Word: saddamism
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...Saddam is not a lion anymore, so don't be afraid of him." SADDAM HUSSEIN, talking to courtroom guards during a recess at his trial last week...
Congressional negotiators are likely to decide this week whether McCain's measure will stay in the defense bill. The amendment's passage may well be helped by new evidence that torture can produce bad intelligence. The Administration's claim before the Iraq war of a link between Saddam and al-Qaeda, according to a report in the New York Times, was based primarily on the statements of an al-Qaeda prisoner the U.S. had handed over to Egypt in January 2002--who later said he had fabricated the claim to avoid torture. With more unwelcome attention...
...Although Saddam Hussein's trial has become must-watch TV for many Iraqis, a majority of citizens say they have little interest now in dealing with members of his ousted regime, according to an exclusive poll by TIME, ABC News and several other organizations. What interests Iraqis more is this week's election for the National Assembly, in which some 7,000 candidates will be competing for 275 seats. More than three-quarters of the Iraqis polled expressed confidence that the election will create a stable government...
...News poll, for which 1,711 Iraqis were interviewed in person in October and November, also showed Iraqis overall to be fairly confident about the future. Not surprisingly, however, the numbers varied dramatically from region to region. Results in areas dominated by Sunnis, who were forced from power after Saddam's fall, were relentlessly downbeat: only 25% said life is better since the war began, and just 21% said they feel very safe in their neighborhoods. In Shi'ite regions, 59% said life is better since the war started, and 82% characterized their neighborhoods as very safe...
...said dealing with members of the Saddam Hussein regime is ?no priority at all?...