Bagley, Desmond - The Spoilers by The Spoilers

Author:The Spoilers [Spoilers, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ahmed laughed. 'We Kurds prefer to call it the Iranian problem, or the Iraqi problem, or the Turkish problem; we don't look upon ourselves as a problem, but that is quite natural.' He sipped his whisky. 'During the war Iran was occupied, as you know, by you British in the south and by the Russians in the north. When the occupying forces left the Russians played one of their favourite tricks by leaving a Fifth Column behind. For this purpose they tried to use the Kurds. The Mehabad Kurdish Republic was set up, backed by the Russians, but it was short-lived and collapsed as soon as the new Iranian government moved an army to the north.'

He waved his glass. 'That was in 1946 when I was five years old. My father was involved, and with Mullah Mustapha Barzani, he took refuge in Russia.' He tapped his chest. 'But me he sent to England where I lived until 1963. My father is a wise man; he did not want all his family in Russia. You English have a saying about too many eggs in one basket -so I was sent to England, and my elder brother to France. That explains it, does it not?'

This Mullah what's-his-name -- who is he?' asked Tozier.

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