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Alwand Ali, 39, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, displays her picture following the attack as she poses in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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The graves of the victims of the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqi Kurds walk past a mural near the monument dedicated to the victims of the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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A statue depicting a Kurdish father holding his baby, both killed in the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack, part of a memorial monument dedicated to the victims of the attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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A Kurdish vendor sits next to his produce in the Kurdish town oof Halabja, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqis visit a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Fatima Abdulkadir, 71, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, poses for a picture in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Halala Jalal, 47, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, poses for a picture in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Hawkar Saber, 36, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, poses for a picture in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Alwand Ali, 39, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, displays her picture following the attack as she poses in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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The graves of the victims of the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqi Kurds walk past a mural near the monument dedicated to the victims of the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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A statue depicting a Kurdish father holding his baby, both killed in the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack, part of a memorial monument dedicated to the victims of the attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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A Kurdish vendor sits next to his produce in the Kurdish town oof Halabja, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqis visit a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1988 Halabja Chemical attack in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Fatima Abdulkadir, 71, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, poses for a picture in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Halala Jalal, 47, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, poses for a picture in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Hawkar Saber, 36, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, poses for a picture in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
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Alwand Ali, 39, one of the victims of the Halabja Chemical attack in 1988, displays her picture following the attack as she poses in the Kurdish town, 300 kms (190 miles) northeast of Baghdad. AFP
After 33 years, Iraq's Halabja chemical attack survivors seek justice
Survivors recall the day events of March 16, 1988, when Iraq's air force rained down a deadly cocktail of chemical weapons
AFP
16 March, 2021
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