Iraq Uses Poison Gas Against Kurds
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Science, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Human Rights, Violence, Asylum, Refugees
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Iraq, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia
- Date: Late August, 1988
Article abstract: In August, 1988, Iraqi aircraft dropped lethal gases on Kurdish settlements in northern Iraq, killing thousands of Kurds and causing sixty thousand to flee into Turkey.
Summary of Event
The Kurdish minority in the mountainous regions of northern Iraq, large portions of southeastern Turkey, parts of the southwestern Soviet Union, and Iraq’s borders with Iran and Syria has sought autonomy since the early twentieth century. The European nations that signed the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920 did not honor a provision that granted autonomy to...
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