. >> this is the area where sadam hussein separated widows from orphans and from the mountains beyondshoot down and terrori terrorize them. >> her story is a familiar one. >> >> nevoo >> sadam hussein used almost every weapon he had to try to oppress the kurds to keep them in line politically. in the 1980s he even unleashed chemical weapons against the kurds and killed close to 5,000 of them. it was a very gruesome period. >> sadam's campaign of genocide, generations of families were up rooted and destroyed. nearly 180,000 kurds were systematically slaughtered thousands buried in mass graves which are still being discovered. >> the kurds are the largest minority in the world without a state. >> 30 million kurds are spread across iraq, turkey, syria and iran. flags stand in tribute to the dead at the monument. >> pray for this nation and all of its people. >> nearby there's a place supported by samaritan's purse. >> we run a medical clinic six days a week, we partnered with the minute tristry of health wh have doctors and dentists that provide free healthcare to our community. >> they