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Halabja Massacre

1988 Kurdistan Kriegsverbrechen

Family Graves for Victims of 1988 Chemical Attack - Halabja - Kurdistan - Iraq

Family Graves for Victims of 1988 Chemical Attack - Halabja - Kurdistan - Iraq

Author: Adam Jones, Ph.D.License:CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Ferhad Shakely is reading one of his poems during a remembrance of Halabja in AF-borgen in Lund, 16 March 2011.

Ferhad Shakely is reading one of his poems during a remembrance of Halabja in AF-borgen in Lund, 16 March 2011.

Author: SirwaniiLicense:CC0
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Guide (Bakhtiar Awmar) Shows Contemporary Photo of Victims of 1988 Chemical Attack - Outside Doorway Where Their Bodies Were Found - Halabja - Kurdistan - Iraq

Guide (Bakhtiar Awmar) Shows Contemporary Photo of Victims of 1988 Chemical Attack - Outside Doorway Where Their Bodies Were Found - Halabja - Kurdistan - Iraq

Author: Adam Jones, Ph.D.License:CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Guide (Nabaz Mohamad) Shows Contemporary Photograph from 1988 Chemical Attack along Road to Iranian Border - As We Drive the Road - Outside Halabja - Kurdistan - Iraq

Guide (Nabaz Mohamad) Shows Contemporary Photograph from 1988 Chemical Attack along Road to Iranian Border - As We Drive the Road - Outside Halabja - Kurdistan - Iraq

Author: Adam Jones, Ph.D.License:CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Kurdistan monument

Kurdistan monument

Author: ZerevanCheyLicense:CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Halabja Kurdish Genocide Memorial. We Remember Halabja. 16th May 1988 when 5000 men, women and children were killed by chemical bombs and the programme of genocide against the Kurdish people which killed a total of 182,000. May God forgive but let us never forget.

Halabja Kurdish Genocide Memorial. We Remember Halabja. 16th May 1988 when 5000 men, women and children were killed by chemical bombs and the programme of genocide against the Kurdish people which killed a total of 182,000. May God forgive but let us never forget.

Author: Tim Sheerman-ChaseLicense:CC-BY-4.0
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Ravayat-e Fath, Season 5, Episode 2

Ravayat-e Fath, Season 5, Episode 2

Author: Jihad of Construction Television GroupLicense:PD
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Housing and treatment, at Iran Khodro sports complex, of those wounded in Iraq’s chemical attack on Halabja, April 1988

Housing and treatment, at Iran Khodro sports complex, of those wounded in Iraq’s chemical attack on Halabja, April 1988

Author: Sasan MoayediLicense:PD
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Iraq, Halabja, March 17, 1988 – effects of the Iraqi military’s gas attack on civilians of Halabja

Iraq, Halabja, March 17, 1988 – effects of the Iraqi military’s gas attack on civilians of Halabja

Author: Sasan MoayediLicense:PD
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Historical Overview

Use of chemical weapons against Kurdish population.

Quick Facts

Outcome:-

Iraq (Air Force)

  • Commander: Ali Hassan al-Madschid
  • Strength: 8 Flugzeuge
  • Casualties: 0

Kurdish Civilians

  • Commander: -
  • Strength: -
  • Casualties: ca. 5.000

Strategic Context

Punishment for collaboration with Iran.

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