Posted by 10derHeart on March 23, 2006, at 18:25:39
In reply to Re: Iraqi Deaths, posted by special_k on March 23, 2006, at 16:47:56
http://www.phrusa.org/research/chemical_weapons/chemiraqgas2.html
That's just a sample, but I like that it's from a medical group...something different as a source
If you google Kurds poison gas, etc.,
or just the village names of Birjinni and Halabja, you will find a lot more (many more villages were attacked with chemical weapons, but these are the two most publicized/biggest, in the center, if I recall)
I have a certain link that I hesitiate to post here...it's very thorough, detailed, very real as it contains first-hand accounts of those attacks, but it is EXTREMELY graphic and contains many heartbreaking photos of dead bodies, including many children, etc.
I'm not sure it's be okay here or wise. But I could Babblemail it to anyone interested.
I wrote a short paper on these attacks for a class, back around 1997 or so, but hadn't thought about it (except maybe during the inital invasion in 2003) for a while. Probably blocked it out :-(
I'm glad the topic came up here. We musn't forget these sorts of tragedies. I mean, the entire region is complex and reasons for taking or not taking actions keep changing (eg, I remember finding that the US and others probably supplied helicopters, military intelligence, etc., intended to support Iraq in the war with Iran, but those ultimately were used also to plan and execute the attacks on unprotected civilians - which, to the regime in power *was* a necessary part of their war effort as Iranian forces were in and around the villages. )
<sigh> A lot of horrific suffering all around.
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