Halabja
/ (həˈlæbdʒə) /
noun
a Kurdish town in NE Iraq; in March 1998 Iraqi forces used poison gas on the population, killing hundreds of civilians. Pop: estimates vary between 45 000 and 80 000
Example sentences from the Web for halabja
In 1988 Saddam Hussein used gas to slaughter thousands of men, women, and children in the Kurdish city of Halabja.
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