United States: We will continue our support for Iraq as a leading country in the region and the worl

United States: We will continue our support for Iraq as a leading country in the region and the world



BAGHDAD (statement) - United States renewed its support for Iraq as a leading country in the region and the world, the U.S. embassy said in Baghdad that the United States is working together with the Government of Iraq to achieve a brighter future for the new generations of Iraqis.

She said in a statement on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Halabja with chemical weapons: celebrating 25 years The horrific chemical weapons attacks carried out by Saddam's regime against the people of the city of Halabja, as it has killed more than [5] of thousands of innocent civilians in just 20 minutes, and caused injury [10] Thousands of others, also suffered thousands of citizens of the city in Following these attacks of diseases with high rates of serious because of the legacy of toxic chemicals weapons effects.

The embassy said: On this occasion, advancing the United States Mission in Iraq on behalf of the Government of the United States warmest heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have suffered as a result of that crime, as we recall the memory of those who died and those who survived them all reverence and maximize, and we hope to draw world lessons from the tragedy of Halabja. She explained that the United States government has been working to prevent the occurrence of such atrocities and to ensure respect for human rights throughout the world, as well as to punish those responsible for committing crimes against their own people.

She embassy "As we pause for a moment remember where today the victims of Halabja, we should also pay tribute to the progress Ultra has been achieved since that terrible day before twenty-five years, that progress has been made at the hands of the people of Iraq and the United States and their international partners, thanks to their courage and sacrifices.

She said: We will continue together our support for Iraq as a leading country in the region and the world, and as his government responsive to the will of the people and the assumption of respect for human rights, and more importantly, we have been trying to make other Halabja impossible.

Halabja is a city in the province of Sulaimaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and away from the Iranian border 8 - 10 miles northeast of Baghdad, about 150 miles away.

The former regime on 16 of March 1988, pounding the city with chemical weapons which led to the deaths of more than 5500 of the Iraqi Kurds and wounded them from 7000 to 10,000 was mostly civilians have died thousands of residents in the year that followed from health complications and diseases and birth defects.
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The former regime on 16 of March 1988, pounding the city with chemical
weapons which led to the deaths of more than 5500 of the Iraqi Kurds and
wounded them from 7000 to 10,000 was mostly civilians have died
thousands of residents in the year that followed from health
complications and diseases and birth defects.

This Crime alone was worth the TV pictures and videos of the Saddam hanging...