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Discovered in the directory left wide open by the Obama site designers: a PDF file containing Obama’s plan to “hold accountable any perpetrators of war crimes� in Iraq.And something tells me they don’t mean Al Qaeda.

REMEMBER SADDAM HUSSEIN’S ATROCITIES By Pastor Grant Swank, Jr. (1/06/03) Lest we grow numb to Saddam Hussein’s atrocities, let us keep in the forefront of our ethics what devilment this "evil" fiend has been up to. Such is the crucial component regarding what a free, morally sensitive global citizenry must do in response to Hussein’s ongoing dark presence in our world. He is a hatchet man of the first order: Sheikh Taleb Al Souhail, outstanding Iraqi leaders and chief of the Bani Tamim tribe, was murdered by Hussein’s intelligence service, the Mukhabarat. The Faylee Kurds, mainly men ages 16-28,...

Kurds remind the anti-war rally about Saddam`s atrocities 15/02/2003   KurdishMedia.com - By Bryar Mariwani London (KurdishMedia.com) 15 February 2003: An estimated two million people participated in the anti-war rally in the British capital, London, according to the organizers. The police said that the figure was 750,000. A significant number of Kurds participated in the rally to remind the peaceful protesting people of Saddam’s atrocities. Carrying banners and pictures of the Halabja massacre, the Kurds amazed the angry anti-war protesters. The banners were saying ’No to Dictatorship’, ’Remember Halabja’ and Victims of Saddam’s chemical weapons’. Speaking to KurdishMedia.com, Tarza...

REMEMBER SADDAM HUSSEIN’S ATROCITIES J. Grant Swank, Jr., POB 1984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME Lest we grow numb to Saddam Hussein’s atrocities, let us keep in the forefront of our ethics what devilment this “evil” fiend has been up to. Such is the crucial component regarding what a free, morally sensitive global citizenry must do in response to Hussein’s ongoing dark presence in our world. He is a hatchet man of the first order: - Sheikh Taleb Al Souhail, outstanding Iraqi leader and chief of the Bani Tamim tribe, was murdered by Hussein’s intelligence service,...

Witnesses tell of atrocities By Leo Schlink in London14mar03 CHILLING new details of Saddam Hussein's reign of terror in Iraq have been revealed. Researchers preparing an indictment of Saddam for crimes against humanity detailed evidence of torture, murder and ethnic cleansing gathered from witnesses in northern Iraq over the past few weeks. Their horrific report included eyewitness testimony of prisoners being killed by being fed through industrial shredders and children being gassed in jail. British MPs heard an impassioned plea for military intervention from Shanaz Rachid, daughter of prominent Kurdish leader Ibrahim Ahmed, who accused the international community of...

Bland words, vivid images wait to nail Saddam's crimes March 18 2003 A nondescript building houses the documents that trace the repression of Saddam Hussein's regime. Russell Skelton reports from Tehran. The document was bland and bureaucratic. The yellowed pages listed the names of 500 deserters from the Iraqi army. Beneath the names was a faded signature, a date and the crude official stamp of a general.For opponents of Saddam Hussein, 1991 was the worst of years. What started out as a mass uprising against the dictator by Iraqis in 14 provinces ended in the systematic slaughter of thousands. For...