Word: barzani
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...main rebel leaders, Masoud Barzani of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan and Jellal Talibani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, accused Iraq of committing genocide against the Kurds, a non-Arab Muslim people who make up about 20% of Iraq's 17 million population. After U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed that Iraq was using chemical weapons once again, Secretary of State George Shultz last week delivered a searing protest in a 50-minute meeting at the State Department with Saadoun Hammadi, Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister. And the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would impose economic sanctions against Baghdad...