Dutch Supplier for Chemical Ali Indicted for Role in Halabja Massacre
Trader accused of supplying gas used in Halabja attacks
The first EU citizen to be accused of involvement in genocide appeared in court yesterday in the Netherlands in a case that is being closely watched by war crimes experts and human rights activists.Under tight security, Frans van Anraat, 62, a Dutch businessman who is alleged to have helped Saddam Hussein to gas the Kurds of Halabja in 1988, appeared for a pre-trial hearing in Rotterdam, facing charges of complicity in genocide and international war crimes.
News Article Here and for more info on the Halabja massacre, go Here Click on the "slideshow" link and get background info on the 5,000 plus Iraqis killed in a chemical attack during the Saddam Hussein "good old days"
The first EU citizen to be accused of involvement in genocide appeared in court yesterday in the Netherlands in a case that is being closely watched by war crimes experts and human rights activists.Under tight security, Frans van Anraat, 62, a Dutch businessman who is alleged to have helped Saddam Hussein to gas the Kurds of Halabja in 1988, appeared for a pre-trial hearing in Rotterdam, facing charges of complicity in genocide and international war crimes.
News Article Here and for more info on the Halabja massacre, go Here Click on the "slideshow" link and get background info on the 5,000 plus Iraqis killed in a chemical attack during the Saddam Hussein "good old days"
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