Geoff Jones

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Interesting nugget on The Kurds taken from here:-

Turkish fears of Kurdish desire for secession go back to the carving up of the Ottoman Empire following World War I. The Kurds, who number some 20 to 25 million and are concentrated in an area spanning southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, Iran and parts of Syria, were promised in the 1920 Treaty of Sevres their own state. But Turkey forced a renegotiation of the treaty, and the Kurds were left without a state. Those living within Turkish borders became part of the new Turkish nation which attempted to unite the various ethnic groups living within it. However, the Kurds did not take well to this, rebelling in 1925 against attempts to assimilate them. A deal was struck in 1937, leaving the Kurds to their own devices, but also leaving the area undeveloped, without investment from the government.

Coming weeks will be interesting to see what the US puppet government in Iraq will do

And to follow that old adage ” Those that can do, those that can’t teach” we see here Microsoft teaching students how to write secure code! Lovely

And here is the link if you, have smoked and are over 50 and want you to check your risk of getting cancer. Tool developed by Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in collaboration with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,

An interesting fact from The Daily Star . GAZA: Even as US forces launched a first salvo of missiles against Iraq, Saddam Hussein distributed more funds ­ $210,000 ­ Thursday to the families of Palestinians killed in fighting with Israel.

Throughout nearly 30 months of battles, Iraq has paid more than $35 million to the families of Palestinians killed in the conflict, including relatives of scores of bombers as well as Palestinian civilians.. Just compare that aid to what Israel gets from USA a boggling $134,791,507,200 since 1949 see here for full details. Be interesting to see if he gives Rachel Corrie’s family a donation, what a coup that would be!