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2007-05-17 Iraq

Iraqis observe a moment of silence to mark Mass Graves Day

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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-17 00:11|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Criminals are universal. Aquecience to adverse condition is not. life and limb is ALWAYS a DAILY issue.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-05-17 01:20|| 2007-05-17 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Tried and tried and finally gave up trying to post a photo here - don't know hot to put one in Comments. I've uploaded it to the photo gallery - Iraqi Mass Grave - The Blue Man. Photo taken at a 1991 uprising mass grave site in south-central Iraq, and the inspiration for John Burns' great front-page NYT story on the subject back in June '06. Wire services carried a nearly identical shot, but this one's mine.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-05-17 02:51|| 2007-05-17 02:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Tried and tried and finally gave up trying to post a photo here - don't know hot to put one in Comments.

Upload it to a free pic hosting website like http://www.flickr.com/ or http://photobucket.com/; then, copy the file's url and type *<*img src="" align=right*>* (minus the asteriks), with the url betwenn the scare quotes, note you can change alignment by typing center or left instead.
Hope that helps! Ohgawd, how I like lecturing people!

Example

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-05-17 05:04|| 2007-05-17 05:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Human rights organizations estimate that more than 300,000 people, mainly Kurds and Shiite Muslims, were killed and buried in mass graves before Saddam was overthrown by U.S. forces in 2003.

Not to mention the uncounted more murdered individually and in small groups, buried separately. All for a man who wanted to hold the whole world as he held Iraq.

Yitgadal v'yitkadash, Sh'mai rabbah. May their memories be a blessing for those from whom they were taken, and aid the living to repair their much-battered country.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-17 07:31|| 2007-05-17 07:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Why not use the Lancet methodology and move the total up to 10 million. You can use statistics with a variance of over 90% with the cited count being the low ball figure. /sarcasm off

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-05-17 08:46|| 2007-05-17 08:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I would like to see Hillary dust off her "Women Were Better Off Under Saddam Hussein" speech. I think the compassion and understanding would really comfort the Iraqis on this sorrowful day.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-05-17 12:27|| 2007-05-17 12:27|| Front Page Top

#7 The Iraqis can bring their nation to a halt in mourning for all those who died at Saddam's hands but just cannot bring themselves to show some real gratitude over how we liberated them from from his murderous grasp. Fuck them all.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-17 16:11|| 2007-05-17 16:11|| Front Page Top

#8 PS: GREAT PHOTO, A5089! You really come up with some corkers.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-17 16:12|| 2007-05-17 16:12|| Front Page Top

#9 I thought it was a 'shop first time I saw it too.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-17 18:09|| 2007-05-17 18:09|| Front Page Top

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