Social networking sites around the world have been flooded with comments on Monday marking the 27th anniversary of the gas attacks on Halabja city, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.
The brutal 1988 attacks carried out by the government of former dictator Saddam Hussein, and which were later declared a genocide, killed more than 5,000 people, including many women and children.
Micro-blogging site Twitter erupted with Tweets from Kurdish and non-Kurdish politicians.
Excerpts from the Halabja tributes on Twitter.
The brutal 1988 attacks carried out by the government of former dictator Saddam Hussein, and which were later declared a genocide, killed more than 5,000 people, including many women and children.
Micro-blogging site Twitter erupted with Tweets from Kurdish and non-Kurdish politicians.
Excerpts from the Halabja tributes on Twitter.
We honor and remember the thousands of innocent victims of the #Halabja massacre by the Saddam regime, 27 years ago today. #TwitterKurds
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) March 16, 2015
27 yrs ago today, Saddam gassed 5000 Kurd civilians in #Halabja, today #DAESH persists with atrocious crimes against humanity. This must end
— Barham Salih (@BarhamSalih) March 16, 2015
"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on & do nothing" #Halabja pic.twitter.com/tr0LUBiDow
— Angus McKee (@AngusMcKeeFCO) March 16, 2015
On this day in 1988, Saddam Hussein's regime attacked Halabja by chemical bombs,killing 5000 civilians. #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/8uTS2tXZpA
— Global Shapers (@GlobalShapers) March 16, 2015
@UNIraq in #Erbil commemorates the 27th anniversary of the #Halabja atrocity. #IraqCrisis pic.twitter.com/IXdIYDPu4z
— OCHA Iraq (@OCHAIraq) March 16, 2015
'There was more than one chemical attack on the Kurds, but Halabja was by far the most devastating' #NeverForgetHalabja
— Kale (@kaykamran) March 16, 2015
At 11AM GMT+3 the Kurdistan Region will observe a moment of silence for the martyrs of #Halabja #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/rpye8WG0UA
— #Peshmerga (@rbarwari) March 16, 2015
27 years ago, the town of #Halabja, in Iraqi Kurdistan, was bombarded with chemical weapons. In just a few hours, 5,000 people were killed.
— Laween Atroshi [PPC] (@laweenatroshi) March 16, 2015
The museum in Halabja representing the genocide of the kurds on March 16 1988🌹 pic.twitter.com/xOvoSq1eVa
— Free Kurdîstan (@alebabiri) March 16, 2015
Lets see how Iraqi people or how many #arabs attend or show their solidarity today, in memory of #Halabja ?
— Supas (@kgpasha) March 16, 2015
#Halabja will never be forgotten! 5000 lives lost and thousands suffering today from one of the most brutal attacks against humanity.
— Rebaz Q (@RebazQ) March 16, 2015
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