.B I R A W A R. Najm
Amna Suraka (Red Security)
The Museum of War Crimes in Kurdistan. The Amna Suraka, Kurdish for "Red Jail," was once a house of unspeakable horrors. Under Saddam Hussein’s regime, this imposing red building served as the northern headquarters of the notorious Iraqi Intelligence Service, or the Mukhabarat. Thousands of people, mainly Kurds, were imprisoned and tortured here. Many more simply vanished. In 1991 the Kurdish Peshmerga attacked and liberated the prison. In 2003 Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, spearheaded a plan to turn the building into the country’s first war-crimes museum. The Amna Suraka now stands out as the most impressive museum in Iraq.
Read more: www.lonelyplanet.com/iraq/sulaymaniyah/sights/museums-gal...
© Birawar Najm
Birawar2000@gmail.com
Amna Suraka (Red Security)
The Museum of War Crimes in Kurdistan. The Amna Suraka, Kurdish for "Red Jail," was once a house of unspeakable horrors. Under Saddam Hussein’s regime, this imposing red building served as the northern headquarters of the notorious Iraqi Intelligence Service, or the Mukhabarat. Thousands of people, mainly Kurds, were imprisoned and tortured here. Many more simply vanished. In 1991 the Kurdish Peshmerga attacked and liberated the prison. In 2003 Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, spearheaded a plan to turn the building into the country’s first war-crimes museum. The Amna Suraka now stands out as the most impressive museum in Iraq.
Read more: www.lonelyplanet.com/iraq/sulaymaniyah/sights/museums-gal...
© Birawar Najm
Birawar2000@gmail.com