16 de Março de 1988
Faz hoje 6 anos a cimeira das Lajes, mas hoje, também, passam 20 anos sobre o mais feroz ataque de armas químicas feito por Saddam Hussein contra as populações curdas.
The attack on Halabja was among a series of military assaults carried out by Saddam's forces in the 1980s in the northern Kurdish regions of Iraq.
Bahar Hassan, 40, a primary school teacher, recalls the "terrible" events of March 16, 1988, which she says are still fresh in her mind.
"Dozens of children and women were killed by the chemical bombing. Their pain and trauma needs to be addressed," Hassan told AFP.
[...]
Majid, the top hatchet man of Saddam and who spearheaded the strikes against the Kurds, has been sentenced to death for genocide after he was found guilty of overseeing the killing of 180,000 Kurds in the 1988 Anfal campaign in which around 4,000 villages were attacked.
Talvez seja bom não esquecer...
The attack on Halabja was among a series of military assaults carried out by Saddam's forces in the 1980s in the northern Kurdish regions of Iraq.
Bahar Hassan, 40, a primary school teacher, recalls the "terrible" events of March 16, 1988, which she says are still fresh in her mind.
"Dozens of children and women were killed by the chemical bombing. Their pain and trauma needs to be addressed," Hassan told AFP.
[...]
Majid, the top hatchet man of Saddam and who spearheaded the strikes against the Kurds, has been sentenced to death for genocide after he was found guilty of overseeing the killing of 180,000 Kurds in the 1988 Anfal campaign in which around 4,000 villages were attacked.
Talvez seja bom não esquecer...