Iraqi Kurdistan
Sef Abdullah holding a picture of her husband who was "disappeared" by Saddam Hussein's regime during the "Anfal" campaign. In 1982-83 the regime rounded up an estimated 200,000 Kurds who have never been seen since. Sef Abdullah lost her husband, six of her seven sons and her two sons-in-law. Her youngest son, Amjad Badin Mohammad who was 12 at the time, is the only male survivor of her family...Hamdela, Iraqi Kurdistan. 16/11/2002...Photo © J.B. Russell