Turkey& their relations...

[dyaoko]

I think we must pruchase this domain "FUCK-Washington-Post.com"

he he..and full it with funny photos of their writers...

i remebet "london007"(one of the KBU forum users ) had made funny photo of Tayfun (the turk visitor that had offeneded to kurds)

one of those photos was a Semi-Sexy Photo. that showed Tayfun as a Gay ....first find out who is the editorial of fucking washington post....and then their writers....

he he...we can make a funny gay photo of Rajab (TURKISH PM) and Washington post's owner.

[kardox]

ohh.. that domain will not do any good. we should make a signature campaign and send it to them.


thx

[Piling]

With all the refugees, exiled people, soldiers who had deserted, people who had been rapted by Saddam's service, people who had been killed during Anfal, etc, I wonder how anyone could know SURELY the number of Kurds in Iraq, and even in the world !

[Diri]

Well - there are estimates... And the most likely is that by blood there are, world wide, 50 million Kurds - and only about 35 of these recognize themselves as Kurds... This estimate has been done by several sites... I should give you an example...

Here you will find SEVERAL articles...

http://www.jordanobg.com/cgi-bin/smartsearch.cgi?keywords=kurdish-population


And this one is VERY interesting...

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~siamakr/Kurdish/iran-lang.html

Country Population (M.) Kurds M.(% of total)
----------------------------------
Iraq[c] 23.753 6.65 (28%)
Turkey[a] 67.748 15.58 (23%)
Iran[b] 74.644 11.94 (16%)
Syria[d] 17.328 1.90 (11%)
USSR[e] 0.73
----------------------------------
Total 36.800 million

[Diri]

And THIS was in 1992 - THAT IS 13 YEARS AGO...

[kardox]

With all the refugees, exiled people, soldiers who had deserted, people who had been rapted by Saddam's service, people who had been killed during Anfal, etc, I wonder how anyone could know SURELY the number of Kurds in Iraq, and even in the world !

in the last voting kurds got around 28 % of the votes. Do u really think anyone except kurds will vote for the kurds?? and that was despite not sending bollet boxes to kurdish areas outside musil. And we only got 40.000 votes in baghdad, despite of a kurdish population more than 1.2 million kurds in baghdad.

I think that the kurds only in south kurdistan make at least 35 % of the whole population.

thx

[Diri]

My friend-----> Don't forget that only 58-59 % voted.... That means that the Kurds did better then they would have if the Sunnis had voted too... And the Feily Kurds - they didn't vote for Kurdish Alliance... Some voted for the Shia Alliance...SADLY!


But ETHINICALLY - Kurds make up MUCH more... - yes perhaps 35 % of the population...

[dyaoko]

GOD DAMN WASHINGTON POST

today they published this on their fucking site

Washington Post : "Terrorists, Not 'Separatists,' in Turkey"

The July 17 news story "Blast in Turkish Resort Town Kills 5" referred to the suspected perpetrators as "separatists" or "guerrillas" and called them part of a "civil war" in Turkey. In reality, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) elements are recognized almost universally -- including by the United States -- as terrorists.

Turkey has fought terrorism for decades, with little help from allies (except the United States) and within the necessary constraints of our democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Terrorists are emboldened when their attacks are referred to as part of a "civil war" or "separatism," implying a just cause for their inhuman acts. Without moral clarity and resolve based on consistent condemnation of all terrorism, the fight against it will falter.

OSMAN FARUK LOGOGLU
Ambassador Embassy of Turkey
Washington

Source : Washington Post

http://northerniraq.info/news/index.php ... =1#more660


I think we must send a letter to Washington Post on the behalf of KBU and show our protest for their fucking licking Turk's ass.

[dyaoko]

can somebody please make a good letter...that shows our anger polietly..?
and say that we are angrey that Washington post is licking Turk's ass and saying lies about kurds and attacks to kurds..

we should mention in our letter that

1-They had published an allegation that Kurdistan Government abducted handreds of Turkmens in Iraq, some weeks later the allegation came untrue. and US and Iraqi Officials dismissed the allegation. but Washington post never appologized for that lie earticle that made bad reputation fro Kurds

2-Washington Post had published lie news about Barzani's being injuried by Terrorists one day before Kurdistan parrlements beggening.

3-Washingtopm Post usualy uses wrong statistics about Kurds in their articles, and sates Kurd's population less than reallity.
just compare their statistics with CIA Info about countries and encyclopedias , their statistics about kurd's population is always millions less than other sources.) for the sake of example
this enclopydia estmaites kurds between 27-31 millions...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kurd
while washnigtion posts says kurds are less than 20 .
other enclopydias even say kurds are 40 or 45 millions.


who can please write a nice formal letter , or any good suggestion ?, and we will send it by KBU's e-mail adress.