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1631-HQ-1462938 survived by scavenging provisions and some medicines from homes on the outskirts of the abandoned village that had not yet been attacked. By the items left behind (a single baby sock, a half- filled tea cup, a Single shoe), it appeared that the occupants had little warning before fleeing. By the time[_Jreachea Spindar on September 12, the village had already been burned. While living on the hills overlooking the village, and his group watched Iraqi bulldozers enter the area Gac day and topple structures. Each night they would retreat due to the threat of Peshmerga counterattacks. Sometimes the army would use explosives to destroy the buildings. The destruct; which took six days, was very slow and deliberate. In all, |] watched them destroy twenty to thirty buildings, and it appeared as if they were trying to erase any sign that the village existed. [|__| others in his group eventually made their way to Turkey. never saw or heard from his family again. [interview February 17, 2005]. In_ addition to providing pictures of his missing family members, provided a list of 193 names and in some b6 cases, photographs, of Kurds who surrendered to the Iragi forces bie and disappeared. All 193 Kurds, including family, are presumed dead. [Attached as Enclosure # XX HRW documented 13 primary sites of chemical attacks in Badinan from which the exact number of deaths is unknown. Page 4 of the HRW report, Final Anfal Section, states that 49 villages were "exposed" to chemical weapons, including those affected by wind-borne dispersal. Eyewitness Account of the Attack on the Villiage of Kane Balaui In approximately August 1968, [ vas staying in an Assyrian village, Kane Batavi>—in the Barwari Balla area north of Dohuk. She stated that villagers were warned by the pro-regime Kurdish militia, Jahsh, that the Iraqi military was approaching and they should leave the village. The villagers, including knew that when the Iraqi military arrived, their villages were going to be destroyed and everyone would either be arrested or killed, as had been the case throughout the Anfal Campaign. Kurds were told that SADDAM HUSSEIN had said, “Let's finish with one, and we'll start the second group." The Kurds interpreted this statement to mean once 57