29 Dec 2006 06:07 pm
The Case Against Saddam
Saddam Hussein’s Defiance of United Nations Resolutions
Link to Security council resolutions concerning IRAQ
Chronicle of Saddam Hussein’s Reign of Terror
Hussein’s regime killed, tortured, raped and terrorized the Iraqi people and its neighbors for over two decades.
Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of Hussein’s actions.
Hussein has had approximately 40 of his own relatives murdered.
1980-88: Iran-Iraq war left 150,000 to 340,000 Iraqis and 450,000 to 730,000 Iranians dead.
1983-1988: Documented chemical attacks by Iraqi regime caused some 30,000 Iraqi and Iranian deaths.
1988: Chemical attack on Kurdish village of Halabja killed approximately 5,000 people.
1987-1988: Iraqi regime used chemical agents in attacks against at least 40 Kurdish villages.
1990-91: 1,000 Kuwaitis were killed in Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
1991: bloody suppression of Kurdish and Shi’a uprisings in northern and southern Iraq killed at least 30,000 to 60,000.
2,000 Kurdish villages were destroyed during the campaign of terror
2001 Amnesty International report: “Victims of torture in Iraq are subjected to a wide range of forms of torture, including the gouging out of eyes, severe beatings and electric shocks… some victims have died as a result and many have been left with permanent physical and psychological damage.”
Human Rights Watch: Hussein’s 1987-1988 campaign of terror against the Kurds killed at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 Kurds.
Refugees International: “Oppressive government policies have led to the internal displacement of 900,000 Iraqis”
Iraq’s 13 million Shi’a Muslims, the majority of Iraq’s population of approximately 22 million, faced severe restrictions on their religious practice
FBI: Iraqi government was involved in a plot to assassinate former President George Bush during his April 14-16, 1993 visit to Kuwait.
The Iraqi regime has repeatedly refused visits by human rights monitors.
From 1992 until 2002, Saddam prevented the UN Special Rapporteur from visiting Iraq.
Kay la Nansa - Kuwait’s “Not to Forget Museum”
http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/002905.php
Sources: Office of the White House Press Secretary: Life Under Saddam Hussein: Past Repression and Atrocities by Saddam Hussein’s Regime; April 4, 2003 http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/19675.htm
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