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Show THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1975 PAGE 10 LITTLE KNOWN WAR on common You won't find Kurdistan any map. It has no Union. boundaries or membership in any international organization. Yet it is real for millions of Kurds. They are a people united by a Many still dream of the nation they were promised under the Treaty of Sevres, signed in 1920 by Turkey and the Allied Powers of World War I. For most it remains fair-skinn- f) Indo-Europe- tongue who live in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, and the Soviet just a drearo, but in a corner of Iraq two million Kurds cribes the Kurds' war in the reality. Freelance writer FROM A hillside vantage point, Mr. Woodson photographed an artillery duel between several squadrons of government tanks and a - photographer LeRoy Woodson, who recently spent nine weeks dodging shells and bombs with the rebels, des- - I Bluebird Refreshments aUK Reception- s- house-Firesi- Punch, Frappee, wafers, Salted nuts, Novelty candies, claret, Fine arts mints, Hot mM Factory Mint Pastelcrispies. Bluebird 752-923- 1 jpj des 752-315- 5, Jj . force. But the government's sophisticated weaponry is of little advantage in the mountainous terrain, and Iraq has been unable to dislodge the Kurds from their craqgy citadel. So the rebellion drags on, a war of attrition between guerrilla bands and army patrols. 'Only God and the mountains are on our side," one lone British-mad- e of World War II vintage. The bombardmer t continued until the Kurds' gun ran out of ammunition, vith little apparent damage to either side. When fighting resumed in 1974 after a three-yea- r truce, Kurdish towns on the plains swiftly fell to Iraq military units and the rebels retreated to the mountains on the border between Iraq and Iran and Turkey. More than 100,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, have fled to refugee camps in Iran, where they are --.ared for by the Red Lion and Sun Society, Iran's equivalent of the Red Cross. 10 Oz. 57' 5 .BSCK 8 FT. TALL RED BARNS 10x7 FREE LOCAL $99 $339 $469 DRUG WELDING & MACHINE SHOP 852-016- 3 Preston, Idaho 43 Preston Ave. & TO 0 p u f HI Phone 0 $289 852-270- 0 B&B HAYES PHONE $239 PHONE JOHNSON PRESTON $199 DELIVERY $139 10x10 $169 All Sizes Available 12x12 $239 PRESCRIPTIONS List $3.88 Mfg. a a 752-272- 2 C30DDDG Bf0dog3o dat7 OPEN 9 to 9 DAILY TO 5 SUNDAY a WEEK Bank Americard Welcome. rAONE LOCKHMC v kf BONDED. PRE-ARCE- SUPER DEAL . ON TAX Drake Shoos 3 2?-- SALES NO - Mfg. List $49.30 10x7 10x10 14x10 14x14 14x20 ONLY PotstoLTBLnig- GEdg Dlok1cdo0i?v! 00 6x5 95' Cal 752J95C' U Ju t l t ALL STEEL Teak (MOM'S CLASS CO. Wc 0 Car NMskicMs With Fftf Pica Uf I STORAGE SHEDS Or Lilac SfiOli Thermostat Mus- CONSTRUCTION POSSESSING only .small arms, automatic weapons, mortars, and a few ancient fieldpieces kept functioning by village gunsmiths, the rebels cannot defeat Iraq's 958 South State Dolto Enorgizor lost ChanMy to the United States, Dr. Salim Mansoor, disagreed. Kurdish irregulars THE Tl'RBANED general, who has been leading rebellions since 1931, also insisted his people "want nothing more than an autonomous Kurdistan within a democratic Iraq." ' But Iraq's representative tafa Barzani, 72, leads a rebel force estimated at between 50,000 and 60.000 troops, with perhaps anoth army and air little-know- n March National Geographic. have been fighting sporadically since 1961 to make it a Kurdish Gen. Mulla 30,000 available. Iraq." Kurds flight tior indepQimdeinieQ By National Geographic er Kurd told the author. Others repeatedly said, "All we want is the right to conduct our own affairs within a free and democratic state of X2 GBlII)$frEAC3 & D Mfg. List LESS Fab Bolts -- Radiator Hosos . Mfg. List Price LESS TUNE UP PARTS Hoafor Hoso PREMIUM GRADE Haca POINTS, CONDENSER, CAP, ROTOR IGNITION WIRES, BATTERY CABLES 58" Diameter 34" Diameter Mfg. List i Delco List Price LESS rinmne rrice auc 33(3 e I . a. 10 ft Mfg. List $.85 Mfg. List $1.05 (per ft. ) Wipor Dlados Mfg. List Price LESS PER FOOT JO Motorcraft .tune-u- p 1 I 1 1 1 1 nonao-nATi- c ..a 4002-601- jsiuj : 2 Refl$3-88B49EA- . $15.95 "0(5)20 ' EA. I List Price LESS JS LIFETIME GUARANTEE Mfg. List Price LESS kit Set Of Autolite Spark Plugs. Motorcraft romt Set. Motorcraft Condensor. Feeler Gauge. Cam Lubricant. Instruction Sheet. Motorcraft SHOCKS REG. AUTOMOTIVE LONG LIFE Oil Filtors For FORD Chrysler & in Mfg. List OPEN others .fl 111 FL- Price LESS SM 1H , Reg $3.99 AIIEHIIHIVH STARTER III Lf per. Customer Only AC FILTERS HcacL Lights rrn n DOT -, 'II , |