IN THE NAME OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE

H. S. SORAN

Tehran - June 20 , 2008

Kurdistan Region , A Laboratory For Pilot Testing Of Chemical Weaponry :

(Anniversary Commemoration of Sardasht Chemical Bombardment )

As a writer without frontier - but of Kurdish origin , three years ago , I had an exceptional opportunity to carry out a relatively general field study of Sardasht Chemical Bombardment and its fatal aftermaths . This bestial bombing was committed indiscriminately by Saddam's savage horrible regime , in June * 27 , 1987, during Iran/Iraq futile conflict , in which Kurds had no role in igniting its cursed fire .

Sardasht is a charming small size mountainous township , located at Iran/Iraq geographic border , at Northwestern corner of Iran , with famous wild black grape vine yards and romantic superb landscapes , among which the Shalmash Waterfall , is an outstanding and elegant natural symbolic phenomena , that attracts thousands of tourists in spring and summer season each year . Among many ardent and devoted patriotic personalities of these town , we can typically point out to late Mulla Awareh , who was a talented , high ranking and popular Kurdish poet and Peshmarga ( liberator ) , that has been executed by Shah's Panfarsism regime , in late 60s treacherously .

This Sardasht bombardment was carried out at day time by Saddam's army , and its attacking epicenter was exactly the middle square of the town , called Sarchaweh . There was no military garrison or any similar fortification at this location , i.e. they had chemically bombarded a pure civilian population . For example only a household , called Vahidi family , suffered around seven causalities and/or dangerous injuries . In this super barbaric bombardment , which was a continuation of animosity Kurdish genocide by Saddam and completion of Halabja catastrophe , thousands of civilians were martyred , handicapped , crippled or seriously injured or made homeless .

Besides visiting the respective martyrs' cemetery there and pilgrimage to their mausoleum at town outskirts , I saw many crippled persons and injured ones , which still are suffering from serious pains and chemical aching .

Besides this lamentable situation , I was told that this devastating bombardment had an deterrent impact on feminine and masculine birth rate ratio and resulted in a high and abnormal cases of abortion, too .

The native people said , that in general this bombardment had a deteriorating and destructive implication on natural environment , human life , plantation circumstances , animal kingdom and agriculture etc severely ,which it is necessary that its aftermaths be evaluated and analyzed by different teams of experts precisely , in particular its long term dangerous ones , such as its cancerous genesis , nervous pathology etc on future generations .

I must emphasize on this shocking fact , that besides Sardasht and Halabja , which we call them Kurdistan Hiroshima and Nagasaki , tenth of other civil small communities are bombarded chemically in Kurdistan , at Iran or Iraq geographical domain , for example Qalache village near Mariwan etc .

But this ferocious process , which is still continuing , has transformed Great Kurdistan ( Kurdish populated areas of Middle East ) to a Laboratory For Pilot Testing Of Chemical And Extraordinary Hazardous Weaponry .

As an example , I point out to rumors of a possible chemical bombardment made by Turkey , at QANDIL Mountain environment in Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) district , Iraq , which is mainly populated by civil Kurdish community , in beginning of 2008 , for which unfortunately up to now, I had no opportunity to visit the region and make a field survey similar to those I made at Halabja and Sardasht ; but as far as I have seen on prestigious TV news screens , in result of Turkish government's suspicious bombardment , those small lambs and goat kids , which were sucking their mothers milks , were intoxicated and perished in groups immediately . Even parent animals , which were grazing at those intoxicated pastures , were died in herds ; that is indication of a possible chemical pollution ,made by Turkey 's bombardment .

So, I propose to respective international responsible authorities , to commission expert teams to visit the bombardment site before long and try to prevent any catastrophic long and short term outcomes , which can be transformed to another Halabja and Sardasht ; and if respective investigations proved to be positive , exert their best effort to minimize its dangerous impacts .

In the meantime , now when coincides with the anniversary commemoration of Sardasht chemical bombardment , I reiterate my deepest condolence and sorrow to the family of the martyrs . And I thank the Kurdish students of Esfahan University , in Iran who hold an anniversary gathering to commemorate that catastrophe , in particular I appreciate the head of Kurdish Students Society at Esfahan Umiversity , Mr. Jalal Hajizadeh and his diligent classmates , who organized that commemoration gathering for Sardasht Chemical Bombardment - along with Anfal and Halabja Kurd's genocide, which are carried out in Iraqi occupied Kurdistan , in last 3 decades .

A serious question from Mr. Ban Ki-moon the UN secretary general : If Kurds are selected as laboratory mice , for testing the performance of new chemical and other hazardous warfare?

But dear Sir! Kurds have demonstrated explicitly that are genuine lovers of universal peaceful coexistence , equality and justice . They shall not be used as laboratory mice .

Note: some are citing bombardment has been carried out in June 28 ?

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