INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ The heads of Iraqi state, President Barham Salim and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, on Thursday commemorated the 34th
anniversary of al-Anfal campaign waged by the former dictator Saddam Hussein against the Kurdish minority.Al-Kadhimi tweeted, "Today marks
34 years since the Anfal criminal campaign, in which tens of thousands of innocent Kurds lost their lives." "We have to keep building our
democratic - peaceful Iraq, and combat any action that may bring back dictatorship - aggression.May the Anfal matryrs rest in peace," he
added.President Salih condemned the crime committed against unarmed civilians in the Kurdistan Region."Thousands were displaced, and many
bodies were stashed in grave masses," he said, striking an analogy with "our people in mid and southern Iraq
Their sin is refusing injustice."The President called for Solidarity, reparation, and justice for the victims.
