[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 41 (Tuesday, April 4, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SADDAM HUSSEIN CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, the Iraqi tribunal recently announced 
additional charges against Iraq's former dictator. These include 
genocide, crimes against humanity, and the use of chemical weapons on 
thousands of innocent civilians.
  The new case involves Saddam's role in ``Operation Anfal,'' which 
resulted in 5,000 men, women and children being murdered through a gas 
attack on their village.
  One of the pieces of evidence to be presented at the trial is a 
government decree signed by Saddam in 1987 in which he ordered special 
artillery bombs to kill as many people as possible in the Kurdish area.
  This new case clearly shows that the world is indeed a safer place 
without Saddam Hussein, and it shows the progress being made in Iraq as 
the Iraqi people are finally able to seek justice through their legal 
system.

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