Dutch court orders chemical trader to pay Saddam gas victims

A Dutch businessman who sold Iraq's former regime chemicals that were used in deadly gas attacks against Kurds in Iraq and in Iran was ordered on Wednesday to pay 400,000 euros ($520,000) in compensation to some of the victims.

The court ruled that Frans van Anraat must pay 25,000 euros plus interest to each of the 16 plaintiffs in the case.

Campaign to Recognise Kurdish Genocide Gathering Global Momentum

Westminster MPs from the all-party parliamentary group together with British activists from the three main political parties and writers recently joined many others from across the world to attend the international conference on the Genocide in Erbil and a civic ceremony in Halabja.

U.S. mourns occasion of Halabja massacre

WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. government said it was ready to help ensure those behind the Halabja massacre in Iraq's Kurdish region in 1988 would face justice.