0 0 ▁Ira qi ▁refuge es , ▁mostly ▁Kur ds , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁up root ed ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁G ulf ▁War ▁( 1 9 9 0 – 9 1 ) ▁and ▁the ▁subsequent ▁re bell ions ▁Today , ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁population ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁Kur d ish ▁refuge es ▁and ▁disp la ced ▁and ▁their ▁descend ants . ▁Ref uge es ▁themselves ▁still ▁compr ise ▁a ▁significant ▁proportion ▁of ▁ ▁Ref uge e ▁cr ises ▁ ▁Second ▁Kur d ish ▁Ira qi ▁War ▁and ▁the ▁Arab ization ▁campaign ▁in ▁North ▁Ira q ▁ ▁For ▁dec ades , ▁S add am ▁Hus sein ▁' A rab ized ' ▁northern ▁Ira q . ▁Sun ni ▁Arab s ▁have ▁driven ▁out ▁at ▁least ▁ 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Kur ds ▁from ▁the ▁Mos ul ’ s ▁western ▁half . ▁Now ad ays , ▁eastern ▁Mos ul ▁is ▁Kur d ish ▁and ▁western ▁Mos ul ▁is ▁Sun ni ▁Arab . ▁▁ 1 . 5 ▁to ▁ 2 ▁million ▁Kur ds ▁were ▁for ci b ly ▁disp la ced ▁by ▁Arab ization ▁campaign s ▁in ▁Ira q ▁between ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 ; ▁resulting ▁in ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁death s ▁during ▁the ▁disp lacement . ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁with standing ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁Kur ds ▁were ▁out right ▁executed ▁such ▁as ▁during ▁the ▁An