Iraq Files Genocide Charges Against Saddam - Yahoo! News
In a move that will be repeated in the near future, Iraq has filed new charges of genocide against Saddam Hussein. The charges relate to Hussein's crackdown against the Kurds that killed an estimated 100,000 Kurds, over and above those who were killed via chemical warfare.
The prosecutors allege that Saddam Hussein sought to exterminate the Kurds with his actions against them during the 1980s. The charges relate to Operation Anfal where the clear intention was to get rid of the Kurds out of the northern regions of Iraq.
The move to indict Saddam Hussein for attempted genocide might be considered controversial by some, but I believe that most will see this as a move in the right direction as the growing body of evidence of the brutalities of this former dictator are exposed to the light.
Saddam Hussein was an extremely brutal dictator and he killed anybody who got in his way, including the members of the parliament that he killed as a result of the coup that got him into the powerful position of leader. He is also responsible for the attempted genocide of the Shia and others in Iraq. I see no reason why he should not stand trial on all of these charges and that he should be convicted of the attempted genocide of whole populations of Iraq.
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