Alright you anti-war crowd. How you like these apples?
300,000 Iraqis May Be in Mass Graves
By BASSEM MROUE and NIKO PRICE Associated Press WritersNovember 8, 2003, 10:10 PM EST
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein's government is believed to have buried as many as 300,000 opponents in 263 mass graves that dot the Iraqi landscape, the top human rights official in the U.S.-led civilian administration said Saturday.
Sandy Hodgkinson said the administration has been sending forensic teams to investigate those grave sites reported to U.S. officials. So far, the existence of about 40 graves has been confirmed.
"We have found mass graves with women and children with bullet holes in their heads," she said.
President Bush has referred to Iraqi mass graves frequently in recent months, saying they provide evidence that the war to drive Saddam from power was justified.
So, who thinks this holocaust should have been left alone? Hmmmm?
It's Del.icio.us!
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November 9, 2003 08:12 PM
You miss the point, Joel. The anti-war people aren't saying that Saddam was anything other than a vicious thug and dangerous human being. They are asking whether that was sufficient justification for war (because the whole WMD was clearly a red herring, and as time goes on, it seems that more and more we're learning that even the administration was aware of that).
November 10, 2003 01:11 PM
Yeah Joel, is brutally murdering, raping, torturing innocent civilians a valid reason for another country to go in and make that stop?
December 30, 2006 12:17 AM
Nice - this guy uses the death if a dictator to advertise himself and his websites. How low will these internet clowns go for self-glorification? Unbelieveable... I'll be surprised if this posts!