Event: 21st Anniversary memorial service for victims of Halabja chemical attack
Posted by sarkout on April 20 2009 14:50:35
Event: 21st Anniversary memorial service for victims of Halabja chemical attack
KurdishMedia.com 12/03/2009 00:00:00
The Halabja poison gas attack occurred in the period 16.17 March 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War. Chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, killing thousands of people, most of them civilians (3,200-5,000 dead on the spot and 7,000-10,000 injured). Thousands more died of horrific complications, diseases, and birth defects in the years after the attack.
21st Anniversary Memorial Service - Monday 16th March 2009. 11:00am to 12:30
at Arya Restaurant, 19 Brook Street, Huddersfield HD1 1EB
11:00 Procession from Huddersfield Library to 19 Brook Street
11:30 Drama followed by short memorial service
This event is open for anyone to attend regardless of race, creed and gender.
19 Brook Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1EB
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