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Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
« on: April 14, 2019, 07:23:24 pm »
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Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam

SAMAWA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein’s crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the unearthing of a mass grave of Kurds killed by the former leader’s forces three decades ago.

The grave, found in the desert about 170 km (106 miles) west of the city of Samawa, contained the remains of dozens of Kurds made to “disappear” by Saddam’s forces, Salih’s office said.

They were among up to 180,000 people who may have been killed during Saddam’s “Anfal” campaign that targeted Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s when chemical gas was used, villages were razed and thousands of Kurds were forced into camps.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-grave/iraq-unearths-mass-grave-of-kurds-killed-by-saddam-idUSKCN1RQ07G

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Iraqi president, UNAMI chief visit suspected Anfal mass grave
By Rudaw

Iraqi President Barham Salih (center) is accompanied by UNAMI chief Jeanine Hennis (right center) at the suspected site of an Anfal mass grave in Iraq's southern province of Muthanna, April 14, 2019. Photo: Iraq Presidency

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi President Barham Salih and Jeanine Hennis, head of the UN mission in Iraq, visited the site of a mass grave thought to contain the remains of Kurdish victims of Saddam Hussein’s Anfal campaign in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province on Sunday.

Although the identity of those buried at the site has not yet been independently verified, several officials including Kurdistan Region Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani say they believe the mass grave contains the remains of Kurdish victims of the Anfal campaign.

In a video published by his office late Sunday, coinciding with Anfal Memorial Day, Iraqi President Salih said the Baathist ideology of the Saddam era must not return to Iraq.

Read more at: http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/140420192
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