Kurds protest in Halabja Print E-mail
Thursday, 16 March 2006
Thousands of Kurdish protesters have attacked a memorial to the 1988 gas attack in the Iraqi town of Halabja and stormed official buildings.
The demonstration came on the 18th anniversary of the deaths of 5000 local people.
The protesters destroyed a memorial and set fire to a one-storey museum in protest over the lack of local services.
Witnesses said shooting broke out after people heckled Kurdish officials making speeches to commemorate the attack which most blame on the forces of Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president.
Three local journalists said they saw several casualties, including at least one person who appeared to have been killed. They said the museum had been burnt down.
A hospital doctor said one person had been killed and eight wounded when Kurdish security forces opened fire on the protesters as they stormed the museum.
In parliament
The violence started as Iraq's Kurdish leaders sat in parliament in Baghdad just before it was due to convene three months after elections.
The anger in Halabja could be embarrassing for Kurdish leaders who have managed to keep the Kurdish north stable as fighting has ripped apart Iraq.
Hajem al-Hassani, the outgoing speaker of parliament, called for a moment's silence in the chamber to commemorate the Halabja attack, one of the most potent symbols of Kurdish suffering during Saddam's rule.
Kurdish politicians have often used Halabja to try to unite the ethnic group, whose fortunes changed after a US-led invasion overthrew Saddam in 2003 and elections which swept them to power along with the country's Shia Muslims.
http://thekurdistani.com/news/content/view/2011/2/
Iraqi President's forces martyr Halabja again on its 18th Anniversary Print E-mail
Thursday, 16 March 2006
London (TheKurdistani.com) - Forces loyal to the Iraqi President killed a Kurdish female teenager and wounded 11 others on Halabja's 18th anniversary of the chemical attack in 1988.
On 16th of March 1988, the forces of Saddam Hussein, that time's president of Iraq, bombed the city with chemical weapons killing at least 5000 innocents instantly.
On 16th of March 2006, ironically, the forces of the current Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, fired on innocent civilians protesting against the lack of public services in their city killing Kurda Ahmed, 14, and injurying at least 11 others.
While innocent Kurds were being massacared again by the Iraqi Kurdish leaders forces, the Kurdish President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, and the Kurdistan president, Massoud Barzani, were embracing the Arab leaders in Baghdad.
http://thekurdistani.com/news/content/view/2009/2/
Thursday, 16 March 2006
Thousands of Kurdish protesters have attacked a memorial to the 1988 gas attack in the Iraqi town of Halabja and stormed official buildings.
The demonstration came on the 18th anniversary of the deaths of 5000 local people.
The protesters destroyed a memorial and set fire to a one-storey museum in protest over the lack of local services.
Witnesses said shooting broke out after people heckled Kurdish officials making speeches to commemorate the attack which most blame on the forces of Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president.
Three local journalists said they saw several casualties, including at least one person who appeared to have been killed. They said the museum had been burnt down.
A hospital doctor said one person had been killed and eight wounded when Kurdish security forces opened fire on the protesters as they stormed the museum.
In parliament
The violence started as Iraq's Kurdish leaders sat in parliament in Baghdad just before it was due to convene three months after elections.
The anger in Halabja could be embarrassing for Kurdish leaders who have managed to keep the Kurdish north stable as fighting has ripped apart Iraq.
Hajem al-Hassani, the outgoing speaker of parliament, called for a moment's silence in the chamber to commemorate the Halabja attack, one of the most potent symbols of Kurdish suffering during Saddam's rule.
Kurdish politicians have often used Halabja to try to unite the ethnic group, whose fortunes changed after a US-led invasion overthrew Saddam in 2003 and elections which swept them to power along with the country's Shia Muslims.
http://thekurdistani.com/news/content/view/2011/2/
Iraqi President's forces martyr Halabja again on its 18th Anniversary Print E-mail
Thursday, 16 March 2006
London (TheKurdistani.com) - Forces loyal to the Iraqi President killed a Kurdish female teenager and wounded 11 others on Halabja's 18th anniversary of the chemical attack in 1988.
On 16th of March 1988, the forces of Saddam Hussein, that time's president of Iraq, bombed the city with chemical weapons killing at least 5000 innocents instantly.
On 16th of March 2006, ironically, the forces of the current Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, fired on innocent civilians protesting against the lack of public services in their city killing Kurda Ahmed, 14, and injurying at least 11 others.
While innocent Kurds were being massacared again by the Iraqi Kurdish leaders forces, the Kurdish President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, and the Kurdistan president, Massoud Barzani, were embracing the Arab leaders in Baghdad.
http://thekurdistani.com/news/content/view/2009/2/
