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| Halabja poison gas attack 16/3/1988 | |
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| Topic Started: 4th December 2012 - 10:14 PM (14,021 Views) | |
| ALAN | 4th December 2012 - 10:14 PM Post #1 |
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Treatment of 825 wounded by chemical weapons in Halabja The Halabja poison gas attack also known as Halabja massacre or Bloody Friday, was a genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, when chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan. The attack killed between 3,200 and 5,000 people, and injured around 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians; thousands more died of complications, diseases, and birth defects in the years after the attack. The incident, which has been officially defined as an act of genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq, was and still remains the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated area in history.  The Halabja attack has been recognized as a separate event from the Anfal Genocide that was also conducted against the Kurdish people by the Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi High Criminal Court recognized the Halabja massacre as an act of genocide on March 1, 2010, a decision welcomed by the Kurdistan Regional Government. The attack was also condemned as a crime against humanity by the Parliament of Canada. |
 
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| ALAN | 4th December 2012 - 10:15 PM Post #2 |
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Decontaminating Halabja  Tuesday 04 December 2012 In March 1988, Saddam Hussein unleashed the full cruelty of chemical weapons, attacking the rebellious Kurdish town of Halabja. It is estimated that the mustard gas and other chemicals killed at least 5000 civilians. They were hastily buried in mass graves, unidentified and unidentifiable, because of the continued risk of poisoning. There are still traces of mustard gas remaining in cellars in the town, making them inaccessible to this day. The BBC's foreign affairs editor John Simpson returns to Kurdistan nearly 25 years after this chemical attack on civilians. With the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, and his trial and execution in 2006, much has changed in this region of Iraq, but for many citizens of Halabja there remains a quest for justice. A British forensics company now believes it can help by identifying the precise chemicals used and the European companies suspected of supplying them. Now a British company is to start a four-year project to excavate Halabja, carrying out DNA tests on those who died in 1988 to identify the remains, find out exactly what killed them and to make the cellars safe. Their DNA tests may reveal whether indeed the precursor chemicals for the mustard gas used in 1988 was, as is believed, manufactured by a German company. Saddam Hussein's mustard gas was unique, with a particular binding chemical agent not used anywhere else. No proper tests have been carried out until now to identify the particular gas used in the attack. John reports on the science of the DNA and chemical/biological gas tests, investigates the role of Germany in providing the chemicals, and hears the heart-wrenching stories of survivors wanting to locate the bodies of their relatives, a quarter of a century on. BBC |
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| ALAN | 4th December 2012 - 10:19 PM Post #3 |
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US marine - halabja graves
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| ALAN | 4th December 2012 - 10:22 PM Post #4 |
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One of the prices we paid for Kurdish lands to be part of a British-France project country called 'i-rack'
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| ALAN | 4th December 2012 - 10:24 PM Post #5 |
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Halabja monument:
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| ALAN | 4th December 2012 - 10:26 PM Post #6 |
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famous dad-child picture of Halabja genocide 
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| ALAN | 11th January 2013 - 01:15 AM Post #7 |
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British Chemical Expert: There Is Still Mustard Gas in Halabja Soil The town of Halabja, where 5,000 Kurds were killed in poison gas attacks by Saddam Hussein, still remains contaminated and hazardous to health, a British expert says as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prepares for the 25th anniversary of the bombings in March. Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, an expert on contamination, DNA analysis and chemical weapons, heads a team working on a project for the KRG to identify all the victims, draw up a decontamination plan, provide evidence for international recognition of genocide against the Kurds, and identify the countries that supplied the chemical weapons. He spoke to Rudaw about his work in this exclusive interview: Rudaw: What is your team’s plan in Halabja, and are there still remnants of chemical gas there? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: I was asked to come up with a plan to identify all the victims of Halabja and I have visited a few times and drawn up a plan on how to do this in a safer way. In the past, because people have tried to identify victims and dug up graves, or people have tried to build new buildings, this has had an effect on health, and some people have even died, and that is because there is mustard gas in Halabja soil. When we started the project with the support of the KRG’s Martyrs Ministry, they asked us if we could decontaminate Halabja, because until now most of the cellars in Halabja are contaminated. Also, the KRG has asked us to provide some evidence (of poison gas), which they can take to the International Court to gain world recognition of genocide against the Kurds. The last phase of our project consists of finding the source of the chemical gas, of finding which countries were involved in providing the chemicals to Saddam Hussein. An important part of the plan is to train teams from Kurdistan’s Martyrs Ministry, so they can do this work themselves in the future. As everyone is aware, there are many sites in Kurdistan that have contaminated graves. We believe that up to 74 other places in Kurdistan are contaminated. Rudaw: Will you visit other sites in the Kurdistan Region to see if they are contaminated? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Our plan is now to only work in Halabja and then train Kurdish teams, so they can examine other Kurdish sites. “Yes, we have found mustard gas, especially in most of the cellars in Halabja. The gas still remains, and after 25 years that follow since the attack, the gas has a big effect.” Rudaw: Where are you in your project? