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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2311)	10/9/2002 9:26:11 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3959

I saw at least six networks simultaneously ... Wow, you must have a lot of TV's and cable accounts. You'll have to give all that up if you ever move into that tent. I know Fox carried it and so did CNN so if you have cable you could have had two choices. Israel certainly sees Iraq as a threat. But he's also a threat to all his neighbors and to anyone who is economically dependent on Persian Gulf oil. His ultimate goal is to control the entire Persian Gulf and its oil reserves, giving him a stranglehold on the world economy. Saddam is directly responsible for the deaths of 1.5 million people - more than any other currently living person. And he hasn't even got nuclear weapons yet, God forbid that he ever does. It's a shame that your biases against Israel lead you to support this monster. BTW the world owes Israel a debt of gratitude for preventing him from developing nuclear weapons in the 1980's. Speaking of censorship, did you know Iraq has a law mandating that anyone who criticizes Saddam and his government should have their tongue cut off? And criticism can be anything as small as noting that his clothes don't match. Amputation of the tongue was reportedly approved by the authorities in mid-2000 as a new penalty for slander or abusive remarks about the President or his family. * In September a man reportedly had his tongue amputated by members of Feda'iyye Saddam in Baghdad for slandering the President. He was said to have been driven around after the punishment while information about his alleged offence was broadcast through a loudspeaker. web.amnesty.org Over the years more than 200,000 Iraqis have been arrested by his security forces and disappeared for real or suspected disloyalty. And you support this monster apparently only because any enemy of the Jews is your ally. Now really, if Hitler were alive today would you be speaking up on his behalf as well?