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The Chemical Massacre in Halabja


Auteur :
Éditeur : Iran Photo Foundation Date & Lieu : 1988, Teheran
Préface : Pages : 105
Traduction : ISBN :
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 250x250 mm
Code FIKP : gen.1141Thème : Politique

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The Chemical Massacre in Halabja

A Photo Report On:
The Chemical Massacre in Halabja

by Iranian Photographers


 

The Kurdish-populated town of Halabja, which once had a thriving population of 70,000 is located in Iraq's Sulaimaniya province, some 260 kms northeast of Baghdad. The Darbandikhan lake and Its dam which supply electric power to the Iraqi capital are a few kilometers west of the town. Towards the east a bare 16 Kms lies the Iran-Iraq border, and the Halabja region forms part of an arable and green tract in largely rugged Kurdistan. A thick forest belt covers much of its vicinity and Halabja residents are mostly farmers while some others are engaged In husbandry In the rich pastures which provide excellent fodder for their sheep and cattle.

Iranian troops gained full control of the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq's Sulaimaniya province in major military operations code-named ‘Val-fajr-10' in March, 1988.

Since a great number of the 70,000 Kurdish people of Halabja who have a long record of struggle against Iraq's central government, did not abandon their homes and instead went about their daily work alongside Iranian forces, the Iraqi air force carried out an extensive chemical bombing of the town and its nearby villages which lasted 48 hours. As a result 5,000 of the innocent people of Halabja lost their lives and over 7,000 more were maimed. Thus, March 17 and 18, 1988 earned an eternal place in the 'dark pages' of human history.

Inhabitants of Halabja are the only people being so ruthlessly massacred by their own forces in a war between two countries. The corpses of thousands of women, children and men lying here and there In the city streets and inside homes, remind one of the 'Sabra and Chatila' Palestinian refugee camps and evoke memories of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

The green environment in Halabja turned bleak as waves of Iraqi warplanes in their attacks used 'Hydrogen cyanide' gases which suffocate and kill man in less than a minute. They also extensively deployed 'mustard' and 'nerve' gases.

The following snaps of Halabja taken by Iranian photographers depict scenes from a crime which even Hitler did not commit.

IRAN PHOTO FOUNDATION




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