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ECH1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 02:20 PM
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Saddam Reportedly Defends Attack on Kurds
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein acknowledged ordering deadly retribution against Kurds in the north of the country and boasted that the killings were legal and justified, an official of the Iraqi Special Tribunal said Wednesday.

The official said Saddam demanded that a court decide if he was justified in ordering the so-called Anfal campaign in 1987-88, which killed more than 180,000 Kurds and resulted in the ethnic cleansing of numerous Kurdish communities in northern Iraq.

Saddam claimed Kurds in the region were aiding Iran in the war with Iraq that had dragged on for nearly a decade by then.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/07/D8CFHUN80.html
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Malikshah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 02:23 PM
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1. Now is not the time to play the blame-game....
hmmm. who am I talking about... in this world, who knows?
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 02:23 PM
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2. I don't have time to to worry about this now
This nation is under a national emergency. I can't worry about something Saddam Hussein did 17 years ago right now.
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