MEMORIALS
MEMORIAL CEMETERY TO VICTIMS OF HALABJA GAS ATTACK
Type: Physical memorial
Location: Halabja
Country: Iraq
1st Lt. Matthew Chau, commander of Border Team 3, 25th Infantry Division, patrols Halabja, Iraq. Buried in the village cemetery are many victims of the 1988 chemical weapons attack, ordered by Saddam Hussein.
License: PD | By: Sgt. Sean Kimmons | Source: link
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The Halabja poison gas attack was an incident on 15 March-19 March 1988 during a major battle in the Iran-Iraq war when chemical weapons were used, allegedly by Iraqi government forces, to kill a number of people in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja (population 80,000). Estimates of casualties range from several hundred to 5,000 people. Halabja is located about 150 miles northeast of Baghdad and 8-10 miles from the Iranian border. (1)
Most of the victims of the attack were buried in a the village cemetery in Halabja where also a memorial sculpture to commemorate the thousands that perished has been erected.
The photo shows 1st Lt. Matthew Chau, commander of Border Team 3, 25th Infantry Division, patrols Halabja, Iraq. Buried in the village cemetery are many victims of the 1988 chemical weapons attack, ordered by Saddam Hussein. Photo by by Sgt. Sean Kimmons, February 23, 2005
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POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 9/22/2005
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