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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (91342)	4/8/2003 11:17:56 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

Sarmad, There had been a UN resolution in 1991 that said the Iraqi regime must comply with human rights provisions. It was never attempted to be enforced. Thats the real crime. We should have never agreed to leave him in power then. As an FYI - At Basra Teaching Hospital, Nasser Hassan, an agricultural engineer, said the Sunni Muslims in the party had terrorized residents. "I saw many bad things myself," he said. During the Shiite rebellion in 1999, he said, he saw men being thrown from the roof of a school. "We are against Saddam," he said. "But before we cannot say anything opposite Saddam Hussein. They would kill us." Hassan was at the hospital because his 2-year-old daughter lay in a coma after being injured when several coalition bombs fell on their house. He said he did not blame the British for her grave injury, but rather the members of Saddam's Fedayeen militia who hid in civilian areas. As he spoke, Hassan's daughter moved slightly on her bed. Her eyes fluttered, but she did not regain consciousness. "Yes, people believe Saddam is no more, he is gone," Hassan said. washingtonpost.com

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (91342)	4/8/2003 11:21:30 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"There had been a UN resolution in 1991 that said the Iraqi regime must comply with human rights provisions. It was never attempted to be enforced. The human rights issue is a very late comer to the justifications for this war." Mistakes from the past don't make the current Administration's attempts to do the right thing now, somehow become inappropriate or wrong.