The West May Go On Trial with Saddam

[GreenPartyVoter]

ARBIL, Iraq - A year after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the mountains and plains of Northern Iraq are still covered in landmines planted by the former Iraqi dictator's regime during the 1980s. That is when he fought a decade-long war with Iran and many battles with Kurdish guerrillas.

The Red Cross has made thousands of synthetic limbs for Iraqi civilians who have lost their arms or legs. Hundreds have been killed.

"We were in the village when we heard the mines go off in the middle of the night," recalls Mohammed Abuznawee, a shepherd who lives near a minefield outside Kirkuk. The Iraqi army mined the area around his village in 1985.

"Over 200 sheep broke out of their pen and walked into the minefield in the middle of the night and were killed. Then my brother went out to try to save the flock. He also died."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0618-02.htm

[FloridaPat]

1. Well, who's worse - the guy that did the killing or the guys that

paid for the chemicals and weapons, sold him the chemicals and weapons, gave intelligence information where the enemy was and help out in every way they could?