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Saddam says he's been beaten, tortured
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| 12-21-05
| MSNBC
Posted on 12/21/2005 2:34:23 PM PST by MNJohnnie
Updated: 3:19 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein told his trial on Wednesday he was beaten in U.S. custody and, in an extraordinary outburst towards the end of the hearing, also said those who had tortured Iraqis should be punished for their crimes.
The former Iraqi president spent most of the session sitting quietly in the defendants’ dock as prosecution witnesses told the court of the beatings and abuse they and other former detainees say they suffered in Saddam’s jails.
But late in the hearing, the man who ruled Iraq for a quarter of a century rose to his feet and told the judge he had been abused by U.S. forces since his arrest in late 2003.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; america; betrays; congress; iraq; prisonersaddam; saddamtrial; torture
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Nice Job you gutless Democrat Senators, your propaganda whores in the Dinasour Media and you RINO Senate enablers. Get ready to hear this accusation from the mouth of EVERY enemy of America from now on. By legitiminzing the slander that the US "tortured" at Gitmo, you supposed "Leaders" of American have given our enemies a priceless propaganda tool. Democrat Senator's new slogan. "What treason can we comitt today"!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:34:25 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
To: MNJohnnie
Not enough. He's still walking.
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:34:56 PM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: MNJohnnie
Some headlines just warm my heart.
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:36:03 PM PST
by
Millee
("Life is just one damned thing after another" - Elbert Hubbard)
To: MNJohnnie
Saddam has certainly been beaten. He got beat in the first Gulf War, then had his ass kicked in the second.
We're getting really good at beating him!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:36:07 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: ConservativeMan55
You beat me to it! no pun intended!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:36:26 PM PST
by
Pimpmygop
(Pimp my GOP Ride!)
To: ConservativeMan55
Not enough. He's still walking. Oh wow! Thanks! Turned this around on me. I was so angry reading this now I am laughing so hard I think I hurt myself!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:37:01 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
To: MNJohnnie
Was it the "mother of all of beatings"?
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:37:13 PM PST
by
jbwbubba
To: MNJohnnie
Can you come up with a link that connects us directly with the article?
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:38:14 PM PST
by
demkicker
To: Millee
Saddam says he's been beaten, tortured
Some headlines just warm my heart.
Yeah, my reaction is, God I hope so!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:39:27 PM PST
by
evad
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:39:40 PM PST
by
Nasty McPhilthy
(Those who beat their swords into plow shears….will plow for those who don’t.)
To: demkicker
To: MNJohnnie
Well said.
However, if it were only true!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:40:57 PM PST
by
armydawg1
(" America must win this war..." PVT Martin Treptow, KIA, WW1)
To: MNJohnnie
At least they didn't put him thru a shredder.
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:41:25 PM PST
by
pankot
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:42:11 PM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: demkicker
Can you come up with a link that connects us directly with the article?
Click on the link. Story is over on the right side of the screen the link takes you too. Click on line that says
• Saddam: I was tortured |
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:42:30 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
To: MNJohnnie
Oh yeah... he really looks in bad shape in court.
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:42:31 PM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: MNJohnnie
We should have just killed the bastard
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:43:07 PM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the beeber)
To: MNJohnnie
Saddam, if'n you want some real down home treatment, come to Texas, you sumbitch!
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:43:41 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Even dirty old robots need love!)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:43:53 PM PST
by
Riley
("Bother" said Pooh, as he fired the Claymores.)
To: ConservativeMan55
He should be hooked to an air compressor and inflated a bit, just for a warm-up. "Defendant, you look puffy".
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posted on
12/21/2005 2:44:16 PM PST
by
GSlob
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