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By Yasin Aziz: This is an extract from Yasin’s forthcoming novel, ‘A Few Days Life of Revolution in Halabja’ Sajid and his friends had to change from one area to another around Halabja according to what was happening. So many times, they tried to avoid being caught up in a fight or being hit by…
By Yasin Aziz: Preface When Iraq was founded by the British Empire in the 1920s and handed to the Saudi tribal Arabs, it was promised that Kurds’ cultural rights would be respected, that they would enjoy a kind of autonomy and their local rulers would come from among themselves to administer their affairs. As the…
By Dr. M. Koohzad: A few retired and retarded American generals tell us, mainly on the 24-hour news channels, that possessing chemical weapons is illegal. This is true, according to the Geneva Convention of 1925. But, countries that have not signed this document are not obligated to follow the law. The US did not sign…
By Yasin Aziz: An extract from Yasin’s forthcoming book, ‘A Few Days Life of Revolution in Halabja’ Hawraman, Ballanbow & Shnrwie When Sajid was in secondary school, he wrote this: When the window of life was wide open before me in Halabja in mid fifties, I found myself on the high ground, standing before three…
By Kawa Rash: Deriving from ‘Suratal-Anfal’ in the Qur’an, ‘al Anfal’ literally means ‘the spoils’ (of war) and the term was used by Saddam’s Iraqi regime to describe the 1988 military campaign of extermination and looting commanded by Ali Hassan al-Majid. However, the ruling Ba’athists distorted what the Qur’an says. ‘Anfal’ in the Qur’an does…
By Mufid Abdulla: Today it is 25 years since Halabja was attacked with chemical weapons, causing the sacrifice of 5,000 lives. The world has come to know of their plight but, a quarter-century on, the survivors are still struggling to find their identity and come to terms with this tragedy. In the wake of the…
By Lorin Sarkissian: Brussels, 15 March 2013 – Ararat News (ANP) – Ali Zalme from the Kurdish city of Halabja witnessed the tragic events on 16 March 1988, when 5,000 Kurds lost their life and more than 7,000 people were injured or suffered long-term illness from the poisonous gas attack of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Lorin…
By Gena Mangiaratti: This year, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the poison gas attack on the dominantly Kurdish city of Halabja, Kurdish people from all over the world have come together through video to shed light on the meaning of “genocide” in an often-quoted struggle. The Halabja Genocide occurred on March 16, 1988. Iraqi…
By Jim Karygiannis MP: In 2010, I had the pleasure of introducing Motion M-505 in the Canadian House of Commons, which recognized the actions of Saddam Hussein against the Kurds, as a crime against humanity. The time has come for us to ask that these actions, including the Anfal Campaign and gassing of the Kurds…
By Brian Futcher and Judith Kerby: Every Kurd knows that on 16th March 2013 it will be 25 years since the Iraqi regime dropped chemical bombs on the market town of Halabja, killing 5,000 men, women and children and leaving thousands more with life-long injuries. What every Kurd reading this article won’t know is that here in…
By KSSO: Dear Friends, Please join us to support British MP Nadhim Zahawi’s petition on the recognition of genocide against the Kurdish people during Saddam Hussein’s regime. The petition has been signed by 12,015 people and supported by several British MPs and peers from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. We believe that this…
By Judith Kerby: It was standing room only at the Omega Centre, Portsmouth, England on the afternoon of Friday 16th March when members of the Kurdish community, representatives of the UK Government and the Kurdish Regional Government, and friends and supporters from city-wide organisations gathered together. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin…
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE is Chief Operating Officer of SecureBio, which is developing the Halabja Project with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). He spoke to The Kurdistan Tribune on the eve of the 24th anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s fiendish chemical attack on Halabja and surrounding areas. KT: When did you last go to Halabja and what did…
Dear Mr Speaker, On 16 March 1988 the Iraqi Regime dropped chemical bombs on the town of Halabja and surrounding areas; killing many thousands, destroying livelihoods and leaving a legacy of life-long injuries and heartbreak to thousands more. In addition, the rest of the people have been displaced while their towns and villages were razed…
