And in poll after poll, the majority of Iraqis want the US to go home. Or at least away.
(However, it's been revealed that 19 out of 22 journalists funded by the DoD say that thinks are GREAT in Iraq. The other 3 are now in Guantanamo. The first 19 are available for citation on DoD funded blogs, DoD funded newspapers, DoD funded magazines.)
"They are killing people for what they say, just like Saddam," said a young man who will be referred to as person No. 2. "They kill people because the people say, 'I don't like (this one or that one).' You get killed for that.
"They're using horrible ways to kill people. They're not just shooting them in the head. They suffocate them, strangle them, burn them. Horrible things, things we heard about only during Saddam's days are coming back now. It's an effort to terrorize people, not just to eliminate your enemy, but to force everyone to shut up and stay home."
"Despite widespread reports of Iraqi women being brutalized in rape rooms before the U.S. liberation, the United Nations is now claiming that women were better off when Saddam Hussein was in power.
"In a report issued this week, the Integrated Regional Information Networks, a U.N. news agency covering sub-Saharan Africa, maintains "Women's basic rights under the Hussein regime were guaranteed in the constitution and more importantly [they were] respected, with women often occupying important government positions. Now, although their rights are still enshrined in the national constitution, activists complain that, in practice, they have lost almost all of their rights."
Arf
Flame » in reply to Maybe you weren't here for the "better off under Saddam" posts.
Hey, it's not me. It's the Iraqis and the UN saying that.
The whole thread (30 posts)
- NEWSFLASH! Forst Yeti of The Day award issued!
- I'd like to thank Ma Bowser, Pa Bowser, the Academy - - -
- Maybe you weren't here for the "better off under Saddam" posts. (n/t)
- I thought there was general agreement from both sides...
- that's ok with me... I'm sure I'll win it tommorroww.
- Congrats to the winner
- Maybe would have been better on Flame?
- er... first.... Sorry, that Sarin, you know, heavy stuff... (n/t)
