,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ai1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself and     
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,recognizing the campaign 
of genocide against the ,kurdish people 
in ,iraq4  ,whereas during the regime of
 ,saddam ,hussein1 ,iraq conducted a    
campaign of genocide against its        
,kurdish community1 known collectively  
as the al-,anfal ,campaign2 ,whereas the
 campaign of genocide against ,iraq's   
,kurdish community included the         
deportation and disappearances of ,kurds
 in the #aigjs and #aihjs and the use of
 chemical weapons in the late #aihjs1   
most notably at ,halabja2 ,whereas      
during this campaign of genocide almost 
#bjj1jjj ,kurds perished or disappeared1
 families were torn apart1 and #d1ejj   
villages were destroyed between #aigf   
and #aihh2 ,whereas this year marks the 

#beth anniversary of the attacks at     
,halabja when ,iraqi planes used poison 
gas to kill thousands of ,iraqi ,kurds  
in gross violation of the international 
conventions against the use of chemical 
weapons2 ,whereas on ,march #ab1 #bjac1 
the ,british ,parliament passed a       
resolution recognizing the campaign of  
genocide against the ,iraqi ,kurds2 and 
,whereas recognition of the campaign of 
genocide against the ,iraqi ,kurds by   
the ,united ,states ,government will    
send to the world a message of support  
for human rights3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that the ,house of ,representatives--
  7#a7 deplores the campaign of genocide
 that was launched against the ,kurdish 
people in ,iraq2  7#b7 calls on the     
,united ,states ,government to recognize
 the campaign of genocide that was      
committed against the ,kurdish people in
 ,iraq2 and  7#c7 reaffirms its         
commitment to the friendship between the
 ,united ,states and the ,kurdish people
 in ,iraq4