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Archaeologists dig into Argentina's ''Dirty War''
CNN ^ | July 23, 2002 Posted: 1756 GMT | Editorial Staff

Posted on 07/27/2002 3:25:12 PM PDT by vannrox

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:55 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Out of the earth beneath a highway overpass, archaeologists with mud-caked boots and grimy shovels are digging up the painful past.

Looking on is Carlos Pizoni, hoping for some clue, however tiny, to the parents he lost when he was 37 days old.


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A sad tale of past abuses...
1 posted on 07/27/2002 3:25:12 PM PDT by vannrox
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To: vannrox
A sad tale of past abuses...

Quite true.

However, there is a question of proportion here. Even using the figures put out by the "human rights groups" there were only 30,000 murdered by the government in this war. There may have been almost 1,000 times as many killed by the Commies in the USSR.

Where are the calls for "justice" against those who committed these crimes?

Also, the government in this case was fighting a vicious Marxist insurgency. At least some of those killed actually were guilty of murder and treason, by any logical definition of the terms.

2 posted on 07/27/2002 3:31:56 PM PDT by Restorer
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To: Restorer
Where are the calls for "justice" against those who committed these crimes?

Why would Argentinians care about the "disappearances" which occurred under commie regimes in the Warsaw pact nations?

They have their own dirty laundry to take care of.

3 posted on 07/27/2002 3:35:53 PM PDT by eshu
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To: eshu
Why would Argentinians care about the "disappearances" which occurred under commie regimes in the Warsaw pact nations?

No argument. However, this article was on CNN, which I believe is a US network, not an Argentine source. How many times have you seen calls on mainstream American media for investigation and/or punishment of those guilty of atrocities in Communist countries?

Instead, we track down senile men in their 80s and 90s who may have worked as gatekeepers in Nazi camps and pat ourselves on the back for our courageous refusal to compromise with evil.

4 posted on 07/27/2002 3:47:08 PM PDT by Restorer
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