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Red · #1 10-13-2004, 10:33 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. forces have exhumed a mass grave site in northwestern Iraq and uncovered the remains of scores of people.

Many of the bodies found at the site near al-Hatra are believed to be the bodies of Kurdish women and children thought slaughtered by the Saddam Hussein regime.

A pool reporter recently was taken to the site, and the evidence gathered at the site -- a remote wadi or valley that cannot be seen by passing vehicles -- is expected to be used in the war crimes trial against Saddam Hussein and his Baathist allies.

"A perfect place for execution," Greg Kehoe, the head of the Regime Crime Liaison Office and leader of the forensic excavation, said on Wednesday.

"It is my personal opinion that this is a killing field," Kehoe told reporters during a visit to the site south of Mosul.

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damn! all of these ppl must of died from the flu!

DngrMse · #2 10-13-2004, 10:37 AM

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damn! all of these ppl must of died from the flu!

Of course, but only after the imperialist U.S. blocked all shipments of life saving medications to the peace loving regime of Saddam. Unilaterally. (/Anarky)

86Dude · #3 10-13-2004, 10:42 AM

No, we probably planted the bodies there to hide the casualties from the air war!

ThePrankMonkey · #4 10-13-2004, 11:02 AM

this cant be! saddam was a humanatarian! he was philanthropic in nature and loved everyone!

right?!?!?!?!

86Dude · #5 10-13-2004, 11:37 AM

Free toy Ak-47's in specially marked boxes of Captain Kurd.

ThePrankMonkey · #6 10-13-2004, 11:39 AM

that smacks of a bad ad for some cottage cheese. not sure why but i thought of cottage cheese when i saw captain kurd...

KanuckiStang · #7 10-13-2004, 12:58 PM

Given that the grave appears to be some 20 years old, that would put its origins smack dab in the middle of Reagan's administration. That was around the time Saddam was gassing the Iranian army while Rumsfeld was eating dinner with him in one of those palaces, wasn't it?

ThePrankMonkey · #8 10-13-2004, 01:04 PM

i dont think anyone refutes that. just amazing that bodies keep getting dug up all the time.

i dont care who did what then, he's still a scumbag, i understand the point of it back then, which was a different climate than it is now and yes in hindsight it didnt seem like a great idea but jeez, name a president that never made mistakes. not excusing but come on! i know republicans arent he only ones...remember haiti? yeah that wasnt such a great idea either, neither was somalia, neither was kosovo. they all **** up but only some are blamed by some people. weird.

86Dude · #9 10-13-2004, 01:31 PM

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Given that the grave appears to be some 20 years old, that would put its origins smack dab in the middle of Reagan's administration. That was around the time Saddam was gassing the Iranian army while Rumsfeld was eating dinner with him in one of those palaces, wasn't it?

Yeah, I guess keeping the world safe from communism was a bad thing.

Mr. Anarky · #10 10-13-2004, 02:34 PM

Interesting that the USA is quite good at finding what no one on the left disputed--mass graves--but the USA has a hell of a time digging up what it claimed to "know" existed but what the left said did not: stockpiles of wmd.

Where are the wmd stockpiles?

Keep digging boys.

Mr. Anarky · #11 10-13-2004, 02:43 PM

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He believes they were probably killed in early 1988, though it might have happened in late 1987.

Many of the victims wore multiple layers of clothing and carried small personal items like jewelry and medication. One child was found with a ball in his hand.

The women -- four or five of whom were pregnant -- and children appear to have been killed with a single small-caliber gunshot to the head.

Some of the women were blindfolded, but Kehoe says 95 percent of the men were blindfolded and had their hands either tied to the man next to them or tied behind their back. Al-Hatra is in Nineveh province, the location of Mosul and Tal Afar.

Truly heartbreaking. The part about the child w/ a ball in his hand is devastating.

I believe it was around 1987-88 that the Reagan administration was sending Saddam satellite photography so that he could more easily locate his enemies.

86Dude · #12 10-13-2004, 02:53 PM

I seriously, seriously doubt it was the intended aim of the administration to allow sodamninsane to locate and kill Kurds.

themistocles · #13 10-13-2004, 03:33 PM

Hey, at least Saddam wasn't threatening us...

Powerboss · #14 10-13-2004, 04:14 PM

Hey, remember now. Humanitarian wars are OK when Democrats use that justification, not OK when Republicans use that justification.

Mr. Anarky · #15 10-13-2004, 04:18 PM

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Hey, remember now. Humanitarian wars are OK when Democrats use that justification, not OK when Republicans use that justification.

Humanitarian justifications are usually more convincing when you make them central reason for the military action BEFORE you invade the country and not AFTER you invade it...if you get my meaning.

Unrepresented · #16 10-13-2004, 04:29 PM

I find the timing suspicious.

Mr. Anarky · #17 10-13-2004, 04:35 PM

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I find the timing suspicious.

I don't. They probably haven't found even half of the graves of those that Saddam had murdered.

BIG GABE · #18 10-13-2004, 04:39 PM

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Yeah, I guess keeping the world safe from communism was a bad thing.

Wtf are you talking about? The U.S. Gvt's involvement with Saddam ( A secular Stalin wannabe) back in the 80's was assisting him in the war against Iran ( which by that times was by no means Communist)

Gandalf · #19 10-13-2004, 06:23 PM

Well all this proves is Saddam was as evil as we all knew. Yes he deserved to be toppled but the Iraq war was not another step forward in the "War on Terror" it was a monumental step backwards.

Those people died around the time he was being supported by the US in the Iran/Iraq war and there have been countless others after that who his regime murdered, no one will question that. But because the current US administration had taken office with the aim of toppling Saddam they have taken their eye off the ball with regard to the real culprid Osama Bin Liner...........

All the misadventure has done is create another breeding ground for fanatics and terrorists.

Powerboss · #20 10-14-2004, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Anarky

Humanitarian justifications are usually more convincing when you make them central reason for the military action BEFORE you invade the country and not AFTER you invade it...if you get my meaning.

Well good then, Im glad you supported the Iraq war.

It is seeking nuclear weapons. It has given shelter and support to terrorism, and practices terror against its own people. The entire world has witnessed Iraq's eleven-year history of defiance, deception and bad faith.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0021007-8.html

In this speech GIVEN IN 2002, he uses the humanitarian, WMD's, terrorism, and UN violations all as justification.

Want more examples?

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