,,iv  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #cb  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#cj1 #bjba,mr4 ,waltz 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,crow1    
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,kim of ,new ,jersey1 
and ,mr4 ,bacon7 submitted the following
 concurrent resolution2 which was       
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs  ,,concurrent ,,resolution     
,commemorating the #cjth anniversary of 
,operation ,provide ,comfort4  ,whereas 
after the uprising against ,saddam      
,hussein in ,march #aiia1 ,hussein      
turned tanks and helicopter gunships on 
the defenseless citizens of ,kurdistan2 
,whereas overwhelmed by the ,hussein    
regime's superior firepower1 and having 
already experienced the genocidal death 
of some #bjj1jjj ,kurds1 along with the 
wanton destruction of #d1ejj ,kurdish   
villages and deadly chemical            
bombardment1 hundreds of thousands of   
,kurdish men1 women1 and children fled  
to ,iraq's northern and eastern borders1

 fearing that the regime would use      
poison gas against them1 as during the  
,anfal campaign and in ,halabja only #c 
years before2 ,whereas in the early days
 of this refugee crisis1 the daily death
 toll of fleeing ,kurds at one point    
exceeded #a1jjj1 with victims having no 
time to gather any possessions or winter
 protective gear and thus succumbing to 
exposure1 malnutrition1 and disease2    
,whereas the ,united ,states1 in        
response to the unfolding human         
catastrophe1 led what became the largest
 humanitarian operation of its kind     
ever1 ,operation ,provide ,comfort1     
delivering humanitarian relief and      
enforcing a no-fly zone2 ,whereas       
,operation ,provide ,comfort saved the  
lives of countless thousands of ,kurds  
from near certain death on ,kurdistan's 
freezing and rugged border mountains2   
,whereas ,kurds1 to this day1 credit    
,american-led ,operation ,provide       
,comfort1 particularly the no-fly zone  
that protected the ,kurdish people until

 #bjjc1 for the stable1 peaceful1 and   
welcoming environment ,kurdistan is     
today2 ,whereas the ,kurdistan ,region  
of ,iraq serves1 as one of the world's  
largest safe havens for those fleeing   
conflict and religious and political    
persecution2 and ,whereas the ,kurdistan
 ,regional ,government and the ,kurdish 
,peshmerga remain among the most        
dependable and steadfast partners of the
 ,united ,states in the fight against   
extremism and terrorism3 ,now1          
therefore1 be it ,that ,congress        
hereby-- 7#a7 commemorates the #cjth    
anniversary of ,operation ,provide      
,comfort2  7#b7 recognizes and honors   
the heroic ,american soldiers1          
diplomats1 political leaders1 and       
coalition partners who implemented      
,operation ,provide ,comfort2  7#c7     
recognizes and honors the bravery of the
 nearly #b1jjj1jjj ,kurdish women1      
children1 and men who struggled to      
survive starvation and exposure1 and who
 welcomed the aid that came and embraced

 the opportunity for a new life2 and    
7#d7 reaffirms the strong               
,american-,kurdish partnership and      
enduring respect and support for our    
,kurdish friends1 who courageously stand
 shoulder to shoulder with the ,united  
,states in our shared opposition to     
extremism and terrorism4