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Now we have finished the planning phase and all the preparations, and we all are waiting for the prime minister’s decision to approve the budget. Rudaw: People from Halabja still suffer from illnesses that experts say are the effects of the chemical attacks. In your investigations in Halabja, have you found any evidence that people are still affected by the remains of the gas? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Yes, we have found mustard gas, especially in most of the cellars in Halabja. The gas still remains, and after 25 years that follow since the attack, the gas has a big effect. There are a lot of people who have been affected by the remains of that gas. In fact, last time I visited Halabja, I went to the town’s graveyard, where I saw one soldier who was a guard at the cemetery. When I saw his face I felt straightaway that his face had been burned by the gas. I have seen other people whose faces have been affected by the chemical gas, and this is evidence that the gas still affects people in the town. Rudaw: What should the KRG do to prevent the effects of the gas from spreading to other nearby towns and regions? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: The main thing is to decontaminate Halabja, and that is one of our main goals in this project. Currently, we are working with London University and expect a special team next April from the university that will look for historical sites in Halabja. They were concerned that during their search and digging process they would be affected by the contaminated soil, and now we are working to find a solution for this problem. We try to make people in Halabja more aware that, when they are working on a site, they should protect themselves from the danger of the contaminated soil. Rudaw: The KRG also asked your team to find the sources of the chemical gas, to determine which countries were involved in providing the gas to the former Iraqi regime. Have you found any evidence? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: We have got a lot of evidence that proves that the chemicals were sent from many factories, and we expect to find the source of the mustard gas. Then, careful examination of the chemicals will reveal where the chemicals came from. Rudaw: Have you found any evidence that indicates which countries provided the chemical gas? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Yes, we have a lot of evidence that points to Germany. In the 1980s, in a statement Britain told European countries to not sell chemical weapons to Iraq, because of a strong chance that it would use those weapons against its own people. Before 1982, there were suspicions that some companies from Britain, the US and Russia were involved in selling chemicals to Iraq, but so far there is only evidence against Germany. Rudaw: Is your project related to the campaign that was started last year in Britain to officially recognize genocide against the Kurds? Dr. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Yes, it’s related, and KRG representatives in London are aware of our work and the project. Both Britain’s former prime ministers, Sir John Major and Tony Blair, are involved in the campaign. That’s why it’s important for people from different places see our work and be aware of what we are trying to achieve. |
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| ALAN | 15th January 2013 - 03:06 AM Post #8 |
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Kuwaiti media delegation to visit Halabja next Thursday Aram Ahmed Mohammed, Minister of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs, before noon on Monday, met with Kuwaiti media delegation included representatives of 13 agencies and media channels in Kuwait, headed by Adnan Al-Rashed. Al- Rashed said that the purpose of their visit to Kurdistan, is to strengthen relations, expressing regret about catastrophes that the Kurds faced, especially the Anfal operations and chemical attacks on their cities, and stressed that they and the Kurds have suffered from the former regime hostility , where hundreds of Kuwaitis are missing as a result of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the nineties of the last century. It should be noted that it is scheduled the Kuwaiti media delegation to visit on Thursday the city of Halabja to look closely at the crime committed against the city by the Baathist regime. PUKmedia |
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| Dalaho | 16th January 2013 - 01:17 AM Post #9 |
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Têkoşer
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I hope we will sue every filthy country for their involvement in the makings of the chemical weapons. |
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| Worldwar2boy | 16th January 2013 - 10:26 AM Post #10 |
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Salar
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The French and British paid for what they did to us shortly after the division of Kurdistan. I am not happy or supporting it, but I think it was bad karma for them (World War 2). |
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| Kulka Kurdayati | 16th January 2013 - 11:17 PM Post #11 |
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bullshit
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I didnt know this stone is in Manchester: And this is in Halabja:
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| ALAN | 27th January 2013 - 10:43 PM Post #12 |
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 22 / 1 / 2013 witebej - The center of treating victims of chemical weapons in "Halabja" explained that their center treated 825 injured with chemical weapons. In this regard "Mohammed wali Abdullah" the psychoanalyst at the Center for Victims of chemical weapons announced "that was created this center in July 2009, and the purpose of its establishment is to treating the wounded of chemical weapons, where 1661 injured with chemical weapons was treated from that time until now within "Halabja" , "Horaman" and "Sheharzor" borders where we were able to treat them very good". " He added that "the research teams of our center was diagnosis of 825 case and they have been treated." As he pointed out, that was refer and with a medical reports that of 52% of those infected with chemical weapons they need for full medical treatment outside the country. Translated by : dlshad qader hamad |
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| Qandil | 4th March 2013 - 08:10 AM Post #13 |
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Salar
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This is so sad. This was the guy on the picture to the right.
