Forced assimilation on Australian Aborigines apologized, and EDI BES E rallies held

 

 

 

 

NEWS indicated: That Forced assimilation on Australian Aborigines (one of most peaceful nations) apologized by Australian "non-aboriginal Government", but compensations denied. Read a copy of the news below my following article.

 

By Steve Tataii

February 17, 2008

 

 

 

Nice move by Aus, glad to see the long announced 15.02.2008 Kurdish “EDI BES E” rallies echoed around the world are sending similar wake up call signals to the newer/wiser boys of the past English empire, when the sun is finally increasingly not going to set in their greater British Empire colonies around the world known as "British Common Wealth", contrary to their old theme, and especially in this instance across the pacific, and finally in Australia, now that the Maori warriors have taken the control of “New Zealand” or Autearoa (Au-Te-Aroa) in Maori language. 

 

The brave PM Kevin Rudd deserves a lot of credit, but will the rest of the invaders such as the Kemalist Turkish regime follow?

Certainly 40,000,000 Kurds in North Kurdistan alone deserve to regain their self-governed Kurdistan not under Ankara, but completely free from it, and left to reconstruct the ruins left behind from Turkish regimes through international support, understanding, and while sanctioning Turkish regimes from more of its trigger happy military generals, and the foreign aid they have no longer needed after the cold war ended 19 years ago. It is time to Liberate the Kurds in their 3 remaining parts under terrorist regimes, and cut through chase without further devastating delays, and foot dragging by politically self assured wise guys with the stupid philosophy of “a war torn middle east is good for business as usual”. Keep at that, and in this century you’d be the sure losers with that kind of diabolic belief system.

    

"Good for you Ausis"! Welcome back to civilization, do your thing, and support your precious Aborigines, now a minority in their own Great homeland at 450,000, while there are 21 million non-aborigines. In the meantime don’t forget the Kurds too. Their Liberation must be our top priority.

 

13.02.2008 is a great recognition day for Australian Aborigines' long, and painful occupation tragedies with thousands of years of their own history as one of most peaceful people, who have lived, and they live even to this day as simple hunters, and gatherers.   

 

In 1993 Clinton Administration "Apology Bill" to Hawaiian Aborigines (Kanaka Maoli in Hawaiian language) for the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893 remains on record, again, of course with no compensation. This was also the case when United States apologized to the Japanese short lived encampments of some "Japanese-Americans" within the states after the WWII Pear Harbor air attack by Japanese "Imperial Royal military", recently compensating their affected families with $20,000 each before the Hawaiian aborigines apology Bill, who received nothing, and by Hawaii’s Japanese Senator Inouye's “Japanese apology-Reparation Bill” in US Congress since the 1988 legislation campaign, noting; that the non-aborigines Japanese-Americans were not victimized before Hawaiians!

 

Clinton watched the genocides of Kurds take place gradually after 1991 creation of the partial "no fly zone" (created under international pressure), but did nothing to stop Saddam from the systematic attempts at ethnic cleansings in Nineveh (Mosul province), Kirkuk province, and the rest of the "Fly Zone" left out of the allies’ killing-field menu to supposedly protect the Kurds, shielded from Arab regime’s air strikes. This was President Bush Sr.'s plan to Liberate the captive peoples of Iraq from Tyranny had he not lost the 1992

Reelection bid to Bill Clinton.

 

 

EDI BES E, BES, AZADI BO BAREZ SEROUK APO NEHA. 

YAN KURDISTAN YAN NIMAN. 

BJIT CHALAKI GALI ME LE ROJI 15.02.2008.  

BJII KURD U KURDISTAN.

 

United States, England, and France are yet to apologize to the Great nation of more than 50,000,000 peace loving Kurdish nation, not withstanding compensations, none can afford to pay our Kurdish victims' families. What they did to Kurds, causing more than 3.5 million Kurdish casualties for their political interests, and economic exploitation of our Kurdish natural-national wealth for more than 84 years. This is about to be committed in similar crimes against humanity against Kurds by secret operations slowly coming to surface, while North, and South Kurdistan remain under bombardments of the brainless-selfish-puppet regime of Ankara with the overt military intelligence support of the United States, and the announced Israeli unmanned drone aircrafts approved by Ehud Barak's government, proudly shaking hands with Turkish FM Chichak, and Yasar Buyukanit before TV cameras, PM Erdogan missing. This is to expect more bombings of Kurdish villages before President Talabani's plan of next week to visit Turkey, and contrary to PM Erdogan's sudden positive declaration for the first time, stating something to the effect; that:

 

"Forceful Assimilation of Kurds into Turkish continues to violate their basic human rights.

This is a crime against humanity".   

 

Kurdish enemies shall take their evil hopes of pitting Kurds against Kurds to their graves wherever they are. Our enemies reliance on buying their way into those outdated “divide, and conquer” tactics won’t work in Kurdistan. This is 21^st century.

