ARGK: "To Remain Silent Is To Appro

[kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu]

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.cic.net>
Subject: ARGK: "To Remain Silent Is To Approve"

"To Remain Silent Is To Approve"

Zeynep Kinali, the Kurdish woman guerrilla who carried out a
"suicide attack" in Dersim on June 29 [the action killed ca. 20
Turkish soldiers - ATS], recorded a message which was sent to the
DEM News Agency in Germany prior to the attack. A section of the
message reads as follows:

     "To the patriotic people of Kurdistan and revolutionary
public opinion. In the history of all peoples, there are
significant historic incidents that change the destiny of a
people, such as the French bourgeois revolution, the Russian
Bolshevik revolution, and the Islamic revolution. These kind of
developments also influence and give direction to the history of
humanity. There have also been leaders that have left their mark
on history, like Alexander the Great, Lenin, Mao, and Mohammed.
They were in the vanguard of important developments in the history
of their own peoples and that of all humanity.
     "In Kurdistan, our guerrilla forces are harrying the enemy
and the ERNK is organizing our people all over the world wherever
they have been scattered. The people of Kurdistan are defeating
the dirty war policies of the enemy and with every passing day are
playing a great part in the struggle. Through the formation of the
Kurdistan Parliament in Exile and national alliances, progress is
being made towards a popular administration. We are paying a very
heavy price, for opposed to us are ferocious state forces with the
support of imperialist powers. However, for the first time in
history we have risen this far, achieved a sense of patriotism and
national consciousness, and are closer to freedom. For the first
time, we have found respect and our heads are high. We are able to
look humanity in the eye with pride because we are fighting for
our freedom. We have to continue the tradition of resistance
launched by the legendary struggle of our comrades Mazlum, Hayri,
Kemal, Ferhat, Berivan, Beritan, and Ronahi. On this basis I am
going to carry out a suicide attack to demonstrate my loyalty to
our party the PKK, to President Apo, to our great resistance
martyrs, to our prisoners of war, to our comrades waging a
struggle for freedom in the mountains, and to my country and
people.
     "I will launch myself at the enemy with the morale and
strength I have received from my people and endeavor to be an
expression of my people's demand for freedom. I shout to the whole
world:  Hear me! Open your eyes!' We are the children of a people
that has had its country taken away and been scattered to the four
corners of the world. We want to live in freedom in our own land
like human beings. Blood, tears, and tyranny must no longer be
this people's destiny. We long for people, fraternity, love,
humanity, nature, and life more than anyone. We do not want to
cause war, to die, and to kill. But there is no other way of
gaining our freedom. It is the imperialist powers and their lackey
Turkey who are responsible for the war.
     "To remain silent is to commit the greatest crime. If you can
see the blood flowing before your eyes and still remain silent,
then you are the most guilty."

(Source: Ozgur Politika Weekly Bulletin #22, July 3-12, 1996)


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