Kurds of Halabja - Iraq

Dec 2004
Halabja has become synonymous with the brutality of Saddam's regime. But the suffering of its residents has not ended with the dictator's fall.

"Every time I breathe, I get pains in my chest. My eyes burn like fires," describes Aras Abid Akram. He will never forget what happened on 16 March 1988. As punishment for failing to resist Iran, Saddam ordered a three wave attack on Halabja. First the army fired mortars on the city. Then planes dropped napalm before the final attack of nerve and mustard gas. "Our skin began to itch horribly and became red," he recalls. Over 5,000 people were killed, including 42 members of Aras's family. Many of those who survived were scarred for life. Half the population suffers from breathing problems and the cancer rate is twice as high as the rest of the country. Children are born with cleft palates and other deformities.

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[TheDariyus]

RIP dear Kurds, and may all your enemies die and rott in hell. Ameen.

[ITALIARAP]

Kurd 4 live Bji kurd Halabja

[Livsangel]

@TurkiyeTurkIerindir Were the children who died in the attack barbars too? Who´s the barbarian, you or them?

[KURDEUROPE]

@TurkiyeTurkIerindir why kurds are barbaric, because saddam killed them? we kurds and truks wre very close friends before 1920. the english and the french devided the ottiman empire and made us enemies, why do kurds and turks are so stupid and never get this fact. im sure if you read the history, you will see that kurds and turks were very co-operative with each other.

[TurkiyeTurkIerindir]

barbar kurds

[Peace4TheMiddleEast]

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[AytcOzkan]

Sadam ın eline sağlık keşke işini tam yapsaydı.

[nec123tr]

@44Malatya44serkan saddam's soul will come back soon...get ready..!

[44Malatya44serkan]

@nec123tr sadam fucks your muom last night

[waffa1l]

@nec123tr kill ur self mangol

[nec123tr]

@waffa1l no..i do not talk with them.. they are not educated enough to talk

[waffa1l]

@nec123tr talk to them then and start swearing ?