Yet, another story about that good guy..Saddam Hussein
Saddam does not deny the fact that his regime tortures and brutally murders women. The daily newspaper Babel, owned by Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, contained a public admission on February 13, 2001, of beheading women who are suspected of prostitution. The Iraqi Women's League in Damascus, Syria, describes this practice as follows:
Under the pretext of fighting prostitution, units of "Feda'iyee Saddam," the paramilitary organization led by Uday, have beheaded in public more than two hundred women all over the country, dumping their severed heads at their families' door steps. Many of the victims were innocent professional women, including some who were suspected of being dissidents. Such barbaric acts were carried out in the total absence of any proper judicial procedures, even under Iraq's own penal code.
(March 3, 2001)
Reports show that many families have been required to display a victim's head on their outside fence for several days. These savage practices have been used against women of all professions. For example, an obstetrician was arrested for criticizing the corruption within the health services, but was subsequently beheaded for prostitution. Another woman with a husband and three children was beheaded without charge or trial. According to Amnesty International, her husband was wanted by the security authorities because of his alleged involvement in Islamist armed activities against the state. He managed to flee the country, but men belonging to Feda'iyye Saddam (the paramilitary unit) went to his house and found his wife, children, and mother-in-law. His wife was taken to the street and two men held her by the arms while a third pulled her head from behind and beheaded her in front of residents. The security men took the body and the head in a plastic bag and took away the children and the mother-in-law. Their fate remains unknown.
Women are often raped in order to blackmail their relatives. Men who leave Iraq and join Iraqi opposition groups regularly receive videotapes showing the rape of a female relative. These tapes are intended to discourage Iraqi nationals abroad from engaging in opposition activities. Some authorities carry personnel cards identifying their official "activity" as the "violation of women's honor."
Statement made by Nidal Muhyi al-Shaikh Shallal, the wife of Shaikh Shallal Muhammed al-Shallal, tribal chief of the Grai'at Jibour on October 4, 2002
...My brother was arrested in 1980. Since then, we have no idea what happened to him. The regime sent us a statement of his death in order to provoke us. My husband's brothers, who are also my cousins, were executed. They were Martyr Ra'ad Shallal Muhammed al'Shallal and Martyr Wa'd-Allah Muhammed al-Shallal. After that, our possessions were confiscated and we were expelled from our lands. Until now, one of our orchards has been turned into a secret factory for making chemical weapons. It is located in Grai'at (a suburb of Azamiyya in northern Iraq).
I was interrogated many times. It was then that my husband fled away and went into hiding. Then I was expelled from my government job. Many attempts were undertaken to have my husband arrested because of his dissent. His brothers were executed. In 1991, he participated in the Intifada (uprising), but he was captured and jailed for four months at the prison run by the Iraqi Military Intelligence. His left rib and nose were fractured as he was being tortured, and he was exposed to several electric shocks, the marks of which are still visible on his body.
Our tribe, the Jibour tribe, has been subjected to almost total extinction. Al-Grai'at (branch of the Jibour tribe) is famous for its struggle against the Iraqi regime. As many as 882 men from among my relatives and tribal members have been arrested and their fate is unknown. The daughters of my uncle, namely Layla al-Jibouri, Fatima al-Jibouri, Tarfa al-Jibouri, and Safa al-Jibouri, have all been executed.
Saddam Hussein Acknowledges Crimes Against Women
Saddam does not deny the fact that his regime tortures and brutally murders women. The daily newspaper Babel, owned by Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, contained a public admission on February 13, 2001, of beheading women who are suspected of prostitution. The Iraqi Women's League in Damascus, Syria, describes this practice as follows:
Under the pretext of fighting prostitution, units of "Feda'iyee Saddam," the paramilitary organization led by Uday, have beheaded in public more than two hundred women all over the country, dumping their severed heads at their families' door steps. Many of the victims were innocent professional women, including some who were suspected of being dissidents. Such barbaric acts were carried out in the total absence of any proper judicial procedures, even under Iraq's own penal code.
(March 3, 2001)
Reports show that many families have been required to display a victim's head on their outside fence for several days. These savage practices have been used against women of all professions. For example, an obstetrician was arrested for criticizing the corruption within the health services, but was subsequently beheaded for prostitution. Another woman with a husband and three children was beheaded without charge or trial. According to Amnesty International, her husband was wanted by the security authorities because of his alleged involvement in Islamist armed activities against the state. He managed to flee the country, but men belonging to Feda'iyye Saddam (the paramilitary unit) went to his house and found his wife, children, and mother-in-law. His wife was taken to the street and two men held her by the arms while a third pulled her head from behind and beheaded her in front of residents. The security men took the body and the head in a plastic bag and took away the children and the mother-in-law. Their fate remains unknown.
