Posted on 01/07/2009 3:19:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A feature story in the January issue of Archaeology Magazine reports that U.S. efforts in Iraq are doing more than just bringing freedom to the once totalitarian state. American scientists are also delivering a measure of justice to the families of tens of thousands of Kurds slaughtered by Saddam Hussein's forces, according to the magazine, which hit newsstands this week.
At the prodding of the investigators at Human Rights Watch, who had heard horrific first-hand accounts of the mass executions from survivors, U.S. Army archaeologists and other experts in 2003 began excavating mass graves and gathering evidence for trials that resulted in convictions last year for several Iraqi officials and military commanders on charges of crimes against humanity.
The extraordinary - and dangerous - work done by the Army Corps of Engineers team and other forensics experts uncovered horrific scenes in more than 200 mass graves spread out across the country. Their efforts, detailed in the current issue of Archaeology, were led by Corps of Engineers archaeologist Michael Trimble.
Trimble tells Archaeology's Heather Pringle that his team unearthed evidence of ethnic cleansing from the 1990s that leaves no doubt about the atrocities committed by Hussein's regime.
"If Steven Spielberg ever did a documentary on what happened to the Kurds, this is where he would come," Trimble tells the magazine. "There are graves as far as the eye can see." Trimble’s team team picked one, and brought in heavy equipment to scrape off the top layers of sand revealing bodies just a foot and a half below the surface.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
But but... Michael Moore and every other Democrap keeps telling us that everything was rainbow and gummidrop under Saddam Hussein! We imported terrorism there!/barf
“If Steven Spielberg ever did a documentary on what happened to the Kurds, this is where he would come,” Trimble tells the magazine.”
Like Hollywood Speilberg would give a crap about it.
That’s because they have their heads in the sand. Sorta.
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Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. Ordinarily I don't ping really modern topics, but this is probably of great interest to all FReepers. |
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Worked in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. Many mass graves exumed. Also tens of thousands of tons munitions/WMD destroyed. The truth stays buried: Satan’s favorite ploy is Deception.
Thanks for locating and sharing the real news.
i found the whole (long) article at the original site. Witness to Genocide
Did the Nazis’ keep as precise records?
Thanks for the thread, I’m passing this article around!
And he seems to have little trouble finding people to help him with his ploy.
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