Just for you peace nicks out there...........

[Lucien1964]

See men shredded, then say you don't back war
By Ann Clwyd



“There was a machine designed for shredding plastic. Men were dropped into it and we were again made to watch. Sometimes they went in head first and died quickly. Sometimes they went in feet first and died screaming. It was horrible. I saw 30 people die like this. Their remains would be placed in plastic bags and we were told they would be used as fish food . . . on one occasion, I saw Qusay [President Saddam Hussein’s youngest son] personally supervise these murders.”

This is one of the many witness statements that were taken by researchers from Indict — the organisation I chair — to provide evidence for legal cases against specific Iraqi individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. This account was taken in the past two weeks.

Another witness told us about practices of the security services towards women: “Women were suspended by their hair as their families watched; men were forced to watch as their wives were raped . . . women were suspended by their legs while they were menstruating until their periods were over, a procedure designed to cause humiliation.”

The accounts Indict has heard over the past six years are disgusting and horrifying. Our task is not merely passively to record what we are told but to challenge it as well, so that the evidence we produce is of the highest quality. All witnesses swear that their statements are true and sign them.

For these humanitarian reasons alone, it is essential to liberate the people of Iraq from the regime of Saddam. The 17 UN resolutions passed since 1991 on Iraq include Resolution 688, which calls for an end to repression of Iraqi civilians. It has been ignored. Torture, execution and ethnic-cleansing are everyday life in Saddam’s Iraq.

Were it not for the no-fly zones in the south and north of Iraq — which some people still claim are illegal — the Kurds and the Shia would no doubt still be attacked by Iraqi helicopter gunships.


For more than 20 years, senior Iraqi officials have committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This list includes far more than the gassing of 5,000 in Halabja and other villages in 1988. It includes serial war crimes during the Iran-Iraq war; the genocidal Anfal campaign against the Iraqi Kurds in 1987-88; the invasion of Kuwait and the killing of more than 1,000 Kuwaiti civilians; the violent suppression, which I witnessed, of the 1991 Kurdish uprising that led to 30,000 or more civilian deaths; the draining of the Southern Marshes during the 1990s, which ethnically cleansed thousands of Shias; and the summary executions of thousands of political opponents.

Many Iraqis wonder why the world applauded the military intervention that eventually rescued the Cambodians from Pol Pot and the Ugandans from Idi Amin when these took place without UN help. They ask why the world has ignored the crimes against them?

All these crimes have been recorded in detail by the UN, the US, Kuwaiti, British, Iranian and other Governments and groups such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and Indict. Yet the Security Council has failed to set up a war crimes tribunal on Iraq because of opposition from France, China and Russia. As a result, no Iraqi official has ever been indicted for some of the worst crimes of the 20th century. I have said incessantly that I would have preferred such a tribunal to war. But the time for offering Saddam incentives and more time is over.

I do not have a monopoly on wisdom or morality. But I know one thing. This evil, fascist regime must come to an end. With or without the help of the Security Council, and with or without the backing of the Labour Party in the House of Commons tonight.



The author is Labour MP for Cynon Valley.


This guy Saddam must be taken out.

[LiquidX]

Trust me someone here will find a way to turn that whole statment around as horrible has it is.

[Sazar]

1 more person to add to those being sought be international parties to persecute for war crimes... ariel sharon... actually quite a few israeli generals... and the actions taken against israel ? what about the violations of human rights and un resolutions in israel ?

double standards... there is no doubt there are atrocities commited... there is no doubt saddam is evil... but you are then going to use this as an excuse to attack a country ? pol pot and idi amin's countries were in far more strife... and idi amin DID go into exile... he was not 'taken out' as would be the case here...

[silence]

since you are invloved with human right violations, tell how many countries in the world are currently violating basic human rights?

also.....is using slave child labour violation of human rights?...you know, like US companies do in third-world countries.......


once again, i am 100% sure that Saddam is guilty, but if that's only reason to attack Iraq then i am Pope John Paul II.

just list all the countries that violate human rights and then cross reference with those that have largest oil supply in the world

please.......i am sick of this "opressed iraqi ppl" stuff as excuse for grabbing their natural wealth......why doesn't US govermant speak so loudly for childern that work as slaves in companies that provide goods to american market?????


when i hear Bush saying he'll do something about this, then i'll believe this war is about liberating iraqi ppl instead of liberating their oil reserves........period.

