Halabja
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That tension over water persists all the way beyond the mountains near Halabja, where the Sirwan forms the border between Iran and Iraq.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021
He won the Robert Capa Gold Medal covering the 1979 Revolution for TIME, and photographed Saddam Hussein’s gas attack on Halabja.
From Time • Aug. 30, 2016
Many have stories about family members who died there or parents, originally from Halabja, who cry non stop on every anniversary.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2014
The "factory" was located in an area near Halabja occupied by a radical Kurdish Islamist group, Ansar al-Islam.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2014
One of Saddam's lawyers claims that Abdel-Rahman, a Kurd from Halabja, has a "personal feud" with Saddam and isn't impartial.
From Time Magazine Archive
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