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Iraq-Jordan
Sammie to blame Iran for mass murder
2005-07-13
Thousands of people murdered under the rule of Saddam Hussein were in fact killed by Iran, one of the ex-dictator's lawyers has said.

Issam Ghazzawi said the deaths of Kurds and Shi'ite Muslims were not down to Iraq's deposed leader but the regime in the neighbouring country. More than 100,000 Kurds were estimated to have been killed by Saddam's troops in 1988. Around 5,000 of these are said to have been gassed to death in the city of Halabja and another 8,000 members of a powerful clan rounded up and shot.

But Mr Ghazzawi told Austria's Die Presse newspaper: "Iran is responsible for the the murders of the Kurds."
"Wudn't us."
In 1991, up to 100,000 Shi'ites and thousands more Kurds were said to have been killed by Saddam's forces. The attack followed the end of the first Gulf War as the then leader moved to stamp out rebellions following the conflict. But Mr Ghazzawi also put the deaths of these Shi'ites down to Iran.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  He should try blaming Big Tobacco. I don't imagine that the Kurds were health food junkies either.
Posted by: Super Hose   2005-07-13 12:00  

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