The Anfal Campaign (Iraqi Kurdistan), 1988

[Rando]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcjnNQdy5o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

[diako_ber]

may their souls rest in peace.
was germany or netherlands the biggest supplier of chemicals to saddam?

R.I.P. to all the victims, may they rest in peace.

It was the Netherlands, the guy who supplied Iraq is called Frans van Anraat, he got sentenced to 17 years in prison in 2007

[alan131210]

[kirkuk1]

1 uncle and 3 cousins are Anfaled , RIP my dear martyes , god will revenge your blood .

[jjmuneer]

This bast*rd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKi8vjInek&feature=related

[alan131210]

that assyrian dog , he deserves worse than saddam , just cos he is Christan the americans want to save his ass .

[kirkuk1]

this guy needs to be skinned alive !

[alan131210]

[alan131210]

20/05/2012 20:32

ERBIL, May 20 (AKnews) - Parliamentarians from Westminster and Scotland this week called on the British government to recognize the genocide in the Kurdistan Region at the launch of a report on their recent fact-finding visit to the region.

Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s high representative to the UK, also called on MPs and members of the public to sign an online petition that calls on the British government to formally acknowledge the genocide.

Addressing an audience of MPs, journalists, diplomats and representatives of NGOs, she said: "Britain has played a pivotal role in Kurdistan’s recent history and it's very much engaged with Kurdistan today. Britain, the home of democracy, should be one of the first international governments to recognize what happened to the Kurds as genocide."

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Kurdistan Region and the Henry Jackson Society, a London-based think tank, hosted a meeting in the House of Commons to present the group’s report following its sixth mission to Kurdistan since 2008. The report outlines the progress in Kurdistan’s economy, international relations and democratic institutions while also pointing to challenges that the people, parties and government of Kurdistan still face. It calls on the British government to recognize the Kurdish genocide and to encourage others to do the same.

MP Robert Halfon said: "The Kurds have waited too long for justice. Iraq has officially recognized the genocide and it’s the duty of the rest of the world to do the same, and to ensure all the perpetrators are brought to international courts. I urge all of you to lobby your MPs, people in authority to ensure that the Kurds get official recognition for their suffering."

Hanzala Malik, Member of the Scottish Parliament, said: "We owe it to the people of Kurdistan, to engage with them, this is absolutely essential that they do not feel that humanity has given up on them. The Kurds have suffered enough. The idea that people can be ruthlessly murdered and forgotten is unacceptable. Signing the petition is very important. We as a nation have a reputation that we care for human beings and for democracy. Let’s demonstrate that by signing this petition."

The report and the MPs’ speeches also highlighted Kurdistan as a model for the Middle East.

Halfon added: "The most remarkable thing about Kurdistan is it's not just a progressive Muslim state but it’s become a sanctuary for people of other faiths, particularly Christians, who have fled from the rest of Iraq to get a safe haven in Kurdistan. It's extraordinary to see the different religious groups and the tolerance, which you would find in few other places in the Middle East."

MP Fabian Hamilton said: "Kurdistan is a part of the Middle East that can celebrate its successes. There is openness, democracy and freedom, which is hard to find in other parts of the region. Kurdistan is a model for the Middle East. Kurdistan leads the way, and long may it do so."

Gary Kent, APPG administrator, said: "The Kurds are recovering from decades of poverty, isolation and oppression. They’ve embraced democracy and an open economy. The region has had free and fair elections, validated and recognized by the international community. It has an opposition, which is rare in the Middle East. The need to reform is widely recognized in Kurdistan, but requires greater stability."

The APPG and Scottish group also focused on the growing commercial and educational relationship between Kurdistan and the UK.

Malik said: "Kurdistan is the Scotland of the Middle East. Its population size reflects that of Scotland and it has the friendliness of the Scots and is hungry to develop like Scotland. Scotland is open for business, as is Kurdistan."

He said there were discussions at a high level to strengthen relations between the two nations.

Davis Lewin, political director at the Henry Jackson Society, said the high turn-out of MPs for the meeting was a mark of the "incredible bipartisan support that this issue truly has".

He added: "The Kurds want to get ahead, they want a good life for their children, they are resistant to extremism. This is crystal clear by the way their political system has been developing. It deserves the strongest possible support."

Click here to sign the e-petition on recognition of the Kurdish genocide.

DM/AKnews

[alan131210]

these were victims from Qadr Karam and Qara Hanjir (Kirkuk)

[alan131210]

[alan131210]

[burnsss]

They should hand over the dog tariq aziz to the families affected by anfal. They will tie his legs onto donkeys that will rip him apart. KRG should also bring old baathi assyrian to justice so they taste their own medecine.

[alan131210]

should also bring old baathi assyrian to justice so they taste their own medecine.

that will be a genocide as they are all baathist lovers .

[burnsss]

should also bring old baathi assyrian to justice so they taste their own medecine.

that will be a genocide as they are all baathist lovers .

KRG know which were the baath lovers and put them behind bars, otherwise they will be used by the enemies as cheap traitors.