Purported tape of Saddam discussing destruction of farmland of

[cantstandbush]

those who attempted to assassinate him? Why is this a big deal? Isn't this what the Isaelis do routinely to retaliate for Palestinian attacks on them? At least Saddam was going to compensate the owners.

USA Today: "
BAGHDAD (AP) — Prosecutors in the trial of Saddam Hussein on Monday played an audiotape said to be a phone call between the former Iraqi leader and one of his co-defendants discussing the destruction of farmland during a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s.
In the tape, a voice purported to be that of Taha Yassin Ramadan said the leveling of farms and palm groves in the town of Dujail, carried out as retaliation for an attack on Saddam there, had been nearly completed and that the owners would be given compensation."

[Sammy Pepys]

1. Why is that a big deal?

Is that the attitude you have about the Reps and the slow destruction of our rights?

[cantstandbush]

3. The BIG deal is the losse of over 3,000 US soldiers to overthrow

a head of state that was no worse than most of the heads of state who are our "friends"...and you can even add Bush to the list.

[bigtree]

2. Saddam destroyed farms in retaliation, Bush destroyed farms in retaliation

Saddam
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-03-01-saddamtrial_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA


Bush
http://www.tribalmessenger.org/headlines/10-12-03-US-soldiers-bulldoze-Iraq-farms.htm


from deficient brain: (http://deficientbrain.blogspot.com/2006/03/saddam-like-usa-destroyed-farms-in.html)

[Roland99]

4. Can we make citizens' arrest on the Propagandist?