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Saddam, we hardly knew ye
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From
03/01/2007 04:06:58
Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
 
 
To
02/01/2007 16:43:23
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
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Politics
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Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01180957
Message ID:
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Yep, I agree. Sad, and a missed chance.

Walter,


>Look at this: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/02/news/web.0102britain.php
>
>and this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/world/middleeast/02cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1167800400&en=c7d6181f15a9dae3&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>
>"Among those most incensed by what happened to Mr. Hussein in his final moments are American officials in Baghdad and Washington, who had hoped that the execution would bring Iraqis to a point of closure over Mr. Hussein’s role in Iraq’s turbulent history"
>
>but here's what really matters:
>
>American officials say privately that the Maliki government, by allowing the Hussein execution to be conducted as it did, signaled more powerfully than ever before that it was unwilling or incapable of surmounting the deep sectarian divisions here.
>
>Which means there's no prospect of pulling out any time soon.
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