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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Basm Oz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
Les vingt-six Kur<strong>de</strong>s. -.<br />
<strong>de</strong>~'Bor<strong>de</strong>aux régularisés par l'Ofpra<br />
L'ambiance était hier matin à la f<strong>et</strong>e à Bor<strong>de</strong>aux,<br />
dans le local paroissial où 26 Kur<strong>de</strong>s <strong>de</strong><br />
Turquie sans-papiers venaient<strong>de</strong> recevoirchaCWl<br />
une l<strong>et</strong>tre <strong>de</strong> l'Officefrançais <strong>de</strong> protection<strong>de</strong>s réfugiés<strong>et</strong><br />
apatri<strong>de</strong>s (Ofpra)lui annonçant qu'il bénéficiaitdu<br />
droit d'asile politique.Ils vont pouvoir<br />
désormais travailler légalement, car nombre<br />
. d;entre eux étaient employésclan<strong>de</strong>stinementsur<br />
,_<strong>de</strong>s chantiers en coUrs dans le centre <strong>de</strong> Bor<strong>de</strong>aux.<br />
Pour la plupart déboutés une première foispar<br />
l'Ofpra.ils avaientmené une grève<strong>de</strong> la faimpendant<br />
38 jours <strong>et</strong> n'avaient arrêté leur mouveqtent<br />
que pour que la préfectureaccepte<strong>de</strong> rouvrirleurs<br />
dossiers. La grève <strong>de</strong> la faim, largementmédiatisée<br />
en Turquie, constituaitselon'l'administration<br />
un fait nouveau, autorisant une nouvelle procédure.<br />
Trois agents <strong>de</strong> l'Ofpras'étaient doncrendus<br />
à Bor<strong>de</strong>auxà la fin du mois <strong>de</strong> janvier pour auditionner<br />
les <strong>de</strong>man<strong>de</strong>urs.<br />
L'histoire se termine bien pour les Kur<strong>de</strong>s <strong>de</strong><br />
Bor<strong>de</strong>aux.mais ellea j<strong>et</strong>é le trouble parmi les associationslocales.Certainesétaient<br />
en eff<strong>et</strong>opposées<br />
à la grève <strong>de</strong> la faim<strong>et</strong> à l'actioncollective<strong>de</strong>s<br />
Kur<strong>de</strong>s. Le 21 octobre,l'archevêché <strong>de</strong> Bor<strong>de</strong>aux<br />
avait accepté d'accUeillirle groupe,à sa <strong>de</strong>man<strong>de</strong>,<br />
~:'<br />
{:; .<br />
mais s'était désolidarisé en,considérant que la<br />
grève <strong>de</strong> la faim rompait l'engagement <strong>de</strong>s<br />
Kur<strong>de</strong>s. La Cima<strong>de</strong> a d'ailleurs préféré rester à<br />
l'écart du dossier. La lutte collective<strong>de</strong>s Kur<strong>de</strong>sa<br />
payé. Elle <strong>de</strong>vrait donner <strong>de</strong>s idées aux sans-papiers<br />
qui se heurtent ailleurs au principe du cas<br />
par cas en matière <strong>de</strong> régularisationimposé par<br />
NicolasSarkozy.<br />
Divi<strong>de</strong>d over Iraq. By Thomas L. Friedman<br />
Forge a trans-~t1antic compromise<br />
. for unIty's sake<br />
WASHINGToN<br />
The tension that is now rising within the<br />
Western alliance, NATO and the United Nations<br />
over how to <strong>de</strong>al with Iraq is <strong>de</strong>eply<br />
disturbing. It raises fears that the postwar<br />
security system, which stabilized the world for SO<br />
years, could come unglued if America intervenes<br />
alone in Iraq. At the birth of this security system, Secr<strong>et</strong>ary<br />
of State Dean Acheson wrote a memoir titled<br />
"Present at the Creation." Can we <strong>de</strong>al with Iraq and<br />
still ensure that Secr<strong>et</strong>ary of State Colin Powell's<br />
memoir is not titled "Present at the Destruction"?<br />
Yes, we can - if the Americans, the Russians, the<br />
. Chinese and the French all take a <strong>de</strong>ep breath, un<strong>de</strong>rstand<br />
our common interests and pursue them with a<br />
little more coIîlmon sense and a little less bluster.<br />
That means the Bush hawks need to realize they<br />
cannot achieve their ultimate aim of disarming and _<br />
transforming Iraq without maximum international<br />
legitimacy. And the Euro-doves need to realize they<br />
cannot achieve their aims of a peaceful solution in<br />
Iraq and preserving the United Nations and the<br />
whole multilateralor<strong>de</strong>r without a credible threat of<br />
force against Saddam Hussein.<br />
L<strong>et</strong>'s start with the Bush hawks. The first rule of<br />
any Iraq invasion is the pottery store rule: You break<br />
it, you own it. We break Iraq, we own Iraq - and we<br />
own the primary responsibility for rebuilding a<br />
country of 23 million people that has more in common<br />
with Yugoslavia than with any other Arab nation.<br />
I am among those who believe this is a job worth<br />
doing, both for what it could do to liberate Iraqis from<br />
a terrible tyranny and to stimulate reform elsewhere<br />
in the Arab world. But it is worth doing only if we can<br />
do it right. And the only way we can do it right is if we<br />
çan see it through, which will take years. And the<br />
only way America can see it through is if it has the<br />
maximum number of allies and UN legitimacy.<br />
The United States doesn't need a broad coalition to<br />
break Iraq. America can do that on its own. But the<br />
United States does need a broad coalition to rebuild<br />
Iraq, so that the American taxpayer and army do not<br />
have to bear that full bur<strong>de</strong>n or be exposed alone at<br />
the heart of the Arab-Muslim world. U Presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />
George W. Bush alienates the allies from going to war<br />
- the part we can do alone - he will <strong>de</strong>prive himself<br />
of allies for the peace - the part where America will<br />
need all the friends it can g<strong>et</strong>.<br />
Saddam would never have M the UN inspectors<br />
bacJ..tin had Bush not unilaterally threatened force.<br />
But if Bush keeps conveying to China, France and<br />
Russia that he really doesn't care what they think and<br />
WilJgo to war anyway, their impulse will be to never<br />
rome along and just remain free ri<strong>de</strong>rs.<br />
The allies also have a willful blind spot. There is<br />
no way their preferred outcome, a peaceful solution.<br />
can come about unless Saddam is faced with a credible,<br />
unified threat of force. The French and others<br />
know that, and therefore their refusal to present Saddam<br />
with a threat only guarantees U.S.unilateralism<br />
and un<strong>de</strong>rmines the very UN structure that is the<br />
best vehicle for their managing U.S.power.<br />
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