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Title: Call to free Iraq's Tariq Aziz
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Published: Dec 24, 2007
Author: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7
Post Date: 2007-12-24 12:26:31 by tom007
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Call to free Iraq's Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz (archive image) Tariq Aziz was for many years the face of Iraq around the world The spiritual leader of Iraq's Chaldean Christian community has called on US forces to release Saddam Hussein's ex-deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. Cardinal Emmanuel Delly made the request in his Christmas message. Mr Aziz, who is himself a Christian, gave himself up to US forces after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 but no charges have been brought against him. He was seen in court last year in his pyjamas, testifying for the defence in the trial of Saddam Hussein. "In terms of Tariq Aziz," Cardinal Delly said, "we have to demand the release of all those who were captured and which have no evidence against them." The Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, who criticised the US-led invasion in 2003, said his requests to visit Mr Aziz in prison had been turned down. Iraqi prosecutors say he could face charges in connection with the crushing of the Shia Muslim uprising after the 1991 Gulf War. In January last year, Mr Aziz's lawyer said his client had suffered a stroke. In his message, Cardinal Delly also called for religious freedom in Iraq, where many Christians have been kidnapped, killed or forced to flee.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
Just another Iraqi suffering from too much liberation and democracy.
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! after 4-1/2 years in prison they say that they may still find charges against him. I remember reading an article at least 2 years ago saying that he was very badly treated in prison. They used the sleep deprivation thing on him, and other methods, and just drove him into the ground health-wise. he's an old man.
1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
He's an old man who knows too much, that's the problem. Even his family has a difficult time being allowed to see him.
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! The irony here is palatable. Bush Sr encouraged the Shia uprising, provoked it in fact. Then they did nothing to help the Shia from the slaughter from the Baath party. Tens of thousands died while Bushco looked on. Evidently this was the plan for further destroy the Iraq people.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" That is the nauseating truth. HW Bush promised them backup if they rebelled then when the time came, he sat back and watched them all die. Al-Sadr's father was one. There is also good evidence that it was the US who convinced Saddam to go to war with Iran and later invade Kuwait. According to some, Saddam was once on the CIA payroll. Saddam's FM was on CIA payroll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran-Iraq_war US intelligence helped Saddam’s Ba`ath Party seize power for the first time in 1963. Evidence suggests that Saddam was on the CIA payroll as early as 1959, when he participated in a failed assassination attempt against Iraqi strongman Abd al-Karim Qassem. In the 1980s, the US and Britain backed Saddam in the war against Iran, giving Iraq arms, money, satellite intelligence, and even chemical & bio-weapon precursors. As many as 90 US military advisors supported Iraqi forces and helped pick targets for Iraqi air and missile attacks. Saddam Hussein was "assured by the United States that it would have no objection to his claiming his prize - Kuwait."
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! Bush Sr encouraged the Shia uprising, provoked it in fact. Then they did nothing to help the Shia from the slaughter from the Baath party. Tens of thousands died while Bushco looked on. Evidently this was the plan for further destroy the Iraq people. The plan wasn't just to get rid of a bunch of Iraqis - it was quite a focused strategy. I mean if you're an evil SOB thinking ahead to the future - hey I'm not labelling Poppy as an evil SOB, I'm just sayin' - separating the rebellious spunky Iraqis from the ones that are not and positioning those rebellious spunky ones to face certain death under the iron fist of Uncle Saddam is rather crafty. It smacks of the type of thinking that our talented boys from Langeley might come up with...
Mr Aziz, who is himself a Christian, gave himself up to US forces after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 but no charges have been brought against him.
The Revolution will not be televised!
#2. To: tom007, robin (#0)
Iraqi prosecutors say he could face charges in connection with the crushing of the Shia Muslim uprising after the 1991 Gulf War.
#3. To: Red Jones (#2)
The Revolution will not be televised!
#4. To: Red Jones, robin (#2)
Iraqi prosecutors say he could face charges in connection with the crushing of the Shia Muslim uprising after the 1991 Gulf War.
#5. To: tom007 (#4)
The Revolution will not be televised!
#6. To: tom007 (#4)
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The irony here is palatable.
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