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To: Clappy who wrote (18191)	4/28/2003 12:24:02 PM
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I guess these Iraqi's aren't worthy of your concern. fas.org Kurds look back with fear Many suffer the delayed effects of chemical attacks news.bbc.co.uk Genetic impact Increasing incidence of birth defects in Halabja and elsewhere has convinced doctors that the chemicals may be having a lasting genetic impact on the Kurds. Preliminary results from surveys have shown that in affected areas, many more babies are being born with deformities than in other places. Omar's cancer is ravaging his face despite several operations news.bbc.co.uk Congenital problems Treatments for the effects of the chemical attacks are not available in Kurdish Iraq news.bbc.co.uk "There is clear evidence of an increase in the number of certain cancers, congenital abnormalities, infertility and other problems." Dr Ferhad Suleivani, Dohuk University National tragedy "We found that there is definitely a much higher percentage of medical disorders in Halabja compared to Chamchamal," says Dr Fouad Baban, director of the Halabja Centre which took part in the surveys. "For example, the rate of miscarriages is 14 times higher here than in Chamchamal, and cancer of the colon is 10 times higher." "There is scientific evidence that chemical weapons effect the DNA, so it is natural that we should expect many of these disorders to be apparent in the generation to come," says Dr Baban. <font size=5>The chemical attacks were part of a wider campaign against the Kurds ordered by Saddam Hussein and overseen by his cousin Ali Abd al-Mejid - who was dubbed "Chemical Ali" by the Kurds. In all, around 4,000 Kurdish villages were systematically destroyed and scores of thousands of Kurds were killed, many of them liquidated in mass executions. All this gives the Iraqi Kurds every reason to want to see the end of Saddam Hussein. <font size=3> news.bbc.co.uk

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