[Sazar]

Originally posted by silence
since you are invloved with human right violations, tell how many countries in the world are currently violating basic human rights?

also.....is using slave child labour violation of human rights?...you know, like US companies do in third-world countries.......


once again, i am 100% sure that Saddam is guilty, but if that's only reason to attack Iraq then i am Pope John Paul II.

just list all the countries that violate human rights and then cross reference with those that have largest oil supply in the world

please.......i am sick of this "opressed iraqi ppl" stuff as excuse for grabbing their natural wealth......why doesn't US govermant speak so loudly for childern that work as slaves in companies that provide goods to american market?????


when i hear Bush saying he'll do something about this, then i'll believe this war is about liberating iraqi ppl instead of liberating their oil reserves........period.

besides... the oppressed iraqi people was never the REASON for demanding war in the first place... it was non compliance to resolutions calling for disarmament and for allegedly hiding WMD... why are there so many articles now being posted concerning human rights issues ?

edit : also I do personally think there is more @ stake than just the oil in iraq.. I mean come on... what about natural gas

[UDawg]

They just ignored the whole argument.

[silence]

Originally posted by Sazar

edit : also I do personally think there is more @ stake than just the oil in iraq.. I mean come on... what about natural gas

lol......first was WMDs, then resolutions, currently is all cause of opression of the ppl........

once again.....it's not that i like saddam or i think he is good guy, it's simply that i don't trust Bush as soon as he opens mouth......

[Sazar]

Originally posted by UDawg71
They just ignored the whole argument.

fyi I have read the same stuff many a time... its not like I disagree with it... but with a clear conscience you cant brand one person/group @ fault and disregard other peoples/groups that do the same thing...

furthermore.. I can put forth an editorial myself worded ever so eloquoently in order to stir up public opinion to my beliefs and quote facts et al... its not that hard... you have to remember the source of this 'text'... it is a POLITICIAN... not a human rights activist or any such thing...

[Lucien1964]

Originally posted by UDawg71
They just ignored the whole argument.

Yep they sure did.What about this what abput that blah blah blah.I'm sure there is many horrible things that has happened in the world from various governments.Removing Saddam would be one less evil guy to worry about.BUt nooooooooooooooooooo its Irsael this and American that blah blah blah.At least were doing something about.Heck if inspections was sooooooooo important why now???Why did the UN turn a blind eye in the mid 90s when the inspectors were kicked out?
Well peeps were going to get this guy without the UN approval and its about damn time.B!tch and moan all you want it will not change things.

[Sazar]

france has just said that in the advent of chemical/biological weapons used by iraq.. they would pledge their support to the 'coalition' to help...

[pastor]

Originally posted by silence
since you are invloved with human right violations, tell how many countries in the world are currently violating basic human rights?

also.....is using slave child labour violation of human rights?...you know, like US companies do in third-world countries.......


once again, i am 100% sure that Saddam is guilty, but if that's only reason to attack Iraq then i am Pope John Paul II.

just list all the countries that violate human rights and then cross reference with those that have largest oil supply in the world

please.......i am sick of this "opressed iraqi ppl" stuff as excuse for grabbing their natural wealth......why doesn't US govermant speak so loudly for childern that work as slaves in companies that provide goods to american market?????


when i hear Bush saying he'll do something about this, then i'll believe this war is about liberating iraqi ppl instead of liberating their oil reserves........period.

silence, i sincerely agree with you about the full hypocrisy of the US gov arguments. it's funny to compare all this LIES POT to the lame arguments american right-minded puritans usualy used during the levinsky affair (i know that's beside the point but it was just about lies )

But Oil is just a plus. The main goal of the US is to take place in middle east so they can be closer to Saudi arabia wich has apparently a role in the al quaida organisation. When Bush will have the keys of IRAK, it won't be very difficult to recruit some middle eastern people to convert them into US intelligence agents. May be they will built an other Echelon spying system for middle east ..etc

it will take some time but they don't have a lot of others options.

But this is obviously a imperialist and colonialist move from the US

It is the more intellingent way ? the future is going to tell us

[Lucien1964]

Originally posted by Sazar
1 more person to add to those being sought be international parties to persecute for war crimes... ariel sharon... actually quite a few israeli generals... and the actions taken against israel ? what about the violations of human rights and un resolutions in israel ?

double standards... there is no doubt there are atrocities commited... there is no doubt saddam is evil... but you are then going to use this as an excuse to attack a country ? pol pot and idi amin's countries were in far more strife... and idi amin DID go into exile... he was not 'taken out' as would be the case here...

Oh I see focus on Israel (IMHO she has the right to defend herself but thats another argument for another day)I thjought I was talking about Iraq.Even if what you say is true I do not see how it has anything to do with the article I posted.I just posted some info about your beloved Saddam that I have a problem with.One more reason why we will go in and get the bastard.You can complain all you want its going to happen.It will be interesting to see what we find............