Dutchman suspected of aiding Saddam in war crimes is arrested

A MAN suspected of helping former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein commit war crimes and genocide by supplying him with materials for chemical weapons, has been arrested by the Netherlands authorities.

Prosecutors said the 62-year-old man, identified as Frans van Anraat by Dutch television, was arrested at his Amsterdam home on Monday as he prepared to leave the Netherlands.

"According to the United Nations, the Dutchman is one of the most important middlemen in Iraq’s acquisition of chemical material," Dutch prosecutors said in a statement. "The man is suspected of supplying thousands of tonnes of raw materials for chemical weapons between 1984 and 1988."

The chemicals could be used to produce mustard and nerve gasses. Iraq used the weapons in the 1980-1988 war against Iran and against the Kurdish population in northern Iraq, including in the notorious attack on the town of Halabja in 1988, in which an estimated 5,000 people were killed, prosecutors said.

The man is suspected of complicity in war crimes and genocide. He will be brought before a judge later this week.

UN officials confirmed that the UN inspection agency for Iraq, UNMOVIC, and its predecessor agency, UNSCOM, had collected a detailed dossier on Mr van Anraat showing him to be an important middleman in supplying Iraq with chemical materials. However, they said these files had been kept confidential and they could not now discuss their content for fear of undermining the case against him.

My Comments on Mr. Van Anraat

I am an Iraqi Citizen and i am proud to admit that i have known the van
Anraat's since 1992, when i came back to Iraq in March 1992, i was
enrolled
at the prestigious Baghdad International School, where i was enrolled
in the
Tenth Grade.

It is there where i met Mr. Van Anraats son, who is one of my dearest
friends, they are a very sophisticated family and i am appalled by his
arrest. He should be released at once. Mr. Van Anraat is not guilty and
all
this personal grudge against him is nonesense.

Kurds are the real Terrorists and Shiites, they seems to be taking over
my
beautiful country and that is why as you can all witness the savage
daily
acts that are far more notorious and outrageous than any Chemical
weaopon.

I ask you, dont the Kurds massacre hundreds of people in Kirkuk daily,
they
rape and kill Turkomans and Sunni Muslims and persecute Jews?
They are trying to establish themselves and they are so Anti-Semitic
its
appalling.

Kurds assumed power in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iraq and all
there
is now in the Ministry is Corruption, they hire incompetent people, and
you
can investigate at the Iraqi Embassy in Canada, they hired an 18 year
old
Kurish girl who hasnt even completed High School as a Counsellor. and
90% of
Iraqi Diplomats are Kurds now and they dont even speak Arabic.

Kurds dont belong in Iraq, they should move back to Persia/Iran and
start a
country there. or take Sulymaniah and Dohuk and seperate, only Semitic
people and Europeans are to live in Iraq. Mesopotamia is not for people
who
marry their cousins and are uneducated and incompetent to hold power in
a
country that contributed largely to civilization.

The same goes to Shiites who are either Persians or Immigrants from the
Indian Sub-Continent.
for more go to http://factsofiraq.tripod.com/ and see the true facts.

Also, Saddam killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and today there is
more
corruption and killings and mass murders and genocide that what Saddam
committed in 30 years. Todays atrocities are equalled to Auchwitz and
they
are committed by Kurds and Shiites.
They bomb Mosques, kidnap Journalists and they move to places like
falluja
to blame Sunnis for it. Their hatred towards Israel and Jews is evident
when
Iraqi Political Figure Mr. Mithal Alusi ( a Sunni-Arab) visited the
State of
Israel last year, he came back to Iraq only to find hundreds of Shiites
and
Kurds trying to Assasinate him, they then Killed his two sons.

Also, now that One suicide bomber attacked Shiites in Hilla ( A city in
Babylon) Shiites attacked the Jordanian Embassy and they were led by
Shiite
Terrorist and Guerilla leader A. Al Chalabi.

The World and the media seem to ignore the fact that Christians, Jews
and
Sunnis are targeted daily and are mistreated and these latter groups
face
daily oppressions be it rape, personal attack and are shunned from
power in
their own land that they created and have lived in for thousands of
years.

And Sunni's , Christians and Jews assumed power since Iraq gained
Independence from being a British Mandate in 1921. and developed it
into a
secular civilized State only to witness a bunch of demngogous people (
Kurds
and Shiites) to occupy and try and invade and Rape Iraq.

the International community is responsible for everything that is
happening
and i hope that the Courts in the Netherlands help and fight for Mr.Van
Anraat, so that justice prevails.

The only reason why Kurds were attacked in the 1980's is because they
started a war against Iraq and everything Iraq did was in Self Defence.
We are a ram amidst a jungle of savage beasts that try to devour our
flesh.
Iraq and Israel are the only two states in the Middle
East/Meditterranean
that are constant targets of plots to destroy these two secular and
Civilized States.

Kurds are so corrupt and they are trying to take over the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Oil and Ministry of Finance in the New
Iraq.

I will conclude and say that Iraqi civilians are killed daily and
cities are
being wiped and women terrorized, even clubs, bars and hairdressers are
being attacked, and owners of liquor shops, is that democracy? is that
freedom? perhaps during the Saddam era we didnt have Freedom of Speech,
but
we enjoyed the freedom to go out at night and live life according to
our
liking. Women can go out and return safely home at 3:00 a.m plus they
werent
obliged to wear a Veil. and Shiites and Kurds are trying to impose
corrupt
Medeval Islamic laws in Iraq. I say that they should go elsewhere or we
should seperate as three independent States. Dohuk and Sulymaniah for
Kurds,
Kerbala and najaf for Shiites and the land of Mesopotamia and all the
land
between those two rivers is for the rest of us who want peace and a
modern
life.

Please help Mr.Van Anraat and fight for Democracy and fight for Europe.
because Shiite and Kurdish Terrorism will spread to europe. by the way,
Terrorist organizations like 'Ansaar Al Sunna' meaning Supporters of
Sunni's
are Kurish Shiites, they only wish to destroy the rest of us and
diminish
us.

Also The current attacks on the Jordanian Embassy in Iraq are all
fabrications led by Al Chalabi and his terrorist militias, Why should
Jordan
apologize for one persons act, and until now no official investigations
have
been conducted to see who actually did it, it could be an Iranian? or
Shiite
Iraqi that is trying to start a civil war.

Why hasnt Iran been convicted of war crimes, at least during Saddams
time,
Kurds and Shiites were represented in Parliament and they held
prominent
positions in power, wheras in Iran, Kurds arent allowed to speak
Kurdish,
and Sunnis arent permitted to work in government offices nor are non
Shiites.

You can investigate the corruption that is taking place in Iraq now,
during
Zibari's reign as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, all he
highlights is
the 'Kurdish issue' as if Iraq is a Kurdish State. and uch corruption
has
taken place like the Dean of the Diplomatic Institute hired his wife a
Moroccan citizen as an Iraqi Diplomat. Such acts were never possible
during
Saddams time. I am not a Saddam Supporter but merely like to display
the
truth and not hide certain aspects and highlight others.

There were more Sunnis and Christians killed in Iraq than Kurds or
Shiites.

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