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The Hamek War[1][2] was one of the biggest battles in the world. It was fought in Hamek area[3] near Kirkuk in 17/5/1992 when the Ba'ath Party tried to enter Hamek village and destroy it Ba'ath army had to cross a bridge to reach the village but Peshmerga put a bomb there and when Ba'has army went to the bridge they detonated the bomb and started defending

Battle of Hamek

Photo of Mama Risha and his friends in 1983 in Hamk village (Page Created by Kurdo7aladen)
Date17/5/1982
Location
Result

Kurdish Victory

  • After that victory, Mama Risha was introduced as the Iron Man
Territorial
changes
The Iraqi army suffered a major defeat and was forced to return
Belligerents

 Iraq

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan

Commanders and leaders
Iraq Saddam Hussein Kurdistan Region Najmadin Shukr Rauf
Strength
2,800 Ba'ath Party 11 Peshmerga
Casualties and losses
+62 Iraqi soldiers killed and +66 Iraqi soldiers were wounded 4 Peshmergas were martyred and 4 others were wounded

From 06:00 am, a heavy fighting broke out inside the houses of Hamek[4]. The enemy attacked the village with all kinds of heavy and light weapons, including mortars, heavy artillery and machine guns  In the morning, most of the houses in the village had collapsed. The fighting continued until 07:00 pm. As a result, the ba'hs was defeated and 62 soldiers and jashes were killed, leaving the bodies of 43 soldiers. After this war, Saddam Hussein nicknamed Mama Risha to the Iron Man[5][6]

This great battle is even mentioned in a famous Kurdish drama called Gardelul[7]

References

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  1. ^ "hamek war". مامە ڕیشە (in Kurdish). 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  2. ^ شەهید مامە ڕیشە باسی داستانی حەمک دەکات ٤٠ ساڵ بەر لە ئێستا لە ڕۆژێکی وەک ئەمڕۆدا ١٩٨٢/٥/١٧ کۆپتەرە مەرگ هێنەکانی بەعس لە ئاسمانی گوندی ( حەمک )ی... | By ‎History for kurd - مێژوو بۆ کورد‎ | Facebook, retrieved 2024-02-26
  3. ^ "حەمک", ویکیپیدیا، ئینسایکڵۆپیدیای ئازاد, 2022-09-08, retrieved 2024-02-26
  4. ^ "حەمک", ویکیپیدیا، ئینسایکڵۆپیدیای ئازاد, 2022-09-08, retrieved 2024-02-26
  5. ^ مامە ڕیشە 'پیاوە ئاسنینەکە', 25 January 2020, retrieved 2024-02-26
  6. ^ مامە ڕیشە، هەڵۆکەی گەرمیان, 23 January 2021, retrieved 2024-02-26
  7. ^ گەردەلول - ٥٧ | Garalul - 57, 23 May 2013, retrieved 2024-02-26