[lit-ideas] Re: Saddam was... innocent?
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:37:37 -0800
Phil, note the reference to "ongoing trial" and "the trial resumes."
The main trial against Saddam was the "al-Anfal" genocidal killing of 180,000 Kurds, using
chemical and gas weapons. But the hasty lynching now prevents his role coming to light,
including his accomplices, namely those countries and companies that provided the chemical
weapons, the logistics, the training, and so on.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Saddam was... innocent?
Andreas Ramos wrote:
"The trial was still ongoing. The idea of 'declaring him guilty' on one item
and hanging him before concluding the trial is a legal farce."
Read the article again. To help you, look for the following:
"The ex-dictator was hanged after being found guilty in an earlier trial of
the killing of 148 Shia Muslims in the town of Dujail, but many Kurds were
disappointed that he was executed before facing justice for his role in the
al-Anfal campaign, which was numerically the most serious of his crimes and
one which drew horror and revulsion around the world."
Note the reference to 'earlier trial'. I am continually amazed at the
degree to which ideological commitments impair reading comprehension.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Glen Haven, NS
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