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| FeyliKurd | 11th March 2013 - 08:57 PM Post #14 |
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Serheng
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A memorial tree dedicated to the victims of Halabja will be planted in the Swedish city of Lund, swedish politicans says. |
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| ALAN | 12th March 2013 - 04:23 PM Post #15 |
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this is very nice
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| ALAN | 12th March 2013 - 04:47 PM Post #16 |
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UN commemorates the 25th anniversary of Halabja bombing Tuesday, 12 March 2013 09:32 Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Government announced on Tuesday, that the United Nations Organization has revived the twenty-fifth anniversary of the bombing with chemical weapons on Halabja city by the former regime. A statement of the regional government reported for "Shafaq News", that "a special ceremony took place at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of chemical attacks that took place on Halabja city." The statement quoted a diplomatic in Iraq mission to the United Nations in New York , Owen Sherdel Hawizi as saying that "ceremonies of commemorating the 25th anniversary of the chemical attacks disaster on Halabja which took place in the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, in the presence of dozens of ambassadors and the majority of representatives of the States and workers in the United Nations" , adding that " a photographic exhibition and film screenings of Halabja disaster that will continue for a week." It’s noteworthy that the United Nations commemorates the chemical attack on Halabja for the third year. The former regime had bombed in the sixteenth of March 1988, Halabja Kurdish city with chemical weapons as this crime had resulted in the death of more than five thousand people and wounding about twenty thousand others in a few minutes, as well as the destruction of its infrastructure, buildings and environment. |
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| FeyliKurd | 13th March 2013 - 06:10 PM Post #17 |
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Serheng
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UNPO To Visit Hewlêr To Commemorate Kurdish Genocide UNPO is set to visit Hewlêr , the capital of South Kurdistan, from 14-16 March 2013 for a series of events organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Halabja and Anfal genocide, which were mounted under Saddam Hussein's leadership to exterminate Kurds from South Kurdistan. The Anfal military campaign was launched between 1986 and 1989, but reached a high point in 1988 when it is estimated, in one year alone, 182,000 Kurds were disappeared, many of whom it is feared were summarily executed, and left buried in mass graves in clandestine desert locations. Around 182,000 civilians were killed as part of this campaign. The bloodiest event of the entire operation came on 16 March 1988 after i-racki military forces launched chemical attacks on the Kurdish town of Halabja, killing at least 5,000 people and injuring at least 7,000. Since this attack, thousands more have died or suffer from long-term illness, in particular women and children, as a result of these attacks. UNPO will attend a series of events in South Kurdistan to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Halabja massacre. UNPO will also hold events this month in The Hague and Brussels to commemorate the victims of the Kurdish Genocide, as part of an ongoing campaign to promote international recognition of the Kurdish Genocide, with legislative steps underway in Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom to formally recognise Saddam's crimes against i-racki Kurds as acts of genocide. Source: unpo.org |
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| Tevger | 16th March 2013 - 05:39 AM Post #18 |
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Serdar
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KNK (Koma Netewiye Kurdistan) and KCK administrated massive protests to condemn Halabja Genocide today. It will also stage protests in the coming days both in Kurdistan and Europe. Mass protests were held in Wan, Ercis and Nisebin where banners of '' Blood in history is genocide in history'' and '' We will not forget Halabja'' were held high by thousands of people. In Qamishlo thousands of people marched for the victims of Halabja. Em ji Helepce ye bir nakin! Her biji birati ya Kurda!     |
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| the SUN child | 16th March 2013 - 07:44 AM Post #19 |
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ZAGROS-ARYAN
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From which town/village are these pictures? From Wan area? Wan is the homeland of my mothers ancestors. I love that area and the people there.
Edited by the SUN child, 16th March 2013 - 07:44 AM.
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| ALAN | 16th March 2013 - 11:43 AM Post #20 |
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the famous pic from the genicide by I-rackis
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| ALAN | 16th March 2013 - 11:47 AM Post #21 |
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first remembrance of the Halabja genicide of Kurds by I-rackis 16/3/1989
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| ALAN | 16th March 2013 - 11:51 AM Post #22 |
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some pics of the genocide (I-rack will pay back for ever to the family of the victims)
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| ALAN | 16th March 2013 - 11:54 AM Post #23 |
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preparations for 25th year anniversary of the genocide by I-rack
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| ALAN | 16th March 2013 - 11:57 AM Post #24 |
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the monument and inside it, third pic thats ali chemical and the rope he the head of the genicide of Halabja was hanged with:
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| ALAN | 16th March 2013 - 11:46 PM Post #25 |
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video of the attack |
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