Halabja massacre

1988 · Iraq (Saddam Hussein/Ba'athist government) vs Kurdish civilians

A large-scale chemical weapons attack by Iraqi forces on the Kurdish town of Halabja on 16 March 1988, during the Anfal campaign, killing roughly 5,000 civilians and injuring over 10,000. It is the largest chemical attack against a civilian population in history.

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