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Anfal campaign and Halabja

Chemical weapons attack on Halabja on 16 March 1988, within the Anfal campaign (1986 to 1989) against Kurdish civilians; the Iraqi High Tribunal ruled Anfal a genocide in 2007.

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Heritage · chronology · Cold War · 1988

Anfal campaign and Halabja

Chemical weapons attack on Halabja on 16 March 1988, within the Anfal campaign (1986 to 1989) against Kurdish civilians; the Iraqi High Tribunal ruled Anfal a genocide in 2007.

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Anfal campaign and Halabja

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Chemical weapons attack on Halabja on 16 March 1988, within the Anfal campaign (1986 to 1989) against Kurdish civilians; the Iraqi High Tribunal ruled Anfal a genocide in 2007.

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