[NYer]

Now, emboldened by the war, they’re more vocal. Several groups say they plan to seek a full accounting of their missing loved ones after the war.

It is absolutely frightening to see the length with which the hand of Hussein has reached.

[NYer]

They also prayed for a miracle — that loved ones who disappeared in Iraq during the dictator’s reign would be found alive after the war.

May their prayers be answered.

[Happy2BMe]

It is also amazing the difference 23 years can make.

Had Saddam not strayed down the path of tyrant and mutilator of his own people, his dictatorship would still be in power.

Morale of story: Don't murder your own people (or anyone else).

[gcruse]

Hmm. No good deed goes unpunished. ;)

[Bobby777]

‘‘I shook his hand in 1980,’’ he says. ‘‘Now, he is the devil.’’

NOW Saddam is the devil? he wasn't then?

apparently this guy didn't take a look at the 1979 video, widely distributed by Saddam Hussein himself to generate fear, of Saddam calmly reading out the names of his friends he no longer trusted, to be taken out and shot immediately or never heard from again ... in any case, they were never seen alive again ... Saddam sheds crocodile tears, lights up a cigar and continues to read more names ... taking it all in the Tariq Aziz ... and this was a year before he "shook Saddam's hand" ... the show the videotape on PBS ...

[Gang of Five]

Just think what could have been done for Iraq and the region if all of the money Saddam Hussein has spent on wars against Iran, the Kurds in northern Iraq, the Kuwaitis, and the Arab Shia in southern Iraq had been been spent on infrastructure (schools, roads, etc.) instead. I recently saw an estimate that he has spent in the neighborhood of $500 BILLION (with a "b") on his military adventures. He apparently wants to be remembered as "Saddam the Great" and spoken of with historic Arab military leaders. He could have had his wish, if only...

[Rocko]

Bump.