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Kurdistan Region, a laboratory for pilot
testing of chemical weaponry
25.6.2008
By H. S. Soran
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June
25, 2008
Anniversary Commemoration
of Sardasht Chemical Bombardment
IN THE NAME OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE
As a writer without frontier - but of Kurdish
origin, three years ago, I had an exceptional
opportunity to carry out a relatively general field
study of Sardasht Chemical Bombardment and its fatal
aftermaths. This bestial bombing was committed
indiscriminately by Saddam's savage horrible regime,
in June * 27, 1987, during Iran/Iraq futile
conflict, in which Kurds had no role in igniting its
cursed fire.
Sardasht is a charming small size mountainous
township, located at Iran/Iraq geographic border, at
Northwestern corner of Iran, with famous wild
black grape vine yards and romantic superb
landscapes, among which the Shalmash Waterfall, is
an outstanding and elegant natural symbolic
phenomena, that attracts thousands of tourists in
spring and summer season each year. |
H.
S. Soran, Kurdish freelance writer
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Among many ardent and
devoted patriotic personalities of these town, we
can typically point out to late Mulla Awareh, who
was a talented, high ranking and popular Kurdish
poet and Peshmarga ( liberator ), that has been
executed by Shah's Panfarsism regime, in late 60s
treacherously.
This Sardasht bombardment was carried out at day
time by Saddam's army, and its attacking epicenter
was exactly the middle square of the town, called
Sarchaweh. There was no military garrison or any
similar fortification at this location,www.ekurd.net
i.e. they had chemically
bombarded a pure civilian population. For example
only a household, called Vahidi family, suffered
around seven causalities and/or dangerous injuries.
In this super barbaric bombardment, which was a
continuation of animosity Kurdish genocide by Saddam
and completion of Halabja catastrophe, thousands of
civilians were martyred, handicapped, crippled or
seriously injured or made homeless.
Besides visiting the respective martyrs' cemetery
there and pilgrimage to their mausoleum at town
outskirts, I saw many crippled persons and injured
ones, which still are suffering from serious pains
and chemical aching.
Besides this lamentable situation, I was told that
this devastating bombardment had an deterrent impact
on feminine and masculine birth rate ratio and
resulted in a high and abnormal cases of abortion,
too.
The native people said, that in general this
bombardment had a deteriorating and destructive
implication on natural environment, human life,
plantation circumstances, animal kingdom and
agriculture etc severely, which it is necessary that
its aftermaths be evaluated and analyzed by
different teams of experts precisely, in particular
its long term dangerous ones, such as its cancerous
genesis, nervous pathology etc on future
generations.
I must emphasize on this shocking fact, that besides
Sardasht and Halabja, which we call them Kurdistan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, tenth of other civil small
communities are bombarded chemically in Kurdistan,
at Iran or Iraq geographical domain, for example
Qalache village near Mariwan etc.
But this ferocious process, which is still
continuing, has transformed Great Kurdistan (
Kurdish populated areas of Middle East ) to a
Laboratory For Pilot Testing Of Chemical And
Extraordinary Hazardous Weaponry.
As an example, I point out to rumors of a possible
chemical bombardment made by Turkey, at QANDIL
Mountain environment in Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) district, Iraq, which is mainly
populated by civil Kurdish community, in beginning
of 2008, for which unfortunately up to now, I had no
opportunity to visit the region and make a field
survey similar to those I made at Halabja and
Sardasht ; but as far as I have seen on prestigious
TV news screens, in result of Turkish government's
suspicious bombardment,www.ekurd.net
those small lambs and
goat kids, which were sucking their mothers milks,
were intoxicated and perished in groups immediately.
Even parent animals, which were grazing at those
intoxicated pastures, were died in herds ; that is
indication of a possible chemical pollution, made by
Turkey's bombardment.
So, I propose to respective international
responsible authorities, to commission expert teams
to visit the bombardment site before long and try to
prevent any catastrophic long and short term
outcomes, which can be transformed to another
Halabja and Sardasht ; and if respective
investigations proved to be positive, exert their
best effort to minimize its dangerous impacts.
In the meantime, now when coincides with the
anniversary commemoration of Sardasht chemical
bombardment, I reiterate my deepest condolence and
sorrow to the family of the martyrs. And I thank the
Kurdish students of Esfahan University, in Iran who
hold an anniversary gathering to commemorate that
catastrophe, in particular I appreciate the head of
Kurdish Students Society at Esfahan Umiversity, Mr.
Jalal Hajizadeh and his diligent classmates, who
organized that commemoration gathering for Sardasht
Chemical Bombardment - along with Anfal and Halabja
Kurd's genocide, which are carried out in Iraqi
occupied Kurdistan, in last 3 decades.
A serious question from Mr. Ban Ki-moon the UN
secretary general : If Kurds are selected as
laboratory mice, for testing the performance of new
chemical and other hazardous warfare?
But dear Sir! Kurds have demonstrated explicitly
that are genuine lovers of universal peaceful
coexistence, equality and justice. They shall not be
used as laboratory mice.
Note: some are citing bombardment has been carried
out in June 28 ?
You may reach the author via email at:
soransa(at)hotmail.com
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