2 Answers 2. The Moon has an orbital eccentricity of 0.0549, so its path around the Earth is not perfectly circular and the distance between the Earth and the Moon will vary from the Earth's frame of reference (Perigee at 363,295 km and apogee at 405,503 km), see for example second animation explaining Lunar librations in this answer.
The attack was part of the Al-Anfal Campaign in northern Iraq, as well as part of the Iraqi attempt to repel the Iranian Operation Zafar 7. It took place 48 hours after the fall of the town to Iranian army. The attack killed between 3,200 and 5,000 people and injured 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians.
The Lancet. 1  The Lancet medical journal, established 1823. 2  The Lancet survey of Iraq War dead, 2004 claimed 100,000 people had died in Iraq in 2003-04. 3  2nd Lancet study (and here and here), Oct 2006, claims 650,000 Iraqis have died.