Prevention of Genocide Act of 1988

Prevention of Genocide Act of 1988

The Prevention of Genocide Act of 1988 was a United States bill which addressed the chemical weapons attacks on the Kurds by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d100:SN02763:@@@L&summ2=m#amendments Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress) ] ]


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