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To: TopCat who wrote (729717)	7/29/2013 6:55:50 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 1572713

Saddam was not more preferable than anything I can imagine. His history is not lessened by drawing comparisons to other unfortunate circumstances, no matter how we personally may view them. The very idea of more or less preferable is out of place when considering the reign of someone like Saddam Hussein. Saddam and his regime committed large-scale atrocities during his time in power. He could also be characterized by very up close and personal acts involving the heinous contexts of rape rooms, death by torture, decisions to slaughter the children of political enemies in the presence of their parents, machine-gunning of peaceful protesters. He was a monster, a butcher, a brutal tyrant, a genocidal racist--he was all of this, and more. Saddam Hussein was unquestionably one of the most brutal dictators of the 20th century. History cannot even begin to record the full scale of his atrocities and the effect they had on those affected and the families of those affected. http://civilliberty.about.com/od/internationalhumanrights/p/saddam_hussein.htm

To: TopCat who wrote (729717)	7/29/2013 7:18:54 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572713

UFB! United worker, wife accused of stealing luggage Sean Sharif Crudup A United Airlines employee and his wife have been charged with grand theft and burglary for allegedly stealing the luggage of passengers who were supposed to fly into San Francisco International Airport but were diverted because of the Asiana Airlines crash, prosecutors said Monday. A Richmond couple returning home from vacation were to have flown into SFO on July 8 but were unable to because of the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 two days earlier. But their luggage made it to the airport, and when they went there to pick it up, it was missing, said Karen Guidotti, San Mateo County’s chief deputy district attorney. Surveillance video captured United customer service representative Sean Sharif Crudup, 44, of Richmond stealing the bags and handing them off to his wife, Raychas Elizabeth Thomas, 32, and another woman, authorities said. Raychas Elizabeth Thomas Among the items inside the bags were valuable clothing, and Thomas — posing as the person who bought it — returned “a large quantity of it” to the Nordstrom at the Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton for about $5,000, Guidotti said. The two were arrested when Thomas was catching a flight to Hawaii, Guidotti said. More property from the victims was found at their home, authorities said. Crudup pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of grand theft and burglary and is being held at San Mateo County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail. Thomas posted $50,000 bail. Posted By: Henry K. Lee ( Email , Twitter , Facebook ) \| Jul 29 at 8:49 am