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1631-HQ-1462938 the war with Iran had ended, HUSSEIN would divert all of his attention and military efforts toward the Kurds. One evening, at approximately 10:00 pm, the people in the village packed essential items and food on mules and left, walking toward Turkey. More than a thousand men, women, children, the elderly, and their animals, walked all night and hid in the valleys during the day to avoid detection by Iraqi aircraft. The journey took approximately two weeks. The villagers ran out of food and were forced to purchase wheat from Turkish smugglers operating in the mountains. When the villagers finally arrived at the border, they were stopped by the Turkish military and were ref d entry into Turkey. A sympathetic Turkish soldier tola| — ] co cross the border at night. The villagers were forced to remain at the border until nightfall, at which time they crossed into Turkey. Once inside, they felt safe and slept for the first time in four or five days. The villagers were out of food and went without anything to eat for more than a day, while awaiting Turkish smugglers. The next day, the villagers spent two days searching for water. The villagers stayed in the valley for 10 days. The conditions were very harsh. The villagers did not have blankets, tents, beds, food, or clean water and suffered from starvation. During this period, estimated that hundreds of children and elderly people died as a result of diarrhea. The deceased were buried in the valley. After 10 days, the Red Cross and Red Crescent arrived, set up tents, and provided minimal medical care. When the Red Cross began to hand out bread, people were so hungry, they swarmed them like animals. The Turkish Government brought approximately 17 trucks to relocate the villagers from the valley. They piled in the back of the trucks and were crammed together like “sheep.” The trucks drove for 36 hours, passing several Kurdish villages along the way. The villagers in the trucks begged for food from Kurdish passers-by, who threw bread into the trucks to help them. Finally, the trucks arrived at_a refugee camp in Slopia, Turkey, and the villagers were placed in tents. They were placed approximately 15 to a tent. Everyone was forced to share soup and bread and eat without utensils. estimated that there were approximately 17,000 refugees at the camp. Saw people who suffered from severe burns as a result of a chemical weapons attack, while others had difficulty breathing. Like[ | all had fled their homes aS a result of the Iraqi 58 bic