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Treaty of Sevres
This treaty was supposed to supply a Kurdish State, but an agreement was never reached and the region was split up into four nations. -
Saddam Hussein Elected
Saddams election win sets in step the events that led up to the Kurdish Genocide. -
Iran-Iraq War Anti Kurdish Policies
As the Iran-Iraq war begins, so do the policies of Kurdish discrimination. The Iraqi government implenents Anti-Kurdish. A small Civil War broke out in which many Kurdish Villages were destroyed, and many people were killed by the Iraqi government. -
Iran-Iraq War
This is the beggining of the Iran-Iraq war in which many Anti-Kurdish policies were instated including attacks specifically aimed at the kurds instead of Iran -
Bazrani incident
8,000 men from the village of Bazrani are taken from their village and never taken again -
Kurdish Rebellion
The Kurdish Rebellion was in 1983 when the Iraqi Kurds rebelled against Iraq in an attempt to form their own country. It lasted through 1988 when an amnesty agreement was reached. This was also the cause the 1986-1988 Genocide itself. -
Ali Hassan al-Majid
Ali Hassan al-Majid is appointed Secretary General of the Northern Bureau of the Ba'ath Party. This makes him the consul of the North and is one of the spear-heading leaders of the Kurdish Genocide in Iraq. -
Ali Hassan Directive
Ali Hassan signs a directive ordering all males of age to bear arms in prohibited areas to be killed. The area was Anfal and the people. A subsequent directive ordered the men to be killed and the families to be deported -
Halabja Gas Attack
This is the most famous event of the Kurdish genocide. During this incident the Iraqi army used helicopters to drop illegal chemical weapons on the town of Halabja. Many of the victims were women and children, and it is believed that as many as 5,000 people were killed. The event sparked controversy for Iraq used weapons that were supposed to be outlawed according to the United Nations -
End of Genocide
This is the recognized date of the end of the Iraqi Kurdish Genocide. It is believed that as many as 182,000 people died during the course of the genocide -
Saddams Execution
Saddam Hussein is hanged for his crimes against humanity including those in the Kurdish Genocide
