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1631-HQ-1462938 On September 8, 1988,[ __ J and two others, an Arab and an Assyrian who were also not going to surrender, hid themselves among the trees while the families walked in the direction of the Iraqi lines. eS atcned as the Iragi helicopters trained their guns on the surrendering villagers as the group walked toward them. A member of the surrendering party raised his white shirt to emphasize that they were, in fact, surrendering. feared the helicopters would shoot them right there; however they herded the villagers down the mountain in the direction Kani Masi. never saw or heard from his mother[ (date of , infant ;_his sister, wife (1969) (1987); daughter — andicapped) —— a SS od (1968), and “ye, Se" _ inde a. SE . 1967). 0 ee *\ After his family surrendered, and the wo others traveled north over the Gara Mountain. The group was forced to travel very slowly and cautiously due to the large number of Iraqi troops. Normally only a two hour journey, the trip took two days. Many times, they were within an arm’s length of Iraqi soldiers, but they managed to avoid capture. isi On September 12, 2988,[ __| reached the outskirts of Spindar (on the north side of Gara Mountain). The concentration of troops in the area forced the group to remain on the hills overlooking the village for approximately six days. They 56 b6 bic