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To: Brumar89 who wrote (90945)	12/11/2004 12:27:15 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Saddam feared terrorists, like Al Qaida for example. You know--stateless bands of rogues. Saddam considered himself a legitimate government, not a terrorist. He kept Iraq in his iron hand and did not sanction terrorism because he was afraid he would himself become a target of terrorism. The fact that he committed very brutal acts does not make him a terrorist in that sense. It makes him a very brutal dictator, and a sadist. (Nor is it any justification at all for us to have gone to war with Iraq.) Terrorists are by definition not part of the political establishment of a recognized state. I don't have time right now to argue about how many Iraqi children are malnourished because of American actions, although I will try to remember to look it up later. The figure of 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians comes from a very well respected English medical journal, The Lancet. These are doctors, not politicians, and do not have a political reason to make figures up. I would agree that you can find different opinions on the exact number, but this is a good place to start: thelancet.com