Anfal

We would be killed at the hospital

 
Freshta Raper remembers that in the wake of the chemical attacks on the Kurdistan Region, victims like her couldn’t go to the hospitals for fear of being killed. Instead, she found a smuggler who took her to Iran for treatment.

Storyteller: Freshta Raper

Date of Story: March, 1988
Location of Story: Kanito near Ranya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Location: Watford, UK
Date: 16 February, 2016

Chemical weapons smelled like fruit

 
Freshta Raper talks about the Iraqi Baathist attack on Halabja that killed 21 members of her family, and how she was herself injured a bombing nearby in a small village shortly thereafter. She remembers the sweet, fruity smell of the chemical weapons that killed 45 people nearby.

Storyteller: Freshta Raper

Date of Story: 16 March, 1988
Location of Story: Kanito near Ranya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Location: Watford, UK
Date: 16 February, 2016