The Trial of Saddam Hussein and The Fallout of The War

The Trial of Saddam Hussein

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The fallout in the Middle East from the regime change in Iraq

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

A Sad Irony

Amnesty International have issued a report, entitled "Beyond Abu Ghraib: Detention and Torture in Iraq", that says that three years after Saddam Hussein was ousted the human rights situation in Iraq remains "dire".

The report states:

"From the outset, the occupying forces attached insufficient weight to human rights considerations...

Three years after it toppled Saddam Hussein, the US-led alliance has failed to put in place measures which respect the basic rights of detainees under its control and to safeguard them from possible torture or other abuses....

The picture that is emerging is one in which the Iraqi authorities are systematically violating the rights of detainees
.."

The reason for the invasion was what precisely?

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