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Lost Children of Halabja

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Zimnako Mohammed posed for a photograph in front of his own gravestone in one of Halabja’s many cemeteries for people killed during the Iraqi poison gas attack in the spring of 1988. ‘It’s a very strange feeling to have your name on a headstone before you’ve died,’ he says. ‘But this shows the scale of […]
The Tragedy of the Missing Barzanis

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The Barzani tribe had long been a thorn in the flesh of the Iraqi central government. Hostilities reached boiling point during the Iraq-Iran War when Saddam Hussein accused them of collaborating with the Iranians. Soon afterwards between 5,000 and 8,000 Barzani tribesmen were abducted and never seen again.
Escape from ISIS

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When jihadists from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) invaded the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in 2014 they committed genocide against the Yazidi population. One Yazidi family, the Chattos, survived their onslaught.
Chemical Apocalypse in Balisan valley

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The Iraqi attack on the Balisan valley was the first time a sovereign state had used chemical weapons on its own populace. Shocked villagers who survived the attack likened the experience to witnessing “doomsday”.
Survivors of Kureme

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In 1988 the Iraqi army launched a ferocious attack on Kurdish communities south of the Turkish border. Fleeing towards Turkey, the villagers of Kureme found their route blocked by Iraqi soldiers and were captured. The male villagers were put in front of a firing squad – yet six survived to tell their story.
The Kurdish Village that Rose from the Dead

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In the 1980s Kulajo gave unstinting support to the Kurdish resistance and for this its people were punished by Saddam Hussein. Villagers were transported to prison camps and many were later executed. Yet some lived to tell extraordinary stories of survival.

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Arabisation
Attack on the Balisan Valley
Ba'athist Regime Targets the Kurds
Detained in Erbil Security Prison
Exodus from the Kurdish heartlands
Final Anfal: attack on Bahdinan
Kurdish Collaborators
Legacy: The Pain of Bereavement
Legacy: Trauma and the Kurdish People
Life and Death in Dibs Prison
Pattern of Anfal: Capture and Imprisonment
Pattern of Anfal: Separation and Mass Execution
Peshmerga
Rural Kurdistan: Backbone of the Resistance
Survivors Reunite with Family
The Quest for Kurdish Statehood
Treating Gas Victims
Village Life in Iraqi Kurdistan
Welcome to Hell: the Desert Prison Nugra Salman
What is Anfal?

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