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To: epicure who wrote (384)	4/18/2003 3:21:41 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Facts are usually better on their own. And facts are what they are, whether we like them or not, and whether they fit tidily into our opinion- or not. Thomas was correct about what wstera termed "compliments" to Saddam. In the early years of the regime, when it was flush with oil money, Saddam built an excellent infrastructure, good health care, inclusive education system... Unfortunately he then invaded Iran and started pouring all his money into the military. The wonderful things he had achieved (which is not saying that he wasn't still the vicious paranoid sociopath we know) deteriorated without support until the country sank back into poverty. Bias is when we acknowledge or weight more heavily only the facts that fit our opinion. To admit Saddam in his earlier years improved the lot of the people doesn't mean we somehow have a warm fuzzy feeling about him. It is just a fact to fit into the complex equation that is Saddam and Iraq.

To: epicure who wrote (384)	4/18/2003 9:59:19 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 20773

The Butcher of Baghdad is probably going easy on him. The Butcher of Iraq would have been more accurate IMO....... DARKNESS, DESTRUCTION... AND DECENCY World Magazine - Apr 10, 2003 ... Children were just part of the body count ... are providing food to those Saddam Hussein would gladly starve ... worldmag.com Abu Gharib Prison: Nowhere in Iraq was butchery more rife thestar.com DAVE KRIEGER: IOC ignores Iraq's atrocities Tacoma News Tribune, WA - Mar 27, 2003 ... An account of atrocities ... will fill the pages of a voluminous book," former Iraqi Olympic soccer player Saad Qeis writes on the Web site of London-based Iraq ... tribnet.com Marines Find Alleged Iraq 'Torture Center' abcnews.go.com CNN says its silence on Iraq atrocities had nothing to do with ... Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - Apr 14, 2003 NEW YORK -- A top CNN executive kept quiet about some atrocities in Iraq.... accessatlanta.com A Regime of Payoffs and Persecution washingtonpost.com IRAQ AFTERMATH: Political prisoners executed as US closed in Asahi Shimbun, Japan - 23 hours ago ... end of the short war. If confirmed, the bodies may be used as evidence of atrocities committed by the regime..... asahi.com Report: Iraq torture chamber found edition.cnn.com Footballers who paid the penalty for failure How Uday's terror made the game a matter of life or death guardian.co.uk