Former officer recounts US Special Forces, Peshmerga cooperation

The book mainly chronicles the ground cooperation between the US Special Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga, which also led to the defeat of the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam in the Halabja area in March 2003 during Operation Viking Hammer, one of the first joint operations between Peshmerga and US forces that came before the operation in Kirkuk.

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Kurdish leaders commemorate Barzani Genocide on 43rd anniversary

“During the Barzani Anfal, the former Iraqi regime detained 8,000 Barzani men, young and old, simply because they were Barzanis and Kurds, and after deporting them, massacred them in an inhuman manner in the deserts of southern Iraq,” said President Masoud Barzani.

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Anfal executioner Hajaj sentenced to death

“Hajaj has been sentenced to death,” The New Region’s Baghdad correspondent Daroon Malanaji said, after the court issued its verdict over the atrocities the convict committed against the Kurds. 

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Trial of infamous Anfal executioner continues in Baghdad

Ayad Kakai, lawyer for the families of the victims, told The New Region that in the Thursday session, “the court will take Hajaj's statement,” wherein the court and lawyers may question the executioner.

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Kurdish witnesses recount torture under brutal Saddam-era executioner

Recounting his past, the survivor said he was just 15 years old when Hajaj slapped him so hard that he urinated himself. According to Malanaji, a child who had come to observe the proceedings covered his face with his hands after hearing the testimony. The account underscores the trauma the victims endured, many of whom were children.

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Notorious Anfal executioner stands trial in Baghdad

Hajaj Ahmed Hardan al-Tikriti, more infamously known as Hajaj, was arrested in August of last year and described by the Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) as “one of the most wanted henchmen of the former regime” of Saddam Hussein. He is standing trial in Baghdad.

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Kurdish leaders commemorate 1974 Qaladze massacre

President Masoud Barzani said the April 24, 1974 attack, which killed and wounded hundreds of innocent civilians, was "a clear indication of the chauvinist and brutal policies of the former Iraqi regime against the civilian citizens of Kurdistan."

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Baath-era officials to face trial for Barzani Genocide Sunday

“This is the first time those accused of the genocide will be tried, who have confessed to the crime,” the lawyer said.

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PMF detains former Baath Party member in Basra’s Qurna district

The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces arrested Razzaq Hasaj, a former Baath Party member, in Basra’s Qurna district as part of ongoing efforts to pursue individuals suspected of involvement in past violence, a security source told The New Region.

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