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A. " Conventional sources attest that Saddam did order the deaths of several hundred thousand Iraqis during the al-Anfal Campaign and other violent suppressions but casualties from his infamous gas attack on Halabja numbered in the thousands. -U.

She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U. She resides in Austin Texas. Department of State with the rank of ambassador.