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Kurds

  1. A linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit parts of Syria , Iran , Iraq , Turkey , and the former Soviet Union . Once part of the Ottoman Empire , they long have sought an independent nation-state, but without success. After his defeat in the Persian Gulf War , Saddam Hussein brutally repressed rebellious Kurds in northern Iraq.


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