Complaint filed against companies in Halabja attack
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:11 amBBC News
In 1988 a chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja in northern Iraq killed 5000 people and injured some 10000 others.
Saddam Hussein ordered the attack as part of a scorched-earth campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion in the north of the country.
On Monday lawyers in Paris filed a criminal complaint against the Western companies they believe were legally responsible for supplying the gases that were used.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22846485
In 1988 a chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja in northern Iraq killed 5000 people and injured some 10000 others.
Saddam Hussein ordered the attack as part of a scorched-earth campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion in the north of the country.
On Monday lawyers in Paris filed a criminal complaint against the Western companies they believe were legally responsible for supplying the gases that were used.
Link & Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22846485