Genocide Crimes Committed Against the Kurds in Iraq Statistical Study on Anfal Operations 19871988

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The crime of genocide is one of the most serious crimes against humanity as it affects the life، freedom، rights or humanity of a group of people، and these crimes collectively constitute what are called humanitarian crimes. The crime of genocide is considered relatively recent at the international level، as it did not appear in its current form until after World War II. Here، the talk about Anfal is a talk about campaigns of executions، mass killings and organized extermination according to all standards. This means that Anfal was the first step to annihilate the Kurdish community. The destruction of villages in Kurdistan and the displacement of the population into the open to get rid of their identity forever. The strategy of the Anfal operations campaigns was to destroy all the defensive capabilities of the Kurdistan community. Anfal، according to international standards of crimes، falls within the framework of genocide (genocide). In this research، some descriptive statistical methods were used، such as graphs، circuit diagrams، graphs، and some statistical analyzes to obtain acceptable and accurate results. In managing affairs and responsibilities، that is، targeting this group to paralyze those minorities of women in general and men in particular proves and embodies the concept of genocide in its true meaning in terms of reproduction and the management of public and private responsibilities. The Anfal community، whose numbers were approximately 182،000، where the number of victims was more than 70،000 victims، and the percentage of them can be observed in the conclusions paragraph. This also indicates the concept of genocide، and this in itself is another evidence of the extermination of a young and active age group in society.