Mephisto
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Interesting words from a man sentenced to death for genocide. I wonder if he'll "find Jesus" as so many men sentenced to die? 
Hussein to Iraqis: Forgive each other, reconcile
POSTED: 10:20 a.m. EST, November 7, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, speaking in court two days after being sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, has called on Iraqis to forgive each other.
"I call on all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, to forgive, reconcile and shake hands," Hussein said Tuesday at his second trial, where he and six other defendants face charges related to the military Operation Anfal in the country's Kurdish region in 1988.
Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid, or Chemical Ali, have been charged with genocide.
The former leader was conflicted on Sunday in the deaths of almost 150 Shiite Muslims, which followed an assassination attempt on him in the town of Dujail in 1982.
On Tuesday, the court heard from three Kurdish villagers who were survivors of a 1988 execution squad and the fourth who fled a chemical attack in the same year.
Hussein listened quietly as the first witness testified Tuesday for about 90 minutes, at one time taking off his shirt to show his back scarred by bullet wounds.
After his testimony, Hussein said Muhammad failed to connect him to his shooting.
"Witnesses come here and take us on a trip and have nothing to back up what their saying," Hussein said. "Who backs up their words? No Arabs, no Kurds, no one. Is this the way to reach the truth?"
The witness said he and other villagers surrendered following an uprising in the Kurdish village after they were promised a pardon by Hussein and his Baath party. Instead, the witness said, they were rounded up along with all the other men and shot.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/07/anfal.saddam/index.html
Hussein to Iraqis: Forgive each other, reconcile
POSTED: 10:20 a.m. EST, November 7, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, speaking in court two days after being sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, has called on Iraqis to forgive each other.
"I call on all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, to forgive, reconcile and shake hands," Hussein said Tuesday at his second trial, where he and six other defendants face charges related to the military Operation Anfal in the country's Kurdish region in 1988.
Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid, or Chemical Ali, have been charged with genocide.
The former leader was conflicted on Sunday in the deaths of almost 150 Shiite Muslims, which followed an assassination attempt on him in the town of Dujail in 1982.
On Tuesday, the court heard from three Kurdish villagers who were survivors of a 1988 execution squad and the fourth who fled a chemical attack in the same year.
Hussein listened quietly as the first witness testified Tuesday for about 90 minutes, at one time taking off his shirt to show his back scarred by bullet wounds.
After his testimony, Hussein said Muhammad failed to connect him to his shooting.
"Witnesses come here and take us on a trip and have nothing to back up what their saying," Hussein said. "Who backs up their words? No Arabs, no Kurds, no one. Is this the way to reach the truth?"
The witness said he and other villagers surrendered following an uprising in the Kurdish village after they were promised a pardon by Hussein and his Baath party. Instead, the witness said, they were rounded up along with all the other men and shot.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/07/anfal.saddam/index.html
