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Halabja

It was during the Iran-Iraq war that Saddam Hussein's jets carried out a gas attack against Halabja in northern Iraq. Mariwan Hama-Saeed was a small boy living in the town at the time.

It was during the Iran-Iraq war in 1988 that Saddam Hussein's jets carried out a gas attack against Halabja in northern Iraq.

Five thousand people were killed in the Halabja attack, considered one of the worst atrocities of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Mariwan Hama-Saeed was a small boy living in the town at the time.

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Wed 16 Mar 2011 11:50GMT

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