Scott Ritter: In His Own Words (9/14/02)
You've spoke about having seen the children's prisons in Iraq. Can you describe what you saw there?The prison in question is at the General Security Services headquarters, which was inspected by my team in Jan. 1998. It appeared to be a prison for children toddlers up to pre-adolescents whose only crime was to be the offspring of those who have spoken out politically against the regime of Saddam Hussein. It was a horrific scene. Actually I'm not going to describe what I saw there because what I saw was so horrible that it can be used by those who would want to promote war with Iraq, and right now I'm waging peace.
Jailed Iraqi children run free as Marines roll into Baghdad suburbs
I know this will give me nightmares tonite.
Just to see how they were reacting, I went over to DU to see if this article was posted. It was and the discussion turned my stomach. There are no more uncaring, hateful people than those leftists. They all turned their noses up and proclaimed it a fabrication. After all, they reasoned, Saddam freed everyone from the prisons last year, so there couldn't be kid behind bars over there.
I don't know who is more execrable, the people who did this, or the ones who continue to ignore it.