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Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Description
Iraq under Saddam Hussein was the only contemporary nation to use chemical weapons against civilians. During 1987 and 1988 -- while Iraq was at war with Iran -- Saddam gassed dozens of villages in the Kurdistan region. The worst of these attacks devastated the city of Halabja on March 16, 1988. About 5,000 civilians were killed. Thousands more were blinded or maimed, and would die later. Wednesday marked the 17th anniversary of that horrible day.
Halabja stands as a symbol for the larger genocide campaign -- often called the Anfal -- that Saddam inflicted on Iraqi Kurdistan in 1987-1988. And that genocide is itself part of the constellation of cruelties imposed by Saddam's murderous Ba'athist regime.
This is a time we remember not only the fallen Kurds, but also our brothers and sisters among the Madan, the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, whose ancient habitat was destroyed by Saddam, and is only now being rebuilt. We also remember our brothers and sisters in the Shi'a Arab community, whose courageous intifada in the wake of the first Gulf War was so viciously repressed by Saddam's troops. And we remember the Christians whose villages were razed in 1988 as part of the same campaign that slew so many Kurds.
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- PO Box 972
- South Croydon CR2 7DL UNITED KINGDOM
Contact
- Patriotic union of kurdistan
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- +1 011442083
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