Example Of The Al Anfal Genocide

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Al Anfal Genocide Genocide is the systematic destruction of part or all of an ethnic, religious, racial, or national group of people. Throughout history there have been several horrendous genocides. One of the more horrendous genocides was the Al Anfal genocide. The Al Anfal genocide, or also known as The Kurdish Genocide, was an attempt to exterminate the Kurdish population in northern Iraq in the late 1980’s. Al Anfal literally means the spoils of war. The Al Anfal genocide was led by Saddam Hussein's Ba’athist regime. The Al Anfal genocide was an eight stage, carefully planned attempt to destroy the Kurdish population between February 23rd and September 6th 1988. The Kurdish population is the 4th largest ethnic group in northern Iraq.
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