سياسة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية اتجاه كرد العراق في ضوء مذكرات هنري كيسنجر 1972-1975 : دراسة تحليلية

Abstract EN

The areas of northern Iraq were of great importance to the major countries, especially their possession of the important geographical location and the elements through which they can call for the establishment of an independent state, as happened after World war II and specifically in 1946 when the unification was set between Iraq 's response and Iran's response to establish later on the declaration of the unified Kurdish state called the Republic of Mahabad.

However, this matter was not welcomed by the colonial powers, especially the United states of America which quickly intervened to eliminate this young republic, and after exchanging roles with its ally Britain after the withdrawal of the latter gradually from the Middle east, the United states sought a policy that filled with vacuum.

It was one of the priorities of US policy is to control the Kurdish people in those areas and give great importance, especially in countries of Kurds such as Iraq, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey.

This study will examine US policy toward Iraq's Kurds through Henry Kissinger's Memoir from 1972 to 1975, coinciding with the first date of US aid to Iraq ' Kurds and the signing of the 1975 Algiers agreement between Iraq and Iraq.

The importance of this study is to identify the most prominent features of the US policy towards Iraq' Kurds and the reasons and motives that contributed to the support of the United states of America to the Kurds in Iraq at times and abandon them at another.

This policy was characterized by making the Kurds in Iraq a pressure tool to threaten the central successive governments.

In addition, America was watching the Shiaa tide in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq and its attempts to identify communist ideas and non-proliferation in those areas.

Thus, the United states tried to hold the stick from the middle to lead its policy in the areas of northern Iraq where the Kurds are in particular.