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  • Saddam's parades of dead babies are exposed as a cynical charade

    05/24/2003 4:28:53 PM PDT · by Pokey78 · 17 replies · 464+ views
    The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 05/25/03 | Charlotte Edwardes
    UN sanctions did not kill the hundreds of infants displayed over the years - it was neglect by the former regime, Iraqi doctors in Baghdad tell Charlotte Edwardes The "baby parades" were a staple of Saddam Hussein's propaganda machine for a decade. Convoys of taxis, with the tiny coffins of dead infants strapped to their roofs - allegedly killed by United Nations sanctions - were driven through the streets of Baghdad, past crowds of women screaming anti-Western slogans. The moving scenes were often filmed by visiting television crews and provided valuable ammunition to anti-sanctions activists such as George Galloway, the...