Abstract

On 16th March 1988, Halabja city in Sulaimany region of Iraq was bombarded by chemical bombs of
 Saddam’s regium. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the level of radioactivity from the soil, the
 water, and the air in that region. For this purpose two samples of soils are taken .One from Shahidan
 and the other from Kani-Ashkan regions in Halabja city been taken and analyzed in Iraqi Atomic Energy
 Agency in 2001,by using the γ-ray spectrometer including the HPGe detector. The radio nuclides of
 Radium (Ra-226), Lead (Pb-214), Iodine (I-133), Bismuth (Bi-214), Actinium (Ac-228), and Potassium
 (K-40), have been identified.

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