Declassified U.S. government documents show that while Saddam Hussein was gassing Iraqi Kurds, the U.S. opposed punishing Iraq with a trade embargo because it was cultivating Iraq as an ally against Iran and as a market for U.S. farm exports.
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links for 2007-02-13
Saddam and Osama! A genious video demonstrating the exploits of these two invincible heros. I swear by the beard of the Prophet this is a great cartoon! Just look at that moustache-carrying roadster go! And don’t miss the commercials, those are great fun too. Only in Arabic. (It’s subtitled, relax.) (tags: humor parody politics youtube …
links for 2006-12-29
Saddam to be hanged by Sunday Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday. Saddam will be hanged before the start of the Eid religious holiday, which begins at sundown Saturday. AP Poll: Bush #1 Villain of 2006 Just …
links for 2006-12-28
Everybody loves a math joke Judging by the facebook group “I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!” with 42,000 members, everybody loves a math joke. (tags: mathematics humor geek) 100 things we didn’t know last year Each week, the Magazine chronicles interesting and sometimes downright unexpected facts from …
NSA geeft documenten Saddam vrij
In De Standaard van donderdag jongstleden ging een stuk over het proces van ex-dicator Saddam Houssein. In een klein hoekje stond een stuk over “geheime documenten” i.v.m. het proces. De George Washington University zette verscheidene documenten van Amerikaanse veiligheidsdiensten over het regime van Saddam op haar website. In de meeste gevallen gaat het om onlangs …