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To: Sam who wrote (154763)	12/24/2004 10:51:53 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We supported Saddam as a counterweight to Iranian ambitions in the Gulf...at the time..Iran seemed a larger menace....the idea was to halt the spread of the "Islamic Revolution".... With respect to Saddam's Kuwait adventure, you are not seriously suggesting that one incident as the one you pointded out negates the FACT that Saddam raped Kuwait and brutalized its people are you? J.

To: Sam who wrote (154763)	12/24/2004 12:51:26 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Policy changes and so do times, Sam. Don't have time now to go back and see when the US started supporting Saddam,....maybe you do, or we can examine that later. Re the person you spoke of....one example out of hundreds doesn't seem to do it....All you have to do is look at all the mass graves in Iraq if you don't believe that. Or are you saying Saddam was a 'good man', and so were his evil sons?????? Also, don't forget, we are going through millions of papers that were found in Saddam's Iraq. Those papers, when translated, will tell more of the story, I feel sure.