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This research paper discusses the charges of genocide made against those who took part in Iraqi military operations in 1988. Under Saddam Hussein's rule, many thousands of Iraqi Kurds were killed over several decades. However, the UK does not officially recognize this as genocide, although several bodies (including courts in Iraq and the Netherlands) have done so. The author argues that crimes against humanity and/or war crimes are extremely serious charges in their own right and that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should become involved.