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Treaty of sevres
promised a homeland for the Kurd's. Ultimately failed when Ankara refused to sign the treaty. -
Ali Hassan al-Majid
He is made secretary General of the Northern Bureau of the Ba'ath Party. He is one of the main leaders of the Kurdish genocide. -
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Dehumanization
Throughout the genocide and before the genocide the Kurd's were constantly dehumanized and hate propaganda was spread throughout Iraq -
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein is elected president, This allows the government to institutionalize mass killing or genocide. Ali-Hassan is made head of Irai intelligence service. -
Iran-Iraq war
The Iran-Iraq war begins as well as anti-Kurdish discrimination. The government starts to implement anti-Kurdish laws and orders -
Preparation
Ali-Hassan directive. Ali-Hassan signs a directive ordering all males of age to bear arms in prohibited areas to be killed. Later he signs a directive saying all of the families of men found in prohibited areas will be exterminated.He decreed that Kurd's would lose their property rights and suspended the legal rights of all the residents of prohibited villages. -
Extermination
Ali-Hassan began ordering the execution of the Kurd's in prohibited areas (places were many Kurdish villages were.) -
Halabja Gas attacks
The largest of the 40 gas attacks on the Kurds in Iraq. The Iraqi army used helicopters to drop chemicalweapons on the town of Halabja. As many as 5000 people were killed. -
Denial and end of genocide
The genocide ends but the whole world doesn't really react. Eventually Ali-Hassan and Saddam Hussein are tried and hung.
