Ghosts of Halabja

GHOSTS OF HALABJA
Saddam Hussein and the Kurdish Genocide
MICHAEL J. KELLY
Foreword by Ra’id Juhi al Saedi
PRAEGER SECURITY INTERNATIONAL
Westport, Connecticut / London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kelly, Michael J., 1968–
Ghosts of Halabja : Saddam Hussein and the Kurdish genocide / Michael J. Kelly; foreword by
Ra’id Juhi al Saedi.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978–0–275–99210–1 (alk. paper)
1. Hussein, Saddam, 1937–2006—Trials, litigation, etc. 2. Trials (Crimes against
humanity)—Iraq—Baghdad. 3. Trials (Murder)—Iraq—Baghdad. 4. Iraq. Iraqi Higher Criminal
Court. 5. Anfal Campaign, Iraq, 1986–1989. 6. Halabjah (Iraq)—History—Bombardment, 1988.
I. Title.
KMJ41.H87K45 2008
345.567/ 470235—dc22 2008028215

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Copyright 2008 by Michael J. Kelly

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008028215
ISBN-13: 978–0–275–99210–1

First published in 2008

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MICHAEL J. KELLY is Professor of Law at Creighton University School of Law. His 2005 book, Nowhere to Hide: Defeat of the Sovereign Immunity Defense for Crimes of Genocide, received the Book of the Year Award from the U.S. Chapter of L’Association International du Droit P´enal. He is a member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a contributing editor to the online legal news site JURIST, and Chair of the National Security Law Section of the Association
of American Law Schools.