25th Anniversary Commemoration of the Halabja Genocide (Washington, DC)

2013 year of International Recognition of Halaba as Genocide

15.2.2013 MESOP – The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation to the U.S. and the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law cordially invite you to the 25th Anniversary Commemoration of the Halabja Genocide.

On 16 and 17 March 1988, Iraqi government airplanes, under the command of Saddam Hussein, dropped chemical weapons on the town of Halabja. Approximately 5,000 civilians, including women and children, were killed.  The horrific tragedy of Halabja was part of the genocidal Anfal campaign against Kurdistan’s civilians, which included mass summary executions and disappearances and widespread use of chemical weapons. The Anfal campaign also saw the  destruction of some 2,000 villages and of the rural economy and infrastructure. An estimated 180,000 Iraqi Kurds were killed in the campaign between 1987-1989.

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Save the date! – The morning of Friday, March 15th, 2013 

Event to include panel discussion with genocide expert and survivors  – At Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Washington, DC   – 3600 John McCormack Road, N.E.Washington, D.C. 20017

For more information visit: www.krg.org