Talabani has a record of lifelong activism and leadership in the Kurdish and Iraqi causes.

But ignorance and zealotry were also at work in a wave of terrorism that tarnishes the Kurdish cause.

Even so, such acts can hardly help Kurdish causes, including that of the Kurds seeking political asylum in Germany.

He was trying to get support for the Kurdish nationalist cause from Western powers (which he didn't get).

But people have turned me into a spokesperson for the Kurdish cause.

Mrs Mitterrand has long been a defender of the Kurdish cause and last July toured the area where the weekend air raids took place.

Several Turkish publishers are on trial for publishing books openly promoting the Kurdish cause.

Most of the victims had been suspected of sympathizing with separatist Kurdish causes.

During this period, let us support the movement of solidarity with the Kurdish cause.

Greece, which has traditionally supported Kurdish causes, was among the first countries to welcome the mayors' release.