European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saddam Hussein is Mother of All enemies continued from Page 1 iraqi opposition can reorganise itself i think the end will be very near says Safern m. I acc spokesman for the Kurdistan democratic party one of two kurdish groups vying for control of North Ern Iraq. I think now is a Golden Opportunity for the International Community the Al lied forces and especially the United slates to get rid of a dictator who is a problem to the world and to this Region says Kos at Rasul Ali prime minister of the patriotic Union of Kurdistan the main rival of Kip they should attack Saddam Hussein s regime. Now that the biological and mass destruction weapons of Saddam have been revealed president Clinton should finish the Job that presi. Dent Bush did t  but the United states is unlikely to re sume military Force in Iraq without a serious provocation from Saddam. For now the .  continue sanctions that have suffocated Iraq s Economy. The strategy has been devastatingly. Effective. In a nation renowned for its abundant natural resources Oil Fields Gold mines and Rich crops watered by the Tigris and euphrates Rivers it is almost impossible to get even the most Basic con Sumer goods or medicines in Iraq. The sanctions not Only bar nearly All Trade with other nations but they also prohibit foreign businesses from investing in Oil refineries and other critical components of Iraq s crumbling infrastructure. Although the Brunt of the sanctions has been borne by everyday iraqis most citizens of Northern Iraq place the blame squarely on Saddam Hussein. Saddam is a criminal says Khursheed Tawfeek As he lugs a couple of melons Home after toiling All Day in the Fields. We even dislike our own country because of Saddam  sunday War Sanction sapping kurds7 Hope r one Man s misery shows plight of Iraq. R will Saddam fall and when Hussein Tahr Saleh an unemployed builder who was forced from his. Kirkuk Home by Saddam s regime in 1991, agrees. Saddam has. Taken Paradise and turned it into hell Saleh said. But Saddam is not the Only person responsible for the suffering of. Iraqis. In the Northern part of the country where Mil Lions of kurd make their Homes Saddam s legacy of misery has been compounded by the War Between the Kip and Puk. Saleh s plight for example went from bad to worse because of the kurdish in fighting. After being exiled from his Kirkuk Home by Saddam s regime Saleh built a new Home in Erbil. But he claims he was expelled from Erbil earlier this year by the Puk which seized control of the pity from the Kip. Now Saleh a Kip member lives with his wife and nine children on a 10-by-12 foot Patch of dirt in a Salah and Din Refu gee Camp. The Walls of his latest Home arc rags that have been crudely stitched together. There is no roof. R what will i do in the Winter when it snows asks Saleh As his children Ages 1 through 16 stare plaintively at a visitor. -. " wednesday Turkey s Foiter War with the kurd we even dislike our own country because of Saddam. Says Khursheed Tovfeek. There Are hundreds of families like this but for every one who claims to have been exiled by the. Puk there is a counterpart claiming he was exiled by the Kip the Kip arrested me kept me in jail for a month and broke my right leg says Puk member Halil Hamed Ibraheem. I was in the Hospital for another month and now i find it very difficult to walk. They also beat my wife because she s married to a member of the  the former police officer claims he was one of hundreds of people exiled from Shablawa Village in december by marauding Kip forces. They now live in a refugee Camp in Erbil. Despite these intractable problems a surprising number of iraqis appear to be Lieve that the . Can step in and some How fix everything. Whenever it wants the United states could solve the problems Between our two parties and get rid of Saddam Hus Sein says a refugee who lives with his wife and four children in a makeshift shelter fashioned from a playground Jun go c gym covered with tree branches. It s up to America. We dream of an Independent Kurdistan. But if that s not possible at least we want  but . Officials said neither of those options will be achieved by the kurd anytime soon. The United states and the coalition never in a million years would support in Northern Iraq the creation of a Kurdistan nation said . Army col. Daniel a. Brownlee co commander of ground forces in operation provide Comfort which bars Saddam s forces from North Ern Iraq. Yeah they can dream but it s an unrealistic  Brownlee emphasized that the kurdish population is not limited to Northern Iraq. It also spills into Syria Turkey and Iran none of which is willing to give up land for an Independent Kurdistan. Having resigned themselves to this political reality iraqi kurdish groups have adopted the official position that  not seeking secession from Iraq. Rather they want some measure of autonomy that would allow them to function inside a Federated Iraq. In reality this would be the first step toward realizing their dream of a Homeland. Left to their own devices the kurd would have their own country no doubt about it Brownlee said. If they thought that the Western world would support them and that Saddam Hussein would never come Back to wipe them out. Again they d do it in . But they re realistic. They know that neither of those things will happen. They  Kurdistan mls att. Know that someday somebody who s in charge of Iraq would come after them. And the West and the rest of the world would never support  that leaves kurd having to Settle for the Hope of real  but is even this lowered expectation realistic no said Brownlee. I think the Only realistic thing you can Hope for is a More benign authoritarian  ship where each of the minorities and the majority will be Able to live it peace and Security and contribute to the whole thing. That is the  but that involves the demise of sad dam. Brownlee defended the . Deci Sion against Hunting Down Saddam at the end of the Gulf War on the grounds that it was never in the United nations Man Date. Some americans have a difficult time understanding Why we did t go to Bagh dad Brownlee said. That what they d like to have happened. But that was never what we said we were going to do. We said we were going to move Iraq put of Kuwait. We did it. And we went Home."-. But if Saddam survived the Gulf War can t he also survive a few More defect Lions according to Brownlee such set backs arc All chips in Saddam s Power base " v and for us in the West it s difficult to. Understand which chips Are bigger and More important than others Brownlee said. The defections show that Saddam has been reduced to eating his Power base. It was of when he did that to his outer circles. But not his own inner Sanc Tum. ". He s culling for those who Are Only the most passionately Loyal. So his inner Sanctum is getting smaller and smaller and  Brownlee acknowledged it should be a stupid bet but predicted Saddam will fall within six months. Still even if it takes longer Saddam eventually will fall. In our lifetime Brownlee said he will be put against a Wall and  racked by twin demons of Pov erty and War Field hands trudge Home top along a Dusty Road. Above their plight has not snuffed out their smiles. Is photos by Ken George a kurdish Mother sits with her children in a squalid refugee Camp in Salah and Din Northern Iraq. War and sanctions have shattered iraqi society. The stars and stripes tuesday september 12, 1995 the stars and stripes 19