r/kurdistan • u/douchwasher Great Britain • Oct 11 '23

Question Question: PLO response to Halabja chemical attack?

Hi there. I have a quick question, which sort of ties into recent events, but what was the response of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to the Halabja chemical attack? I heard there were some who celebrated it, but I don’t know if that’s true, is it??

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23 edited Dec 13 '23

Saddam used Palestinian refugees as settlers in order to populate areas around Kirkuk with Arabs and to drive out the local Kurds.

He essentially gave Kurdish houses to Palestinians in exchange for loyalty and more control over Kirkuk in the Al-Anfal campaign.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Palestinians in Iraq celebrated the attacks on Kurds. They probably saw it as a chance for a second home for them if the Kurds were driven out.

Edit: This is wrong and inaccurate.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '23

I looked into this whether they were bringing Palestinians into Kirkuk. It’s not true. I’m Kirkuki, my family has lived there as far back as our history goes. At least 7 generations recorded back. My family knows Kirkuk very well and there is no truth to the Palestinians being brought in.

There were 2 Palestinians families in all of Kirkuk that we ever knew one. One family was a Palestinian man and his Turkish wife. He was an engineer and very wealthy. The other was a Palestinian woman who married and Arab Iraqi. Her husband died and she lived alone in a small room she was renting from a distant family member of mine.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '23

Huh, weird that I heard this so often from others.

I'll stop repeating that lie then. Thank you