The #AnfalCampaign began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1988. #SaddamHussein empowered #ChemicalAli to pursue #KurdishGenocide in northern #Iraq. 80% of their villages were destroyed, most farmland was seized, and over 100,000 #Kurds were killed, with survivors in #ConcentrationCamps.

#Halabja #ChemicalAli #AlDouri

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1988, the Iraqi state and #ChemicalAli used #MustardGas to kill 5,000 #Kurds in #Halabja as a part of the #AlAnfal campaign of #KurdishGenocide. Over 100,000 were killed and 80% of the settlements in #IraqiKurdistan were destroyed by the #Baathist régime.

#karolineleavitt
#ChemicalAli
#HereWeGoAgain