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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 06:58 PM
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Fake or Legit Fox headline: "Iraq, Iran Blame Saddam for Wars"
OK, boys and girls. All those who DON'T think Rove is behind this, take one step forward.

"Iraq, Iran Blame Saddam for Wars"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157123,00.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq (search) and Iran (search) have issued a joint statement blaming Saddam Hussein (search) and his henchmen for being the aggressors in the 1980-88 war between the two countries and Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

The statement, issued Thursday during Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi's historic trip to Iraq, comes as the Shiite Muslim (search)-dominated governments of both countries try to forge better ties following Saddam's ouster two years ago.

The former Iraqi dictator, who was captured in December 2003, is facing charges including killing rival politicians during his 30-year rule, gassing Kurds, invading Kuwait in 1990 and suppressing Kurdish and Shiite uprisings in 1991. He is in U.S. military custody with several of his former top aides awaiting trial. No trial dates have been set.

Iraqis in the new government and Iran's Shiite-led theocracy have previously blamed the former Iraqi dictator for starting the bloody eight-year war against Iran, in which 1 million people died. But the latest statement marks the first time Iraq has joined Iran in accusing the former Iraqi president of being the aggressor in the war. "The two sides confirm the necessity of trying the leaders of the former regime in Iraq in a fair trial because they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity and their military aggression against the Iraqi people, Iran and Kuwait," the statement said.

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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 07:04 PM
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1. I won't go to the fox site, but
do they mention how we were serving both sides to perpetuate death on both sides

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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 07:09 PM
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2. Yeah, he should get blame for starting the war
(Insert Saddam shaking hands with Rummy pic here)

We should get blame for helping perpetuate it to destroy both nations.
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