October 29, 2007 (LPAC)—Russia's former Prime Minister and top expert on Southwest Asia, Yevgeny Primakov, is warning that there is a new drive--gaining momentum--to create an independent state of "Kurdistan.'' Lyndon LaRouche has been warning that the British drive for "managed chaos" has included playing the "Kurdistan" card (as a revival of that part of the post World War I Sykes-Picot agreement), the British-French plan to carve out parts of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran as a permanent locus of destabilization. Sykes-Picot carved up the former Ottoman Empire between these two imperial allies.
Primakov, who is also an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, does not specifically mention Sykes-Picot, but in a commentary in Moscow News (Oct. 25), he puts focus on the destabilization, reporting that according to the Turkish daily Yeni Safak, the Turks have already conducted cross border raids, with the use of helicopters and F-16 jets and artillery.
Primakov points to the question of the Kurds breaking away from Iraq to form a state that would include chunks of Turkey, Syria and Iran. "Iraq's territorial integrity has been put on the line--now--not in some distant future. The majority of its population and all neighboring countries, as well as other countries, favor a single, unified state. It is well known that the Iraqi Kurds have for many decades been fighting for national self-determination. But prior to the U.S. intervention, the prevailing formula was: strengthening Kurdish autonomy as part of Iraq. Now the situation is changing in favor of an independent Kurdish state that could comprise not only Iraqi Kurds, but also Kurds from Turkey, Iran and Syria. According to various estimates, there are between 20 million and 30 million Kurds in these four countries. So, for all the importance of preserving Iraq's territorial integrity, should the aspiration of millions of Kurds to create their own state be endorsed?''
Primakov doesn't answer this question, and only writes that he is "perplexed'' by this development. Primakov's report confirms LaRouche's statements that Turkey and other countries in the region are under attack as the British and their chief tool Vice President Dick Cheney implement a 21st century version of Sykes-Picot agreement.