Women are often raped in order to blackmail their relatives. Men who leave Iraq and join Iraqi opposition groups regularly receive videotapes showing the rape of a female relative. These tapes are intended to discourage Iraqi nationals abroad from engaging in opposition activities. Some authorities carry personnel cards identifying their official "activity" as the "violation of women's honor."
Statement made by Nidal Muhyi al-Shaikh Shallal, the wife of Shaikh Shallal Muhammed al-Shallal, tribal chief of the Grai'at Jibour on October 4, 2002
...My brother was arrested in 1980. Since then, we have no idea what happened to him. The regime sent us a statement of his death in order to provoke us. My husband's brothers, who are also my cousins, were executed. They were Martyr Ra'ad Shallal Muhammed al'Shallal and Martyr Wa'd-Allah Muhammed al-Shallal. After that, our possessions were confiscated and we were expelled from our lands. Until now, one of our orchards has been turned into a secret factory for making chemical weapons. It is located in Grai'at (a suburb of Azamiyya in northern Iraq).
I was interrogated many times. It was then that my husband fled away and went into hiding. Then I was expelled from my government job. Many attempts were undertaken to have my husband arrested because of his dissent. His brothers were executed. In 1991, he participated in the Intifada (uprising), but he was captured and jailed for four months at the prison run by the Iraqi Military Intelligence. His left rib and nose were fractured as he was being tortured, and he was exposed to several electric shocks, the marks of which are still visible on his body.
Our tribe, the Jibour tribe, has been subjected to almost total extinction. Al-Grai'at (branch of the Jibour tribe) is famous for its struggle against the Iraqi regime. As many as 882 men from among my relatives and tribal members have been arrested and their fate is unknown. The daughters of my uncle, namely Layla al-Jibouri, Fatima al-Jibouri, Tarfa al-Jibouri, and Safa al-Jibouri, have all been executed.
KMAN
Saddam does not deny the fact that his regime tortures and brutally murders women. The daily newspaper Babel, owned by Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, contained a public admission on February 13, 2001, of beheading women who are suspected of prostitution. The Iraqi Women's League in Damascus, Syria, describes this practice as follows:
Under the pretext of fighting prostitution, units of "Feda'iyee Saddam," the paramilitary organization led by Uday, have beheaded in public more than two hundred women all over the country, dumping their severed heads at their families' door steps. Many of the victims were innocent professional women, including some who were suspected of being dissidents. Such barbaric acts were carried out in the total absence of any proper judicial procedures, even under Iraq's own penal code.
(March 3, 2001)
Reports show that many families have been required to display a victim's head on their outside fence for several days. These savage practices have been used against women of all professions. For example, an obstetrician was arrested for criticizing the corruption within the health services, but was subsequently beheaded for prostitution. Another woman with a husband and three children was beheaded without charge or trial. According to Amnesty International, her husband was wanted by the security authorities because of his alleged involvement in Islamist armed activities against the state. He managed to flee the country, but men belonging to Feda'iyye Saddam (the paramilitary unit) went to his house and found his wife, children, and mother-in-law. His wife was taken to the street and two men held her by the arms while a third pulled her head from behind and beheaded her in front of residents. The security men took the body and the head in a plastic bag and took away the children and the mother-in-law. Their fate remains unknown.
Women are often raped in order to blackmail their relatives. Men who leave Iraq and join Iraqi opposition groups regularly receive videotapes showing the rape of a female relative. These tapes are intended to discourage Iraqi nationals abroad from engaging in opposition activities. Some authorities carry personnel cards identifying their official "activity" as the "violation of women's honor."
Statement made by Nidal Muhyi al-Shaikh Shallal, the wife of Shaikh Shallal Muhammed al-Shallal, tribal chief of the Grai'at Jibour on October 4, 2002
...My brother was arrested in 1980. Since then, we have no idea what happened to him. The regime sent us a statement of his death in order to provoke us. My husband's brothers, who are also my cousins, were executed. They were Martyr Ra'ad Shallal Muhammed al'Shallal and Martyr Wa'd-Allah Muhammed al-Shallal. After that, our possessions were confiscated and we were expelled from our lands. Until now, one of our orchards has been turned into a secret factory for making chemical weapons. It is located in Grai'at (a suburb of Azamiyya in northern Iraq).
