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Kurds rise up against Saddam Hussein
Iraq's Klurds rise up against Saddam Hussein. Encouraged by the United States. Iraq forces stop the rebellion by killing thousands of Kurds. Kurds move to Northern Iraq with a poplutaion of 3million. Turkey lifts ban on use of Kurdish language in unofficial settings but still illegal to speak Kurdish in schools and politics. -
Turkish military opperation attacks Kurds in Iraq.
A large Turkish military opperation attcks the safe haven kurdish bases in northern Iraq. -
Marshall law emposed
Turkish government gives autonomy to the Kurds. This begins an uprising marshall law must be emposed. -
The KDP and the PUK fight each other for control,
The two main political groups of the Iraq Kurds, the Kurdish Democratic Party, led my Masoud Barzni and the Patriotic Union of Kurtistan ran by Jalal Talabani started fifhting eachother for control of the Northern Iraq region. -
Turkish troops invade Kurdish area.
Large military incasion of Turkish troops about 35,000 invade the Kurdish bases in Iraq. -
Peace Agreement.
The Patriotic Union of Kurtistan and the Kurdish Democratic Party sign a peace agreement. They agree to end a four year war between the different Kurd factions. -
Abdullah Ocalan captured.
Abdullah Ocalan is captured. He is convicted of treason. Ocalan tells the Kurdish rebals to use political means rather than violence but his capture starts a rash of bombings and other terroists attacks. -
Iraqi Kurdish Parliament meets.
Iraqi Kurdish Parliament meets for the first time in six years since the 1994-1998 war. It is a sign to the people that the factions are trying to work things out. -
Saddam Husseins regime defeated.
Saddam Husseins regime is defeated. Kurds are appointed by the U.S to the Iraqi Governing Council. -
Syrian Kurds Riot
Syrian Kurds riot after a fight at a soccer game it was Syrias worst unrest in decades.
