1970

Category: Genocide

An agreement was produced between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Government of Iraq. On March 11th 1970, the agreement was formed which determined that the government of Iraq would acknowledge the Kurdish people and grant them land. However there was much unrest because the land given to the Kurdish people covered only three of the five provinces that the Kurdish people had wanted. Fortunately for the Kurdish people, the provinces that they were given had places like the city of Kirkuk, which had a rich supply of oil. This eased the tension between the Kurdish people and the Iraqi government for the time being.