Flashcard sets with a 'kurds' term meaning 'nationality of 25 million people. not arab, turkic, or persian, yet their traditional homelands are located in iraq, turkey, and iran. they have waged an ongoing rebellion for autonomy in these three countries, with little success. saddam hussein has waged extensive military campaigns against the kurds in iraq, including gas attacks in 1988. after the persian gulf war, under the protection of the u.s. and u.k. maintained no-fly zone, the kurds enjoy relative autonomy and prosperity in northern iraq. the prospects for an independent kurdistan are minimal, given the refusal of turkey, iran, and iraq to grant independence to their kurdish minorities.'

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