Prime Minister: Halabja Tragedy One of the Most Criminal Acts of Genocide
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed on Sunday that the Halabja massacre, Shaaban uprising, Anfal, and the mass graves of children and women, committed in cold blood against the people by the repressive apparatus and the dictatorial regime, represent one of the most heinous violations of our time at the hands of a regime that some are trying to beautify and defend.
The Prime Minister's media office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received a group of families of martyrs and victims of the ousted dictatorial regime and shared an iftar meal with them during the holy month of Ramadan, coinciding with the National Day of Remembrance for the Crimes of the Saddamist Ba'ath Regime Against Our Honorable People."
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