Documentation of Kurdish Genocide and Common Diseases Occurred among Victims after Genocide: Retrospective Study

Abstract

Background and objective: Genocide means the destruction of the basic life of innocent people. After the division, the Kurdish people have not enjoyed any freedom or even a low level of minority rights; ethnic cleansing and genocide. The southern part of Kurdistan, like other areas of Kurdistan, faced under the ongoing oppression, ethnic cleansing and other genocide. The ethnic cleansing policy increased after the Arab nationalist Baathists took power in 1968. The objectives of the study are to identify data about Kurdish genocide from different resources and historical documentation. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Erbil governorate. Data was collected from different resources with the support ministry of Anfal and martyrs in the Kurdistan Region from 1 Jun to 1 September 2018. The approval was taken from an ethical and scientific committee in the college of nursing, and permission was taken from a ministry of Anfal and martyrs in Erbil. The data were analyzed using different methods of statistical analysis. Results: The Kurdish genocide was begun in early times and especially from 1968 to 1988. Chemical bombardment according to governorate included (Erbil 17.68%, Sulaymaniyah 42.77%, Duhok 7.13%, Kirkuk 22.37%, and others 10.27%). The Anfal campaign included (Erbil 16.35%, Sulaymaniyah 30.74%, Duhok 6.59%, and others 10.3%). Other results indicated that there was Kurdish genocide according to (ethnic, religion, sex, age, and family members) and the Anfal campaign had been done in 8 phases in (23-02-1988 to 6-09-1988). There was Yazidi genocide by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Conclusion: All documents that we have been used in the study revealed that the Kurdish genocide had begun in early times as in 1952, 1961 and especially after the Arab nationalist Baathists took power in 1968. Continue to 1988 and over as Yazidi genocide by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2014. Kurdish genocide was done in different military Campaign in Kurdistan.