Deadly chemical attack on Halabja, 30 years on

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Publish Date: 13:47 - 15 March 2018
TEHRAN, March 15 -The 30th anniversary of the poison gas attack by the forces of Iraq’s former dictator, Saddam Hussein, on the northern town of Halabja, in which some 5,000 civilians, mostly Kurds, were killed, will be marked on Friday.

Deadly chemical attack on Halabja, 30 years onTEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The 30th anniversary of the poison gas attack by the forces of Iraq’s former dictator, Saddam Hussein, on the northern town of Halabja, in which some 5,000 civilians, mostly Kurds, were killed, will be marked on Friday.

The attack, in 1988, came during the final phase of the Iraqi war against Iran, when Iraqi government troops bombarded the town and surrounding districts with chemical weapons.

Source:Reuters

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