The Kurds have been fighting for their own country and basic human rights since it was divided after World War 1, into 4 parts: Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. All of the occupying countries and the ethnicities (Arabs, Persians and Turks) have committed major genocides and massacres against the Kurdish nation. A few of these major genocides and massacres were: Zilan Massacre Year: 1930 Carried out by: Turkey Target: Kurdish Civilians Casualties: 47,000 killed Dersim Massacre Year: 1937-1938 Carried out by: Turkey Target: Kurdish Civilians Casualties: 70,000 Kurdish civilians murdered Poison Gas Attack on Halabja Date: 16 March 1988 Carried out by: The Iraqi Arab Regime General: Ali Chemicali (Sentenced to death by a Kurdish Judge from Halabja in 2007) Target: Kurdish Civilians Casualties: 5,000 Kurds killed within a few minutes, tens of thousands wounded Al-Anfal Campaign (Officially recognized as a Genocide) Year: 1986-1989 Carried out by: The Iraqi Arab Regime Leader: Saddam Hussein (Sentenced to death by a Kurdish Judge) Target: Kurdish Civilians Casualties: - 5,000 villages destroyed - 182,000 Kurdish civilians buried alive, shot, starved or tortured to death Qamishli Massacre Year: 2004 Carried out by: The Syrian Arab Regime (Assad) Target: Kurdish Civilians Casualties: 100 Kurdish civilians murdered Persian Islamist Campaign Year: 2008 Carried out by: Khamenei - Iranian Regime Target: Kurdish Civilians Casualties: 10,000 Kurdish civilians hanged Kurdish women have always played an important role in Kurdish culture. In times of peace, and in times of war. They are respected and carry important responsibilities in Kurdish economics, militarily and politics. This is a trailer for a short documentary about the Kurdish Peshmerga Warriors in the Southern Part (Liberated Part) of Greater Kurdistan.

• published: 24 Aug 2013
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