The 1996 Erbil massacre happened during raids on the Iraqi Turkmen Front in Erbil by the Iraqi Armed Forces, and the killing of 48 people and 700 opponents of Saddam regime and the arrest of 38, on August 31, 1996. == Background == Iraqi forces withdrew from Iraqi Kurdistan following the victory of Kurdish rebels during the 1991 Iraqi uprisings.
The 1996 Erbil massacre happened during raids on the Iraqi Turkmen Front in Erbil by the Iraqi Armed Forces, and the killing of 48 people and 700 opponents of Saddam regime and the arrest of 38, on August 31, 1996. == Background == Iraqi forces withdrew from Iraqi Kurdistan following the victory of Kurdish rebels during the 1991 Iraqi uprisings.
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