President Bush, speaking at the Freedom House Organisation yesterday, said that Saddam Hussein exacerbated ethnic and sectarian divisions within his country in order to keep himself in power.
Bush noted that the "toxic atmosphere" in Iraq "bears witness to his terrible handiwork."
Bush added:
"Much of the animosity and violence we now see is the legacy of Saddam Hussein".
The president noted that before Saddam, Iraqis from different ethnic, tribal and religious communities managed to live together.
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"To prevent these different groups from coming together to challenge his regime, Saddam Hussein undertook a deliberate strategy of maintaining control by dividing the Iraqi people."
Adding:
"It is hard to overstate the effects of Saddam's brutality on the Iraqi nation these wounds will take time to heal."
The president noted that the removal of Saddam Hussein was "the necessary first step in restoring stability and freedom to the people of Iraq."
He stated:
"For the Saddamists, provoking sectarian strife is business as usual."
The question remains, how will the near civil war in Iraq be stopped?
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