Flashcard sets with a 'kurds' term meaning 'nationality of 25 million people. not arab, turkic, or persian. traditional homelands are iraq, iran, and turkey. waged rebellion on autonomy in three countries with limited success. sadam hussein waged huge campaigns against them, including gas attacks in 1988. after gulf war, us and uk maintained no-fly zone where the kurds enjoy relative autonomy and peace in northern iraq. no independance'

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