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| This is the monument built to honor the people. |
Every since the bombing in Halabja, the town has been rebuilt a couple miles away. But, “it was not until July 1988 that Iraqi troops reoccupied the city, which they then proceeded to demolish” (Totten). Halabja was rebuilt a few years later a couple miles away. In 2000, a memorial was built in multiple places around and in Halabja to recognized the people that had to witness, lost lives, and remember it. Many people rioted because they didn’t not want to remember all of the deaths. For example, “several thousand Halabja residents rioted and burnt the memorial” (Jansenin). It was rebuilt after it was burnt down from angry rioters. Since many people didn’t want to move back into the town, they moved into another town named “Saddamite Halabja”. The city/ town was then rebuilt and “is a jumble of unplanned, unpaved roads and unfinished breeze-block houses roofed with sheets of plastic held in place with rocks. Only the well- to-do can afford to plaster walls and construct proper roofs” (Jansenin). This poor town was demolished and was never properly put back together for the people.
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| Here is the burning monument tht rioters burnt down. |
