Chemical attacks: How the nightmare of 1988 still haunts an Iraqi town | Middle East Eye

Azad Mustafa Qader, a doctor at the Jiyan Foundation clinic, says that after the Ghouta attack, staff at the clinic noticed a rise in calls from patients.

“People were plain and simple scared. They believed that Halabja was next for another attack when they saw what happened in Ghouta. 

“One lady told me how she saw all of her dead children in Ghouta. We had to arrange seminars in order to explain that Ghouta is in a totally different country.”

The scars which cannot heal

Today red, green and yellow apples are again on display at most of the street vendors in Halabja’s bazaar. But there are still reminders of the attack.

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