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Actually, BBC dearest, Saddam ordered the estuary and the marshes to be dried up:

http://www.harvard-magazine.com/on-line/010538.htm l
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/5981 406.htm
http://www.waterconserve.info/articles/reader.asp? linkid=22888
http://www.iraqfoundation.org/projects/edenagain/2 003/ajan/27_wetlands.html

The BBC makes it sound as if the palms accidentally died as a result of war, when in fact the genocidal dictator purposefully ordered them starved of water.

The BBC... shielding Saddam from criticism 'til the bitter end.

Another matter, and one of great significance, is that many proscribed weapons and items are not accounted for.

To take an example, a document which Iraq provided suggested to us that some 1,000 tons of chemical agent were unaccounted for. I must not jump to the conclusion that they exist; however, that possibility is also not excluded. If they exist they must be presented for destruction. If they do not exist, credible evidence to that effect should be presented.

This is perhaps the most important problem we are facing. Although I can understand that it may not be easy for Iraq in all cases to provide the evidence needed, it is not the task of the inspectors to find it. Iraq itself must squarely tackle this task and avoid belittling the questions.

The U.S.-led occupation authority in Iraq has said that at least 300,000 people are buried in mass graves in Iraq. Human rights officials put the number closer to 500,000, and some Iraqi political parties estimate more than 1 million were executed. ...
The deadliest atrocity associated with Saddam's government was the scorched-earth campaign known as the "Anfal," in which the government killed an estimated 180,000 Kurds in Iraq's far north. Many were buried in mass graves far from home in the southern desert.
Another 60,000 people are believed to have been killed when Saddam violently suppressed rebellions by Shiite Muslims in the south and Kurds in the north at the close of the 1991 Gulf War.

Do you think Bush's approval ratings would be so high if everyone knew that we've killed 6,000 civilians in Iraq? I vote "no."

This will be automatically be modded down because as soon as you say the word Fuck, you get killed by liberals.

Anyways, get a fucking clue

Read this

6000 civilians died and that's a tragedy, however, Saddam has killed far more of his own people that the US will ever kill.

Perhaps we should plaster on the front of every paper that 6000 Iraqi civilians have died due to the US led war against Iraq. Compared to the 200k civilians that were seemingly "lost" by Saddam's secret police, I still think that Bush's rating would be as high as it is... Of course, if you're a liberal democrat, nothing I can say will convince you otherwise.

Good luck with Lieberman.

Couple KNOWN actions by Saddam:

• Husband and wife are tortured repeatedly in front of their children. Reason? Sale of a vehicle that Iraqi's claimed was taken from oppositionists.
• Udday, Saddam's son, was known to have a torture chamber and personally executed many people and raped many many women.
• Udday had their football team all caned on the soles of their feet after losing a World Cup championship.
• Qusayy, another son, also encouraged rape and use of torture again many Iraqi citizens.

The Iraq Foundation
http://www.iraqfoundation.org

The Iraq Foundation
http://www.iraqfoundation.org