I was interrogated many times. It was then that my husband fled away and went into hiding. Then I was expelled from my government job. Many attempts were undertaken to have my husband arrested because of his dissent. His brothers were executed. In 1991, he participated in the Intifada (uprising), but he was captured and jailed for four months at the prison run by the Iraqi Military Intelligence. His left rib and nose were fractured as he was being tortured, and he was exposed to several electric shocks, the marks of which are still visible on his body.
Our tribe, the Jibour tribe, has been subjected to almost total extinction. Al-Grai'at (branch of the Jibour tribe) is famous for its struggle against the Iraqi regime. As many as 882 men from among my relatives and tribal members have been arrested and their fate is unknown. The daughters of my uncle, namely Layla al-Jibouri, Fatima al-Jibouri, Tarfa al-Jibouri, and Safa al-Jibouri, have all been executed.
Saddam Hussein Acknowledges Crimes Against Women
Saddam does not deny the fact that his regime tortures and brutally murders women. The daily newspaper Babel, owned by Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, contained a public admission on February 13, 2001, of beheading women who are suspected of prostitution. The Iraqi Women's League in Damascus, Syria, describes this practice as follows:
Under the pretext of fighting prostitution, units of "Feda'iyee Saddam," the paramilitary organization led by Uday, have beheaded in public more than two hundred women all over the country, dumping their severed heads at their families' door steps. Many of the victims were innocent professional women, including some who were suspected of being dissidents. Such barbaric acts were carried out in the total absence of any proper judicial procedures, even under Iraq's own penal code.
(March 3, 2001)
Reports show that many families have been required to display a victim's head on their outside fence for several days. These savage practices have been used against women of all professions. For example, an obstetrician was arrested for criticizing the corruption within the health services, but was subsequently beheaded for prostitution. Another woman with a husband and three children was beheaded without charge or trial. According to Amnesty International, her husband was wanted by the security authorities because of his alleged involvement in Islamist armed activities against the state. He managed to flee the country, but men belonging to Feda'iyye Saddam (the paramilitary unit) went to his house and found his wife, children, and mother-in-law. His wife was taken to the street and two men held her by the arms while a third pulled her head from behind and beheaded her in front of residents. The security men took the body and the head in a plastic bag and took away the children and the mother-in-law. Their fate remains unknown.
Women are often raped in order to blackmail their relatives. Men who leave Iraq and join Iraqi opposition groups regularly receive videotapes showing the rape of a female relative. These tapes are intended to discourage Iraqi nationals abroad from engaging in opposition activities. Some authorities carry personnel cards identifying their official "activity" as the "violation of women's honor."
Statement made by Nidal Muhyi al-Shaikh Shallal, the wife of Shaikh Shallal Muhammed al-Shallal, tribal chief of the Grai'at Jibour on October 4, 2002
...My brother was arrested in 1980. Since then, we have no idea what happened to him. The regime sent us a statement of his death in order to provoke us. My husband's brothers, who are also my cousins, were executed. They were Martyr Ra'ad Shallal Muhammed al'Shallal and Martyr Wa'd-Allah Muhammed al-Shallal. After that, our possessions were confiscated and we were expelled from our lands. Until now, one of our orchards has been turned into a secret factory for making chemical weapons. It is located in Grai'at (a suburb of Azamiyya in northern Iraq).
I was interrogated many times. It was then that my husband fled away and went into hiding. Then I was expelled from my government job. Many attempts were undertaken to have my husband arrested because of his dissent. His brothers were executed. In 1991, he participated in the Intifada (uprising), but he was captured and jailed for four months at the prison run by the Iraqi Military Intelligence. His left rib and nose were fractured as he was being tortured, and he was exposed to several electric shocks, the marks of which are still visible on his body.
Our tribe, the Jibour tribe, has been subjected to almost total extinction. Al-Grai'at (branch of the Jibour tribe) is famous for its struggle against the Iraqi regime. As many as 882 men from among my relatives and tribal members have been arrested and their fate is unknown. The daughters of my uncle, namely Layla al-Jibouri, Fatima al-Jibouri, Tarfa al-Jibouri, and Safa al-Jibouri, have all been executed.
KMAN
