For victim-turned-guide, Iraq gas attack still vivid

For victim-turned-guide, Iraq gas attack still vivid
Halabja, Iraq (AFP) May 08, 2014 - For years, Umed Rashid has guided visitors around a monument to victims of a 1988 gas attack in Iraq, but unlike many guides, he learned about his subject first hand. The 40-year-old vividly recalls the horrifying period more than a quarter century ago when his family was killed by a gas attack launched by the regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein, believed to be the worst ever against ci ... more

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