Also keep in mind that relatives of UN members, France and Germany were receiving payola from "Oil For Food" covered in previous blog entries so were against the US invasion if Iraq. 

Believe when Iran is brought into line then Syria will be also ..... then we can go in to where caches of Saddam's weapons which were trucked and flown out during UN dithering prior to our invasion are in fact buried.  WMD's were also followed by satellite into the Bekka Valley, Lebanon.   

"Obituary - Saddam Hussein
April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006

Source TimesOnLine.co.uk

"Former Iraqi dictator who ruled his country without mercy and struck fear into the heart of millions
Saddam Hussein was a tyrant whose actions brought down unimaginable catastrophe on Iraq and its peoples. From an early age, he had enjoyed inflicted suffering on those around him and, when he came to positions of political power, those whom he could not force or corrupt into submitting to his will, he maimed, murdered or made to flee.

He started two major international wars - one against Iran, the second as a result of aggression against Kuwait - which cost an estimated one million lives. He instituted genocidal campaigns against the Kurds in the north of Iraq and the Marsh Arabs in the south. Ruling through the Sunni minority of which he was a member, he ignored the claims of the country's majority Shia population.

The third war in the region - which brought him and his regime down - was not directly begun by him, but by apparent American - and British - fears of a perceived threat his arsenal of weapons posed to international security. This time Saddam misjudged the event - and certainly the American mood.

Having been let off the hook after his defeat over his Kuwait adventure, he clearly felt that the international community did not have the stomach for a fight. He may have been right in that. But a new American President, George W Bush, determined to find a scapegoat for....

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