S istom tom zabrinutošću, Mehmet Yavuzatmaca poredi operacije u Kandilu s masakrom u Halabji iz 1988, kad su po naređenjima Saddama Husseina iračke snage napale to kurdsko selo hemijskim oružjem, ubivši pri tome, kako se procjenjuje, 5.000 ljudi.
Sharing this concern, Mehmet Yavuzatmaca compares the Kandil operations with the Halabja Massacre in 1988, when Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein's orders attacked the Kurdish village with chemical weapons, killing an estimated 5,000 people.