The generational Kurdish struggle for autonomy in northern Iraq and for control of the oil-rich region around Kirkuk was intensified amid Saddam Hussein’s persecution of the Kurds.
It continues as a recurring snag to political progress today.
Despite intense American and U.N. mediation, the effort to bring Kurds and Arabs to agreement is behind schedule.
1987 Saddam Hussein’s “Anfal” onslaught begins, destroys hundreds of Kurdish villages, kills more than 100,000 Kurds.
1988 Ir…
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