#358...like father, like son.

 

              "Great liars are also great magicians...."   Adolf Hitler

 

Broad Charges Against Him

Reuters/Corbis 

1996: Two of Saddam's sons-in-law are killed Feb. 20 after they return from Jordan, where they fled in Jordan and exposed the campaign to hide banned weapons from the United Nations.


1992: Draining of marshes in southern Iraq, driving population known as Marsh Arabs from homes and wiping out way of life. Tens of thousands killed.

Corbis 

1991: Some 60,000 people are believed killed when Saddam violently crushes rebellions by Shiite Muslims in the south and Kurds in the north at close of Gulf War.

1990: Saddam orders invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2; Iraqi forces fire Scud missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia; Iraqi soldiers allegedly torture, summarily execute hundreds of Kuwaitis and set Kuwaiti oil wells ablaze.

1988: Chemical weapon attack against Kurdish town of Halabja kills an estimated 5,000 civilians on March 28.

1986-88: Scorched-earth offensive known as "Anfal" that includes chemical attacks on Kurds. Estimated 180,000 Kurds killed, many buried in mass graves in south.

1983: Government launches campaign against members of Kurdish Barzani tribe for helping Iran launch offensive in northern Iraq. Estimated 8,000 killed, many buried in mass graves.

Corbis 

1980: Iraqi forces invade neighboring Iran, sparking eight-year war that leaves an estimated 1 million dead. Chemical attacks against Iran kill as many as 5,000.

July 16, 1979: Shortly after Saddam seizes power, 15 top party leaders who allegedly conspired against him are executed by firing squad.

Sources: AP, ABCNews.com

 

~Go ahead, pick a charge, any charge...and tell me again why we should not be involved?