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To: tejek who wrote (161456)	2/18/2003 10:59:24 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574737

that were no where near a million deaths, let alone 2 million The "truth" is that we don't know what's going on in Iraq and we sure as hell don't know how many dead there are. I don't know what the numbers are and you don't either. But they're certainly in the hundreds of thousands at least. He has murdered his own people. He has indiscriminantly committed aggression against Iran, Israel, and Kuwait, and would have against the Saudis had we not been there -- according to Schwarzkopf. I'm not sure what more you want. These indisputable facts put him in the same category as Hitler and Pol Pot. Beyond the indisputable facts, there are those for which anecdotal evidence exist that are even more horrifying. You would argue with a fence post. You are a total waste of my time because you're statements are purely political. You don't give a damn about our security, you don't give a damn about the Iraqi people, you give a damn only about your political party being the victor. The liberal party is dead. Dead. And it is because of people taking STUPID positions like the ones you take.

To: tejek who wrote (161456)	2/18/2003 11:49:20 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574737

tejek, re:This "TRUTH".......that were no where near a million deaths Here's the first 100,000 of the estimated million: Some 100,000 Kurds, mostly men and boys, were trucked to remote sites and executed. Only seven are known to have escaped. The full scope of the Anfal horror became known only after Saddam's defeat in the Gulf War. The Iraqi military's withdrawal from the region in October 1991 after the imposition of a no-fly zone made it feasible for the first time in years for outsiders to reach the area. Human Rights Watch investigators took advantage of this opening to enter northern Iraq and document Saddam's crimes. Some 350 witnesses and survivors were interviewed. Mass graves were exhumed. And Kurdish rebels were convinced to hand over some 18 tons of documents that they had seized during the brief post-war uprising from Iraqi police stations. These documents were airlifted to Washington, where Human Rights Watch researchers poured through this treasure trove of information about the inner workings of a ruthless regime. hrw.org