http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/03/opinion/.../03SAFI.html?th
Mullah Mustafa Barzani was a leader of the 20 million Kurdish people — the world's largest nation without a country — through much of the 20th century. Betrayed in the 1970's by the Shah of Iran and the U.S. ("covert action should not be confused with missionary work"), the dying warrior was brought to a C.I.A. safe house in Virginia, where we had long talks before his death.
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