Reclaiming Kurdish Lands: Dismantling Assyrian Delusions and Racist Propaganda

As a proud Kurdish activist unapologetic about our ancient roots, I was outraged but unsurprised by Namrod Khoshaba’s venomous screed in The Assyria Post, peddling the absurd fantasy that Türkiye should carve out an “Assyrian region” in northern Iraq to supposedly “curb Kurdish separatism.” This isn’t analysis—it’s hate-mongering, branding Kurds as “terrorists” and “expansionists” while ignoring the brutal history of Assyrian complicity in genocides and land grabs. Khoshaba’s drivel is a desperate attempt by so-called Assyrians—whose identity is a 19th-century British invention slapped onto Nestorian Christians—to steal what has always been Kurdish territory. Northern Iraq, the heart of Kurdistan, belongs to Kurds. It always has been ours, and it always will be. These racist Assyrian terrorists won’t change that with their threats and lies.

Exposing the Myth: Kurds Aren’t Invaders—We’re the Indigenous Guardians

Khoshaba regurgitates colonial-era nonsense, labeling Kurds as “nomadic tribes” who supposedly migrated into an “Assyrian heartland” and displaced its people. This is pure fabrication, designed to erase Kurdish history. Kurds trace our origins to ancient indigenous peoples of Mesopotamia and the Zagros Mountains, including the Medes, Hurrians, and other groups who’ve inhabited these lands for millennia.    We’ve been the native inhabitants of northern Iraq and the highlands since prehistoric times, long before any fabricated “Assyrian” narrative.   Demographic shifts in areas like Dohuk and Hakkari? That’s the result of wars, empires crumbling, and survival—not some sinister “Kurdish engineering.” The Ottoman genocides of 1915-1918 slaughtered Kurds alongside others, pitting us against minorities through imperial manipulation.

Meanwhile, these self-proclaimed Assyrians aren’t even the descendants they claim to be. Today’s so-called Assyrians are mostly Nestorian Christians relabeled by British colonialists in the 1840s, after archaeologists dug up ancient ruins and missionaries needed a romanticized identity to divide and conquer.   They’re not related to the ancient Assyrians of biblical infamy—those empires fell millennia ago, and modern claims of “continuity” are just nationalist fairy tales to justify land theft.   Blaming Kurds for your existential crises? Pathetic. We’ve endured Halabja’s chemical horrors and the Anfal genocide under Saddam—tens of thousands murdered—while building resilience in our ancestral homes.

Kurdish “Expansionism”? It’s Called Defending Our Birthright

The article’s hysterical accusations of Kurdish “expansionism” and land seizures under the KRG are laughable projections. Kurds aren’t expanding—we’re reclaiming and protecting what’s ours from invaders and opportunists. The KRG has sheltered millions displaced by chaos, including minorities, while providing security against ISIS when others ran.   The PKK’s fight in Türkiye? That’s resistance against decades of cultural erasure, language bans, and state terror—not “imperialism.”  Assyrian gripes about “Kurdification”? Spare us. Land disputes arise from overlapping histories, but Kurds are the majority in northern Iraq—15-20% of the country overall—and we’ve earned our autonomy through blood and federal rights.

These Assyrian terrorists, with their calls for a “buffer region,” are the real expansionists, dreaming of severing Kurdish lands to serve Turkish imperialism. They’ve never fought for the same territories? History begs to differ—ancient empires clashed, but Kurds have held the mountains eternally.

Shredding the Buffer Fantasy: This is Kurdistan, Not Your Playground

Khoshaba’s proposal for an Assyrian “buffer” along the Iraqi-Turkish border is a blueprint for ethnic cleansing, aiming to fracture Kurdish unity across Iraq, Syria, and Türkiye. It would displace Kurds, ignite new wars, and reward racist fantasies. Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains? Fine, administer your enclaves—but don’t dare claim our borders. This land is Kurdish, from the Zagros to the Taurus, indigenous and unbreakable.   Türkiye backing this? They’d be allying with frauds whose identity was cooked up by colonial powers to sow division.

The Verdict: Kurds Will Prevail Over Assyrian Lies

Kurds aren’t “brothers” in some forced coexistence—we’re the rightful owners, defending against every aggressor, from Ottomans to Ba’athists to these modern-day pretenders. Khoshaba’s piece isn’t strategy; it’s the death rattle of a fabricated identity clutching at relevance. Assyrians: Drop the racism, the threats, the terrorism labels. Kurdistan is ours—always has been, always will be. We’ll fight for every inch, unyielding and victorious.