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Traffic stopped and people stood still in the streets despite rain for a period of silence Friday as Kurds in northern Iraq commemorated the anniversary of a 1988 chemical weapons attack that killed an estimated 5,600 people.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)STONERS
    STONERS
    March 16, 2007, 7:43 p.m.

    Saddam Hussein had ordered the attack as part of a scorched-earth campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion in the north, seen as aiding Iran in the final months of its war with Iraq. The ousted leader was executed for other crimes against humanity before he could face trial for Halabja.

    Hundreds of victims' relatives and local officials also gathered in the city hall in Halabja, 150 miles northeast of Baghdad , and lit 19 candles to symbolize the 19 years since the massacre took place.

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)earthlover
      earthlover
      March 17, 2007, 7:59 a.m.

      it is very very sad, my heart and prayers be with them

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)pelachile
        pelachile
        March 17, 2007, 6:15 p.m.

        I was in Dohuk in 05 and witnessed the silent memorial first hand. The entire city comes to a screeching halt when the sirens go off and you could hear a pin drop.

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