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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (17649)	3/8/2003 1:03:54 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

PT re: where Saddam used chemicals against people in other than warlike conditions and yet you dare to speak for peace

To: PartyTime who wrote (17649)	3/8/2003 1:44:24 PM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 25898

<< Could you please provide a reputable source for "millions dead because of Saddam?" >> PartyTime to Saddam's rescue! Wow! You couldn't bear me saying anything bad against Saddam, so you quickly fired off a note in his defense. Well done! I'm not going to do all your research, for you, especially since you prefer propaganda supporting Saddam. But, here is a start on the "millions" of Saddam victims: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International place the number of disappeared between 70,000 and 150,000, during only the 1988 Anfal Campaign. << And can you please provide a reputable source of evidence where Saddam used chemicals against people in other than warlike conditions (see report of former CIA analyst and US Army College Professor Stephen Pelletier)? >> boston.com From the Boston Globe article: ===> A few months later, I encountered the survivors of what proved to be the final gas attacks on the Kurds. On August 25, 1988 - five days after the Iran-Iraq war ended - Iraq launched a massive attack on Kurdish villages along its border with Turkey. Within days, 65,000 refugees had crossed into Turkey. ...... They seemed numb as they described how helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft flew over their homes, dropping "quiet" bombs. Smoke smelling of "burnt almonds" or "rotten onions" wafted across the landscape. People dropped dead. Those brave enough to venture close to the corpses noticed "blue lips" and sometimes small amounts of blood. Because these were not the first such attacks, the survivors knew better than to touch the corpses; nerve agents can kill on contact. Men fled, leaving the bodies of their wives and young children to scavenging animals. <=== So, you are opposed to war, but you support Saddam's use of chemical weapons, as long as he is at war? Here are two interesting sites concerning Iraq: state.gov weeklystandard.com From the weekly standard: ===> "Did the demonstrators march on the Iraqi consulate in New York to demand an end to Saddam's murderous practices? No. Did they spend time condemning him in their speeches and placards? Nope. Did they come to the defense of Saddam's victims? No. The left now gives fascist dictators a pass. Its enemy is the United States." <===