 

West, and East Kurdistan Kurds' executions of Kurdish Journalists, prison killings "falsely reported as suicides of abducted Kurds", killed in cold blood under a period of barbaric torture, the last known killing of 10 Kurdish warriors, killed while POWs in the hands of worthless Turkish invaders, but claimed as killed in action by the scum of the earth, brainless military generals' orders, and now manipulations of South Kurdistan's post December 31, 2007 deadline, renewed to be completed before June 30, 2008 Referendum, while internationally observed, and anticipated return of all remaining disputed Kurdish territories of Nineveh (Mosul) province including Kirkuk, through article 140 of Iraqi constitution approved by 80% of all Iraqi citizens.

 

How far do these guys assume to drag Kurds around inside their own motherland before causing the great number of Genocides, and destructions of the past 84 years repeat itself? While President Murat Karayilan of North Kurdistan explained the recent Israeli-Turkey longtime partnership to defeat 50 million Kurds' struggle for freedom, and independence; there is much room for Israeli regimes to be ashamed for their meddling with the internal affairs, and future well being of the great Kurdish nation, while they have been unable to solve their own Jewish-Palestinian aggressive settlement policies, resulting in 4,000,000 Palestinians become refugees outside, and inside their own homeland, yet around 62 years they have gone on with this barbaric insane treatments nonstop. Who in Israel supports the newly arrived massive numbers of non-native Ashkenazi Jewish invasion from Europe, and the United States? 

 

Haven't they learned from their own past, when they recall the Holocaust; to now becoming oppressors, using reverse discrimination against the Palestinians, other Aborigines, and now even the Great Kurdish nation, which has treated their Jewish population with equality, respecting their human rights for centuries? 

 

What exactly goes on through these types of bigots' minds, when they have gained so much with the help of the United States, and Western allies, and now going against other long oppressed people like the Kurds? Certainly Jewish-Americans, who were given the privilege of migrating to the United States since the late 1700s, and with the slogan of "Come West", having dominated American economic, and political arena from owning Hollywood’s Movie, and American mainstream Media industries, and other Jewish owned major businesses should at least have the dignity, and appreciation to the non-Jewish-American peoples' wishes, who have stood aside silently, while still take pride in assuming to be the champions of Human rights in many fronts such as freedom of speech, and other supposedly "Democratic" ways in America, and the world.

 

I am shocked to see Barak's shameful rabies stricken behavior on prime time TV news coverage, shaking hands with Turkish regime elements over killing innocent Kurds instead of correcting the false accusations against PKK as a legitimate Kurdish National Liberation Defense Force, which has been the only Kurdish military force, defending the Kurdish people's basic human rights since 1977, and forced to get engaged in armed conflicts with the most vicious fascist chauvinist Turkish regimes since 1984, illegally occupying Kurdish territories against the wishes of her 40,000,000 Kurdish civilians. I am ashamed of Ehud Barak, and hope the aborigines of Palestine, including their original 60,000 Jewish living peacefully alongside of the 850,000 Palestinians in 1946, who welcomed the migration of the newcomer Ashkenazi troublemakers to only settle in Palestine, not knowing about their pre-determined occupation plan to invade.

It is unbelievable to manufacture a tiny state of Israel based on what once existed over 2000 years ago, while Palestinians, ad native Jews have lived there all those years. History books reveal the fact; that this was similar to a coin tossing decision to choose between 1- Uganda, 2- Nicaragua, and 3- Palestine; to find a permanent home for the increasingly rejected European Jews, and a greater number with American accent willing to help themselves with the occupied land, which became the third choice or Palestine through their lobbyist’s efforts during WWII.  

 

To think; that Turkey with the help of its allies can break the steel determination, and love of Kurdish nation for their Kurdish homeland, and continue much further is totally insane. To keep pushing the envelope will no doubt start a World War; that can only have the soar losers, which started it to begin with. Let me send a brotherly advice to PM Erdogan:

 

Dear PM Erdogan,       

 

Your Turkish regime will never break the strong will of our Kurdish people.

As they say it in Turkish, and I can try to spell it out for you in my Azeri Turkish I know a little:

 

Kurtlar Azadi tutmaxa diirlar (The Kurds for achieving their national freedom say):

Biz Mazluma Souz Vermishiz (We have promised to our long oppressed victims).

Biz Apoya Sous Vermishiz (We have made a promise to our leader APO).

 

These are only two most powerful messages Kurds say in their songs. You, and your colleagues must believe them, and begin recognizing Kurdistan not only in North, but in all 4 parts, helping them to regain their Freedom back since the League of Nations’ outrageous failure since 1920s. It is only then; that you’ll be remembered as the great Liberator rather than the Turkish regime, which brought endless death, and destruction to Kurds, and their allies by disrespecting the 50,000,000 Kurdish Aborigines nation, who have lived in their homeland for over 20,000 years. Which would you prefer Buyuk Gardash (big brother)?

