Anfal genocide

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The Anfal genocide was a series of brutal campaigns carried out by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the late 1980s that systematically targeted and massacred Kurdish civilians in Iraq through mass killings, disappearances, and chemical attacks.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Anfal genocide canonical 2
Al-Anfal genocide 1
Anfal genocide trial 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing campaign ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
actualNature systematic campaign against Kurdish civilians ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anfal campaign ⓘ
linked to: Al-Anfal campaign

al-Anfal campaign ⓘ
linked to: Al-Anfal campaign
commandedBy Ali Hassan al-Majid ⓘ
commanderNickname Chemical Ali ⓘ
commanderRole Secretary General of the Northern Bureau of the Ba'ath Party ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
endTime 1989 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfVictims approximately 50,000 to 100,000 Kurds killed ⓘ
tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians killed ⓘ
internationalLawCategory grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
justificationUsedByRegime counterinsurgency against Kurdish rebels ⓘ
legalClassification genocide against the Kurds ⓘ
legalProceeding Iraqi High Tribunal Anfal trial ⓘ
location Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
mainPhaseEndTime September 1988 ⓘ
mainPhaseStartTime February 1988 ⓘ
method chemical weapons attacks ⓘ
forced disappearances ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ
mass killings ⓘ
summary executions ⓘ
village destructions ⓘ
namedAfter Al-Anfal sura of the Quran ⓘ
linked to: Surah Al-Anfal
notableEvent chemical attack on Halabja ⓘ
numberOfDestroyedVillages thousands of Kurdish villages destroyed ⓘ
partOf Iran–Iraq War context ⓘ
Iraq–Kurdish conflict ⓘ
perpetrator Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ
Saddam Hussein regime ⓘ
linked to: Ba'athist Iraq
recognizedAsGenocideBy Iraqi High Tribunal ⓘ
Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ
several national parliaments ⓘ
resultedInConvictionOf Ali Hassan al-Majid ⓘ
several senior Ba'athist officials ⓘ
startTime 1986 ⓘ
target Iraqi Kurds ⓘ
linked to: Kurds

Kurdish civilians ⓘ
rural Kurdish population ⓘ
timePeriod late 1980s ⓘ
victimGroupEthnicity Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish language
victimGroupReligion predominantly Sunni Muslim Kurds ⓘ
yearOfHalabjaAttack 1988 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Anfal campaign → alsoKnownAs → Anfal genocide ⓘ
Al-Anfal campaign → alsoKnownAs → Al-Anfal genocide ⓘ
linked to: Anfal genocide
Halabja chemical attack → associatedWith → Kurdish genocide ⓘ
linked to: Anfal genocide
Ali Hassan al-Majid → notableEvent → Anfal genocide trial ⓘ
subject linked to: Chemical Ali
linked to: Anfal genocide
Halabja Memorial Day → relatedTo → Anfal genocide ⓘ
Halabja Memorial Day → relatedTo → Kurdish genocide in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Anfal genocide