On (18 Aug 05) Steve Asher wrote to George Pope...
 SA> Halabja poison gas attack
 SA> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
 SA>
 SA> The Halabja poison gas attack was an incident on 15 March-19 March
 SA> 1988 during a major battle in the Iran-Iraq war when chemical weapons
 SA> were used, allegedly by Iraqi government forces, to kill a number of
 SA> people in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja (population 80,000).
 SA> Estimates of casualties range from several hundred to 5,000 people.
 SA> Halabja is located about 150 miles northeast of Baghdad and 8-10 miles
 SA> from the Iranian border.

Now I remember my source for the event -- Guiness Book of Records 1999
"worst chemical gas attack in history"

Because I care,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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