  

 I assure you, and your allies; that to go against Kurds, and deprive them of securing Mosul, and Kirkuk Provinces in another occupied Kurdish territory below, and with “out of control individuals” influencing Bush administration to ignore your aggression; then it is clear; that Mr. Bush is being influenced, and intimidated by his Jewish-American members of his administration as the supporters of the insane Barak’s government to remain quiet, because President Bush knows better than his predecessors; that Kurds have been betrayed royally at least three times by other U.S. Foreign Policy makers in 1946, 1975, and 1991, causing hundreds of thousands of precious Kurdish civilians death, and destruction of thousands of their villages, and more so by Turkish fascist Junta since 1915s till now.

 

I think the time has come; that American, and Israeli peoples take it to the streets, and stage endless demonstrations against this 84 years of constant Kurdish oppression, and killings not about to end soon until the rabies stricken privileged regimes, who have gained wealth, and power end their ongoing, and reckless ambitious aggressions simply because it is easy for them to commit such senseless crimes against humanity, and get away with it. 

 

I call on all American media to break the vicious cycle of silence in not reporting the unspeakable injustices against the peace loving precious Kurdish nation under Turkish, Islamic Republic, and Syrian barbaric regimes, and exposing their acts of crimes against humanity as they happen rather than ignoring them for the sake of illegal, and vicious enemies of Kurdistan, but do the best possible in reporting all such news events on time.

 

Kurdish, and international Reporters are still prevented to go to the Qandil mountain's bombed out villages in both North, and South Kurdistan, facing the fascist Turkish military Police, who have encircled the area. This is the most undemocratic behavior by Turkey, which has wrongfully been labeled "Democratic", and unprecedented in all recent wars around the world. 

 

I hereby call on the honorable President Bush to send his stern warnings to Turkish regime against such barbaric acts, and daily/weekly bombing of innocent Kurdish civilians, which are in Gross violations of Geneva Conventions between warring nations. A new growing war Kurdish refugee population is fast on the rise, and we must not ignore Turkey’s overt aggression in bombing Kurdish civilians both in North, and South Kurdistan (supposedly our closest ally in war since 2003). 

 

Finally, President Abdullah Ochalan, known as "APO" to Kurds, has been detained by Turkish regime for 9 years, and all 50 million Kurds have called for his freedom under dozens of cease fire proposals to be respected during this 9 years, but all have been broken by Turkish Junta.

In 1999 hundreds of Kurds in North Kurdistan were killed, and tortured in their struggle to bring to the attention of the world about this undemocratic abduction. This was a major uprising by more than 40,000,000 Kurds of North Kurdistan, and other 3 parts; which will never be forgotten. Do your thing media; expose the truth, and don’t let the racist bigots stop you.        

 

On February 15, 2008, Kurds, and their supporters all over Europe, around the world, and Kurdish cities demonstrated in peaceful rallies to condemn Turkish, and its criminal alliances under the them, and demanded President Ochalan’s release from the Turkish prison as they chanted:

EDI BES E (enough is enough, and we will not take it anymore).

 

EDI BES E BES.

BJI KURDISTAN, BEMRE KOLADAR.

BJI KURDISTAN, BEMRE DUSHMANI KURD (LONG LIVE KURDISTAN, and DOWN WITH HER ENEMIES). 

 

LE XOPISHANDANAKANI 15.02.2008 HEVI SLAMATI U SER KOUTUI WE LE XODE MAZEN DAXWAST, O HER BJI KURD U KURDISTAN.

LEGAL REZ U SILAVEKI MAZEN, BRAI WE, STEVE TATAII

 

MAY GOD BE WITH YOU, AND ALL PEACE LOVING PEOPLES AROUND THE

WORLD.   

    

Australian Parliament apologizes to Aborigines

Says sorry for ’indignity and degradation’ inflicted on indigenous people

 

 

  

An Aboriginal man gives a one-fisted salute as thousands of people gather

in Melbourne's Federation Square on Wednesday to watch Prime Minister

Kevin Rudd's apology.

 

AP

Associated Press

updated 2:32 a.m. HT, Wed., Feb. 13, 2008

CANBERRA - Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in the Outback, schools held assemblies and giant TV screens went up in state capitals as Australians watched a live broadcast of their government Wednesday apologizing for policies that degraded its indigenous people.

In a historic parliamentary vote that supporters said would open a new chapter in race relations, lawmakers unanimously adopted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s motion on behalf of all Australians.

“We apologize for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians,” Rudd said in Parliament, reading from the motion.

The apology is directed at tens of thousands of Aborigines who were forcibly taken from their families as children under now abandoned assimilation policies.

