ABCNEWS.com : Suicide Bomber Dies in N. Iraq Blast

ABCNEWS.com : Suicide Bomber Dies in N. Iraq Blast On March 16, 1988, Iraqi airplanes dropped a mixture of mustard, VX and nerve gas on Halabja, a town located about 60 miles east of Sulaimaniah. An estimated 5,000 Kurdish civilians were killed in the attack.

Hundreds subsequently have died of cancer and other ailments associated with that chemical bombardment.

The Halabja attack has been cited repeatedly by the Bush administration as a justification for the looming war against Iraq.