PM:06:18:16/03/2023
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SULAIMANI — On the 35th anniversary of the chemical attack
on Halabja, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Parliament Speaker
Mohammed al-Halbousi issued statements commemorating the tragic event.
Sudani said in a statement that today marks the anniversary
of one of the detestable crimes against humanity committed by the former Iraqi
dictatorship against the city of Halabja.
He said the Council of Ministers had voted to make Halabja a
province, and that it was a moral duty for the decision to be implemented
before anything else.
Halbousi said, "We express our sympathy to the families of
the victims and oppose the injustice committed against the people of the
city."
On March 16, 1988, 5,000 people were killed in Halabja in a
chemical weapons bombardment by the Baathist regime. More than 10,000 others
were injured.
(NRT Digital Media)