Genocide Project
Cole Hawkins
The Grudge Agents The Kurdish
Kurdish genocide was the result of a grudge between Ba'athist regime and the Kurds after the war between Iraq and Iran. This was a genocidal campaign that was called Anfal ("Spoils of War"). This campaign was followed by a series of systematic attacks on the Kurdish people by the Iraqi government between the years 1986 and 1989. The Anfal campaign attracted civilians by grown offensive, aerial bombing, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation, firing squads, and chemical attacks.This genocide was on a small scale compared to other genocides even though, 182,000 people died and over 2,000 villages were destroyed.
The roots of the Kurdish genocide were started when the lraq/Iran war created prejudice between the Ba'athist regime and Kurd groups.
Since Israel controls the Mediterranean off Lebanon they have a grudge toward both Iran and Hizbullah for supporting the Ba'ath. The Israel lobbies in the United States have pushed for a US war on Iran, regarding contiguous states. Human Rights Watch reported in its 1993 comprehensive report on Anfal in Iraq that at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 Kurds are estimated to have been killed at the hands of the Anfal Ba’athist regime. Its not how many people died that made it devastating its the way they died the Ba'ath regime used mustard gas and nerve gas to commit the genocide.
Iraqi Governments acted swiftly to suppress violations of human rights after the Kurdish genocide; perhaps to avoid adverse international attention. Violations of the Kurds' human rights are curtailed in this manner.
Throughout the Kurdish Genocide men and boys of battle age were rounded up and disappeared. Most of these men and boys were captured and transported to mass graves and shot in mass executions. Out of the total victims an estimated 70% were men ages 15 to 50.
"Kamaran a surviver of the genocide survived by hiding in a makeshift bomb shelter dug by his father in his garden. He was only 11- years old at the time. He still has a lingering cough to remind him of the poisonous attack as a sort of scar. which is a ironic legacy of mustard gas and nerve agent. In a bizarre twist of fate, one of the consequences of chemical agents is a deficiency in Kamaran's short-term memory. Halabja where the attacks were committed conversely glaringly imprint in his mind." Unfortunately it doesn't appear as though that is what the future of Kurdish will never be the same.
All these things have to do with a grudge between the Ba'thist regime and Kurdish people that started when the war Iran and Iraq was over. A war with no purpose if the war had not happened would there be a genocide at all?
"Kurdish genocide in Iraq: Survivors tell their stories | IBTimes - UK | Video News." Latest UK News | Breaking News | Business News | Sport, Politics, Economy, Market News - International Business Times UK. N.p., 18 Jan. 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-videos-news/2028/kurdish-genocide-in-iraq-survivors-tell-their-stories.html>.
Hylan, Heval. "Genocide in Kurdistan." Gendercide Watch - main page. N.p., 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.gendercide.org/genocideinkurdistan.html>.
The Grudge Agents The Kurdish
Kurdish genocide was the result of a grudge between Ba'athist regime and the Kurds after the war between Iraq and Iran. This was a genocidal campaign that was called Anfal ("Spoils of War"). This campaign was followed by a series of systematic attacks on the Kurdish people by the Iraqi government between the years 1986 and 1989. The Anfal campaign attracted civilians by grown offensive, aerial bombing, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation, firing squads, and chemical attacks.This genocide was on a small scale compared to other genocides even though, 182,000 people died and over 2,000 villages were destroyed.
The roots of the Kurdish genocide were started when the lraq/Iran war created prejudice between the Ba'athist regime and Kurd groups.
Since Israel controls the Mediterranean off Lebanon they have a grudge toward both Iran and Hizbullah for supporting the Ba'ath. The Israel lobbies in the United States have pushed for a US war on Iran, regarding contiguous states. Human Rights Watch reported in its 1993 comprehensive report on Anfal in Iraq that at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 Kurds are estimated to have been killed at the hands of the Anfal Ba’athist regime. Its not how many people died that made it devastating its the way they died the Ba'ath regime used mustard gas and nerve gas to commit the genocide.
Iraqi Governments acted swiftly to suppress violations of human rights after the Kurdish genocide; perhaps to avoid adverse international attention. Violations of the Kurds' human rights are curtailed in this manner.
Throughout the Kurdish Genocide men and boys of battle age were rounded up and disappeared. Most of these men and boys were captured and transported to mass graves and shot in mass executions. Out of the total victims an estimated 70% were men ages 15 to 50.
"Kamaran a surviver of the genocide survived by hiding in a makeshift bomb shelter dug by his father in his garden. He was only 11- years old at the time. He still has a lingering cough to remind him of the poisonous attack as a sort of scar. which is a ironic legacy of mustard gas and nerve agent. In a bizarre twist of fate, one of the consequences of chemical agents is a deficiency in Kamaran's short-term memory. Halabja where the attacks were committed conversely glaringly imprint in his mind." Unfortunately it doesn't appear as though that is what the future of Kurdish will never be the same.
All these things have to do with a grudge between the Ba'thist regime and Kurdish people that started when the war Iran and Iraq was over. A war with no purpose if the war had not happened would there be a genocide at all?
"Kurdish genocide in Iraq: Survivors tell their stories | IBTimes - UK | Video News." Latest UK News | Breaking News | Business News | Sport, Politics, Economy, Market News - International Business Times UK. N.p., 18 Jan. 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-videos-news/2028/kurdish-genocide-in-iraq-survivors-tell-their-stories.html>.
Hylan, Heval. "Genocide in Kurdistan." Gendercide Watch - main page. N.p., 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.gendercide.org/genocideinkurdistan.html>.