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Chemical Warfare and Place: Lessons from Halabja

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Dr Gerard Toal

As the United States and France consider military strikes in retaliation against the Assad regime it is worth recalling the use of chemical weapons by Saddam Hussein’s regime in Halabja, north east Iraqi Kurdistan on 16 March 1988. It is … Continue reading →

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