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To: sea_urchin who wrote (10880)	6/13/2005 2:45:03 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20039

Re: His coup was only in Iraq and it affected only Iraqis. So it's okay for a leader to slaughter his own people? Re: And where is it so written? That is not written anywhere....it is simply common sense. Re: And, anyway, even if you have a gang of "willing" nations, does that mean it was right to remove Saddam? History will be the judge of that, and I believe it will be said it was the right thing to do. Re: Or, for that matter, any leader "we" don't like? Of course not....but if you have mass graves in your backyard, don't be surprised to see us coming with an eviction notice!

To: sea_urchin who wrote (10880)	6/13/2005 2:50:47 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20039

Rangel, Discover Saddam's Holocaust 6-13-2005 Top House Democrat Charlie Rangel still refuses to apologize for comparing President Bush's alleged "deception" over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to Hitler's extermination of 6 million Jews. But if Rangel is looking for evidence of the real Holocaust in Iraq, he need only pick up a copy of last Sunday's Hartford Courant. Relying on congressional studies as well as reports from an array of human rights groups, the Courant put together a frightening list of Saddam's atrocities. A few highlights: # The Iraqi dictator executed as many as 1 million Iraqis during his 24 years in power. # 17,000 Iraqis were "disappeared" during the same period. # Saddam had 40 of his own relatives murdered. # Human Rights Watch estimates that Hussein's 1987-1988 campaign of terror against the Kurds killed at least 50,000 and as many as 100,000 - in attacks that used chemical and nerve agents on 40 Kurdish villages. The largest attack was on Halabjah, which resulted in approximately 5,000 deaths. # A total of 2,000 Kurdish villages were destroyed during Saddam's blitzkreig. # In 1998 alone, 4,000 prisoners were executed at Abu Ghraib.- # 3,000 prisoners were executed at the Mahjar prison from 1993 to 1998. # 2,500 prisoners were executed between 1997 and 1999 in a "prison cleansing campaign." # At least 130 Iraqi women were beheaded between June 2000 and April 2001. # Saddam committed sixteen violations of the Hague and Geneva conventions during his 1990 invasion of Kuwait, according to a Pentagon report, including torture by amputation, electric shock, rape, forced self-cannibalism and dismemberment.