This table attempts to show the pattern, not the scale, of civilian disappearances and presumed mass killings during each successive phase of the Anfal campaign. Representing only a very small fraction of the total numbers lost during Anfal, it includes only those who were reported by name, or by precise numerical count, during more than 350 Middle East Watch field interviews with survivors.
No meaningful figures exist and there is no evidence to suggest mass disappearance of civilians. Recorded fatalities from four villages--Haladin, Sergalou, Qara Chatan (nahya Surdash) and Maluma (nahya Kareza)--seem to refer to deaths from bombing, shelling, chemical attacks, exposure and cold.
nahya villages total men women children unspecified
disappeared
Qara Dagh/
Serchinar (a)9 56 32 -- -- 24
Qara Dagh/
Serchinar (b) 5 103 23 27 17 36
TOTAL: 14 159 55 27 17 60
(a) = villages whose inhabitants fled to Suleimaniyeh
(b) = villages whose inhabitants fled to Germian
nahya villages total men women children unspecified
disappeared
Qader Karam (a)13 148 129 -- -- 19
Qader Karam (b) 8 208 110 6 27 65
Qara Hanjir 1 3 3 -- -- --
Qara Hassan 1 -- -- -- -- --
Altun Kupri 1 8 8 -- -- --
Sengaw1 9 196 60 11 21 104
Tilako 7 200 17 27 69 87
Kalar2 1 200 6 2 3 189
Serqala 2 82 6 3 10 63
Peibaz 5 273 24 22 54 173
TOTAL: 48 1318 363 71 184 700
(a) = areas where no combat is reported in army documents
(b) = areas of combat (Gulbagh Valley, Tazashar southward)
nahya villages total men women children unspecified
disappeared
Aghjalar 10 155 47 29 79 --
Shwan 7 68 43 9 16 --
Taqtaq 5 162 22 11 16 113
TOTAL: 22 385 112 49 111 113
nahya villages total men women children unspecified
disappeared
TOTAL: 5 123 59 7 6 51
(a) Kurdish villages
(b) Christian/Yezidi villages
nahya villages total men women children unspecified
disappeared
Sarseng (a) 17 189 189 -- -- --
al-Doski (a) 7 175 175 -- -- --
Zawita (a) 1 1 1 -- -- --
al-Guli (a) 2 30 30 -- -- --
al-Sindi (a) 3 42 42 -- -- --
Berwari Bala (a)2 40 40 -- -- --
Amadiya (a) 1 9 9 -- -- 9
Nerwa Reikan (a)3 155 155 -- -- --
Sarseng (b) 3 86 11 13 26 36
al-Doski (b) 1 34 11 11 3 9
Berwari Bala (b)1 6 4 2 -- --
Deralouk (b) 1 17 6 2 9 --
Nerwa Reikan (b)1 7 2 2 3 --
ALL (a) 36 632 6323 -- -- --
ALL (b) 7 150 34 30 41 45
TOTAL: 43 782 666 30 41 45
OVERALL
TOTAL: 132 2767 1255 184 359 969
AS PERCENTAGE 100.0 45.4 6.6 13.0 35.0
1 The heaviest pattern of mass disappearances from Sengaw appears to reflect paths of flight--either into southern Germian or toward Chamchamal through the Gulbagh Valley.
2 The figure is an approximation, but the witness reported that almost all those who disappeared were women and children.
3 Includes five boys aged 12 or 13.