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To: Win Smith who wrote (23716)	4/6/2002 11:49:01 PM
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You and your friends go ahead and whine away... maybe you will buy Saddam the time he needs.... Though we all know (you do too) that is far less than 20 years away. At least when the attacks come, we will all know a few to thank for it at home. Perhaps the following is also from "W's father's PR firm"... Gulf War POWs Accuse Iraq of Torture Latest news and updates Select an Industry Biotechnology Defense Energy Financial Services Food Hospitality Insurance Internet Legal Media Pharmaceuticals Retail Telecommunications Transportation The Associated Press Friday, April 5, 2002; 3:44 PM WASHINGTON –– Seventeen U.S. servicemen held prisoner during the Gulf War have filed a lawsuit against Iraq alleging torture and seeking $910 million in damages for themselves and their families. The prisoners of war endured severe beatings, starvation, electric shock, threats of amputation and dismemberment and continual death threats, according to Stephen Fennell, lead attorney representing them. The suit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court and also names Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Intelligence Service. "The individuals involved have suffered enormous injuries and enduring injuries. These are not things that went away several months after leaving captivity," said Fennell of the D.C.-based law firm Steptoe & Johnson. The plaintiffs, nine of them still in active service, are each seeking $25 million in compensatory damages, plus $5 million each for 37 family members. The suit also asks for $300 million in punitive damages. A hearing date has not yet been set, Fennell said. Nearly 125 pages of the complaint chronicle the soldiers' stories, including those of Marine Maj. Michael Craig Berryman, who said his legs were beaten with a metal pipe and a wooden ax handle; Marine Col. Clifford Acree, who said he was so near starvation he could "feel his body consuming itself;" and Navy Cmdr. Lawrence Slade, whose body was described as so blue from bruises that it was "as if he had been dipped in indigo dye." The POWs were all captured between mid-January and the end of February 1991, most after being shot down over Iraq or Kuwait, said Fennell. They were sent to the Persian Gulf as part of the United Nations' military response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. © 2002 The Associated Press ps: Did you memorize BIAS yet, Win? Better get on it. Your going to see why it has been a bestseller since released in the november elections. ESAD