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The Kurdish Genocide - European Parliament
TheKurdish GenocideAchievingJustice throughEURecognition1 The KurdishGenocideAchievingJustice throughEURecognitionIntroductionOn28 February2013,aunanimousvotewastakenbefor etheBritishparliament,establishingoverwh elmingsupport,toformallyrecognise thatthecrimeofgenocidewascommittedagains tIraqiKurdsbyseniorofficials ofthegovernmentofSaddamHussein,basedonap olicyofextermination asignificant landmark forthevictimsofthegenocide thatareseekingpastatrocitiescommitted ,theCityofPeaceandJustice,TheHaguehasrec entlyapprovedplanstobuildamemorialsiteto commemorate ,whichistheonlystatetohaveofficiallyreco gnised areanimportantandtimelystepforwardforfac ilitatingwiderdebateaswellasmuchneededac tion,torecognisetheatrocitiescommittedby SaddamHussein s regimeagainstIraqiKurds, throughdebateandtoultimately achieveformalrecognition ,followedbyadiscussiononthegeo-political importanceof thisdiscussion,outlining governmentinpublicpronouncementsandinter nalmemorandaforaseriesofmilitarycampaign smountedbyIraq s Ba athArabSocialistParty,whichgraduallyinte nsified overa
Kurdish region to desert areas of Iraq. One of the key factors in the creation of this policy was the presence of strategically valuable oil fields in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Kurdish Peshmerga rebel activity that was considered a threat to Iraq’s control over the region. The “Arabisation” process entailed the systematic
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