Halabja

Michael Rubin wrote a short post on the Corner at NRO about Halabja.

March 16 marks the 21st anniversary of the Saddam Hussein regime’s use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds, killing 5,000 in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja. The episode should be a reminder of just how genocidal Saddam was, and how much more secure the world is without him. And, while Halabja has become an international symbol of Saddam’s brutality, it should not be forgotten that the town was only one of many attacked with chemical weapons during the Anfal campaign.