“For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry,” the motion said. “And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.”

‘This is a historic day’
Aborigines remain the country’s poorest and most disadvantaged group, and Rudd has made improving their lives one of his government’s top priorities.

“This is a historic day,” said Tom Calma, who gave the Stolen Generations formal response. “Today our leaders across the political spectrum have chosen dignity, hope and respect as the guiding principles for the relationship with our nation’s first people.”

In Parliament’s public galleries and at gatherings large and small around the country, victims of the assimilation policies and their supporters listened intently as Rudd spoke. Many wept quietly.

Traditional cleansing ceremonies were held in Sydney’s predominantly Aboriginal suburb of Redfern before a crowd watched events on a big screen. Parents clutched children on their knees. Many waved Australian and Aboriginal flags.

“Sorry heals the heart and it goes deep,” said Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, an Aborigine among the crowd. “This really means a big thing to us — a weight that can be lifted so that we can start our healing.”

At Australia Street Infant School elsewhere in the city, more than 60 preschoolers and parents watched the speech at a special assembly.

Karen Donnelly said she wanted her 3-year-old daughter Zara Dennis “to be able to reflect later on what happened, and to be a part of history.”

Years of divisive debate
The apology ended years of divisive debate and a decade of refusals by the previous conservative government that lost November’s elections.

In the Outback town of Broome on the far northwest coast, dozens gathered before dawn to watch the speeches in Canberra on television via a scratchy feed.

“I’m glad it’s come this far,” local Aborigine Justin Howard told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “But it’s not going to stop here, there is still going to be that hurt.”

In a solemn address, Rudd said Australians had reached a time in their history when they must face up to their past to be able to cope with the future.

“To remove a great stain from the nation’s soul and in the true spirit of reconciliation to open a new chapter in the history of this great land Australia.”

He received a standing ovation from lawmakers and from scores of Aborigines and other dignitaries who were invited to Parliament to witness the event.

“It’s great to get behind what the government’s trying to do; bring black and white Australians together,” said William Murray, 17, one of more than 1,000 who gathered at two giants screens outside Parliament.

Aboriginal classmate Cyril Johnson, 17, also welcomed the apology.

“It’s really good everyone realizes now they did a bad job in the old days and the apology is really good,” Johnson said.

Rare apology
The apology places Australia among a handful of nations that have offered official apologies to oppressed minorities, including Canada’s 1998 apology to its native peoples, South Africa’s 1992 expression of regret for apartheid and the U.S. Congress’ 1988 law apologizing to Japanese-Americans for their internment during World War II.

Aborigines lived mostly as hunter-gatherers for tens of thousands of years before British colonial settlers landed at what is now Sydney in 1788.

Today, there are about 450,000 Aborigines in Australia’s population of 21 million. They are the country’s poorest group, with the highest rates of jailing, unemployment and illiteracy. Their life expectancy is 17 years shorter than other Australians.

The debate about an apology was spurred by a government inquiry into policies that from 1910 until the 1970s resulted in 100,000 mostly mixed-blood Aboriginal children being taken from their parents under state and federal laws based on a premise that Aborigines were dying out.

Most were deeply traumatized by the loss of their families and culture, the inquiry concluded, naming them the “Stolen Generations.” Its 1997 report recommended a formal apology and reparations for the victims.

Rudd ruled out compensation — a stance that helped secure support for the apology among the many Australians who believe they should not be held responsible for past policies, no matter how flawed.

He pledges instead to lift the living standards of all Aborigines, and on Tuesday outlined bold targets for cutting infant mortality, illiteracy and early death rates among indigenous people within a decade.

Aboriginal leaders generally welcomed the apology, though some said it was empty rhetoric without addressing the issue of compensation.

Noel Pearson, a respected Aborigine leader from Queensland state, wrote in The Australian newspaper on Tuesday that offering an apology without compensation meant: “Blackfellas will get the words, the whitefellas keep the money.”

Marcia Langton, an Aborigine academic at the University of Melbourne, also said the question of compensation must be addressed, but celebrated the apology as a huge step forward.

Michael Mansell, spokesman for the rights group the National Aboriginal Alliance, said the word “sorry” was one that “Stolen Generation members will be very relieved is finally being used.”

Mansell, who has urged the government to establish an $880 million compensation fund, said he still hoped Rudd would be open to the idea.

Tony Abbott, the indigenous affairs spokesman for the main opposition coalition, said his bloc had reversed its previous objection to the apology in part because Rudd promised there would be no compensation.

But to some Aborigines, the apology was just one step. “Today will be closure for some people but it won’t for others,” respected leader Lowitja O’Donohue told ABC radio. “There will be wall to wall litigation if the government doesn’t deal with the recommendations of the (government inquiry), and one of them is reparations.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23141944/

 

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