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Halabja massacre

Took place on March 16, 1988

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The 39th anniversary falls on March 16, 2027, in 143 days.

The Halabja massacre (Kurdish: کیمیابارانی ھەڵەبجە, romanized: Kêmyabarana Helebce) took place in Iraqi Kurdistan on 16 March 1988, when thousands of Kurds were killed by a large-scale Iraqi chemical attack.

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