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Maybe redirect 'Sunni' to 'Islam'? This is a Christian encyclopedia, but we should at least mention the various factions of Islam.
'''Operation Anfal''' (also known as '''al-Anfal Campaign''') was the genocide of approximately 180,000 Iraqi minority Kurds,<ref name="IHCA">[http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/25/Worldandnation/Iraq_to_hang__Chemica.shtml Iraq to hang 'Chemical Ali'] Associated Press, June 25, 2007</ref> planned and executed by [[Saddam Hussein]] and his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid. From 1986 to 1988, Kurds were systematically murdered mainly with the help of Sunni Arab forces in the Iraqi Army.<ref name="SN">{{cite book
'''Operation Anfal''' (also known as '''al-Anfal Campaign''') was the genocide of approximately 180,000 Iraqi minority Kurds,<ref name="IHCA">[http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/25/Worldandnation/Iraq_to_hang__Chemica.shtml Iraq to hang 'Chemical Ali'] Associated Press, June 25, 2007</ref> planned and executed by [[Saddam Hussein]] and his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid. From 1986 to 1988, Kurds were systematically murdered mainly with the help of [[Sunni]] Arab forces in the Iraqi Army.<ref name="SN">{{cite book
|author= Stuart Notholt
|author= Stuart Notholt
|title= Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict
|title= Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict