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Anfal mass grave uncovered in southern Iraq

The New Region

Jan. 18, 2025 • 1 min read
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Iraq announced they have uncovered 155 remains of Anfal victims in a mass grave in Samawah desert.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The Iraqi martyrs foundation announced on Saturday that they have uncovered a second mass grave in the Samawah desert that contains the remains of victims of the Anfal massacre, with seven more found still to be opened.

 

"155 remains were extracted, all of which belong to Kurdish women and children who died during the Anfal campaign carried out by the Saddam regime in 1988,” the foundation said.

 

After the fall of Saddam Hussain’s regime, multiple mass graves have been uncovered throughout Iraq, containing the remains of victims of the Anfal campaign.

 

The foundation added that “the remains will be handed over to the Forensic Department to take samples from them in order to identify the victims." 

 

The discovery of seven other graves in the same area was also confirmed that are yet to be uncovered.

 

Anfal was a genocidal campaign launched by Saddam’s regime against the Kurds. 

 

Anfal, the eighth chapter of the Islamic Holy book of Quran, was used as codename for the campaign which directly translates to spoils of war.

 

Over 182,000 Kurds were massacred in the eight-year-long campaign and thousands of Kurdish villages were destroyed and wiped out.

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