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Son of Saddam, Uday Hussein is accused of the torture and murder of athletes who fail to win
Sports Illustrated ^ | 3-24-03 | Don Yaeger

Posted on 03/24/2003 10:46:18 AM PST by Kay Soze

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

As he stood at the double-door entrance to the office of Iraqi National Olympic Committee president Uday Hussein, the boxer knew what awaited on the other side. He had just returned from a Gulf States competition, where he had been knocked out in the first round. Now it was time to pay the price.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: husseintorture; iraqolympics; saddamtorture; tortureathletes; uday; udayhussein
In the names of Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, George Clooney, Ed Asner,ANSWER.
1 posted on 03/24/2003 10:46:19 AM PST by Kay Soze
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To: Kay Soze
tourture in Iraq? Under Saddam?... so shocking.
2 posted on 03/24/2003 10:52:38 AM PST by n1f2ns
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To: Kay Soze
Great post ! It should be mandatory reading for those against the war.
3 posted on 03/24/2003 11:11:04 AM PST by jimt
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To: Kay Soze
ESPN had a show about this last Thursday. Athletes were on camera discussing this and showing their scars. I looked for some article about it on ESPN's website but came up empty. The story is almost beyond belief.

ML/NJ

4 posted on 03/24/2003 11:11:11 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: jimt
But not one single peace activist in Europe or the US will mention this act. Nor would they ever have gone out on a nice sunny Saturday to stand against human torture. Thats simply not the peace activist way...stand against America...its the only tune they know.
5 posted on 03/24/2003 11:13:55 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: n1f2ns
Another case of hear no evil, see no evil. It's sickening.
6 posted on 03/24/2003 11:16:19 AM PST by baseballmom
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To: ml/nj
bttt
7 posted on 03/24/2003 11:18:51 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb the hell out of saddam. Bomb saddam to hell.)
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To: Kay Soze
Good to see SI get in the game.
They do occassionally go into touchier topics than just pure sports.
8 posted on 03/24/2003 11:20:48 AM PST by VOA
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To: Kay Soze
But the peace activists say: "Iraq is not a bad place. At least it is not ruled by a Military Dictator like George W Bush."
9 posted on 03/24/2003 11:21:06 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Kay Soze
So, He's a big Bobby Knight Fan....What's your point?
10 posted on 03/24/2003 11:24:00 AM PST by hobbes1 (White Devils for Sharpton....)
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To: Kay Soze
IOC president Jacques Rogge acknowledged last week that his organization received the complaint and says it is in the hands of the ethics committee. But IOC member Richard Pound says that it is "important to remember these are just allegations, and you have to make sure this is not all tied to the Iraq-U.S. dispute, that we are not being used for propaganda. You just never know."

Sounds like a job for Hans & Co. ....

11 posted on 03/24/2003 11:28:44 AM PST by sphinx
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To: Kay Soze

...Uday laughed. He then shaved the man's eyebrows, an insult to Muslim males

12 posted on 03/24/2003 1:00:07 PM PST by gg188
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To: Kay Soze
bump
13 posted on 03/24/2003 1:28:37 PM PST by agrace
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To: Kay Soze
I think Hollywood should hire him after the war to take care of movie stars and directors whose films don't make it. In a few years, he will clean out the whole bunch of them!
14 posted on 03/24/2003 1:34:08 PM PST by ZULU
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