After the negotiations between the leaders of the revolution and the government reached a dead end, the features of the resumption of the war appeared clear in the behavior and actions of the Baathist government headed by Abdul Salam Arif, the Headquarters of a local Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party left from inside the city of Erbil, and they established a base for themselves on Mount Qarachogh in the Makhmur-Kandinawa region, and hundreds of people joined them. The Iraqi government had been preparing to launch an attack on Kurdistan since the middle of April Year 1963, as the military forces, with the Support of mercenary gunmen from the Arab Bedouins, began in June to attack, raid, arrest, and pursue the Kurd.
The Peshmerga Forces stationed on Mount Qarachogh were threatened by the Iraqi Army on one hand, and on the other hand, the people of Makhmur were constantly providing them with news that they were always being threatened with arrest and killing by the National Guard affiliated with the government, and that they had begun to loot and confiscate people's property in most of the villages. In addition, arrest, torture, and imprisonment at the hands of the National Guard increased, even to the point that women were harassed and sexually assaulted by the mentioned forces. To save them, not accept this injustice and assault, and put an end to it, the Peshmerga Forces formed a fedayeen Detachment, set an Ambush for the National Guard affiliated with Makhmur between Gwer and Makhmur, killed four of their gunmen, and seized their weapons.
After that battle, the National Guard, led by Sheikh Anash and Mohammed Shehada, with a large force of police and soldiers estimated at about 800 people, and with the Support of tanks, artillery, and many Military vehicles, launched an attack on Qarachogh and the village of Telkhim on the morning of June 6, 1963, from several axes: a force from the north via the Erbil-Dibaga road towards Makhmur to Bazarga, another force from the south of the border from Kirkuk and via the Dibs-Dibaga road towards the village of Suleiman Bakhsh, and another force from the west with a tank company headed to the village of Sargaran near Mount Qarachogh to prevent any force from reaching the mountain and defending it.
At exactly 7:30 AM on June 6, in the village of Telkhim located at the foot of Mount Qarachogh, the Peshmerga Forces and the village residents confronted the government forces on both the Telkhim hill and the Kilespi hill, and violent fighting broke out between the attacking and defending forces that lasted until one o'clock in the afternoon. As a result, the government forces suffered a defeat and incurred heavy losses, as 12 soldiers and National Guard were killed and a number of others were wounded. In addition, a car and a wireless device were seized. As for the Peshmerga side, four individuals were martyred, and seven residents of the village who were working in agriculture were also martyred.
After the Peshmerga and the village residents thwarted the attack, the government forces, during their withdrawal from the Dibaga and Makhmur areas, arrested many innocent civilians on all roads and took them with them.
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