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Saturday, March 11, 2006
* Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role * Iraq hangs 13 people accused of taking part in the insurgency for the first time since the US-led invasion. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4790990.stm .............................. I don't find this report in our American press. It is disconcerting to learn that we have exported to Iraq precisely that feature lingering in our American republic which is deplored by most civilized, developed democracies as a hang over from barbaric days of yore. The death penalty has been abolished in Europe and is increasingly being so by nations that have seen it cruelly used to intimidate political opponents by corrupt and brutal regimes. How despicable for us to have reintroduced it to Iraq to 'get' Saddam Hussein. One anticipates, given the disorderly conditions there, that we shall see an increasing blood bath of assassinations and executions as the competing factions use this barbaric device to punish their enemies -- or even those suspected of being enemies from the description given by this BBC report. Shame! -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/ http://www.bloggernews.net Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Ed Kent at 6:29 AM |
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