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Today is #HalabjaMemorialDay, marking the 32nd year since the chemical weapons massacre in #Halabja in @Kurdistan. This genocidal attack alone killed an estimated 5,000 civilians in a matter of hours.

Here is one survivor’s account: bit.ly/3b5qAkp
Even today, the effects of the attack reverberate through the #Halabja community. People who were exposed to the chemicals continue to experience health problems, children are born with congenital deformities, and families remain shattered.

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The city of #Halabja was not the only location targeted on that day. Similar, brutal attacks were conducted by Iraqi aircraft on surrounding villages.

Watch the accounts of Obed and Siamand, who survived such attacks but lost nearly everything: bit.ly/2wdkoI1
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