Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 11507
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2025/07/09 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
7/9     

2003/12/18 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:11507 Activity:moderate
12/18   are we going to go along to pay Iran for Saddam's deed?
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3329671.stm
        \_ ``She must be satisfied.'' Persian girls are too high maintenance...
           \_ that's a hilarious quote.  Are all nations feminine?
              \_ Common practice yes.
              \_ Common practice yes.  For nations and ships.  However:
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                 --scotsman
              \_ No.
           \_ Germany was masculine- the Fatherland
                \_ "Das Vaterland".  Also La France, Rodnaya/Mother Russia,
                   etc etc.  I can't think of any proper masculine references
                   to countries.  -John
                   \_ Uncle Sam.  Also it's Rodina-Mat'.  -- ilyas
                        \_ Sorry, misunderstood "narodnaya" in the Soviet
                           national anthem--my Russian is non-existent. And we
                           were discussing national identities, not
                           personifications (e.g. John Bull)  -John
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The head of Iraqs Interim Governing Council says Iran should be paid reparations for the war that Saddam Hussein waged against it in the 1980s. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim said further discussion was needed to decide what if anything Iraq would pay itself. Iran claims $100bn in reparations for the brutal eight-year war that claimed about one million lives. Mr Hakims remarks may augur improving Iran-Iraq relations now Saddam Hussein is in custody. The prominent Iraqi is also the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Sciri the most important Shia Muslim party represented on the governing council. Sciri has close ties with Tehran, where the party was based during Saddam Husseins years in power. Analysts say that with Iraqs Shia majority likely to dominate in any future democratic government, it is logical that Baghdad should now develop warmer relations with its Shia neighbours in Iran. Mustard gas In 1980, after a series of border skirmishes following Irans Islamic revolution, Iraq invaded Iran. The ensuing war claimed the lives of at least one million people and during the conflict, Iraq used nerve gas against the Iranians. The Iranian Government is preparing a comprehensive complaint against Saddam Hussein for crimes against the Islamic republic, calling for the captured former Iraqi leader to be tried before an international court. Some Iranian observers say the US should also be in the dock with Saddam Hussein, as Washington supported him at the time of the war. An estimated 20,000 Iranians were killed by Iraqi mustard gas or by nerve agents during the conflict. Death penalty Iran points out that Kuwait has already received billions of dollars through the UNs Iraqi oil-for-food programme in compensation for the invasion of that country. Whether we will pay or not is something which we need to discuss further. The council leader was speaking after talks with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London. Mr Hakim also told a news conference that Saddam Hussein would be tried in a special Iraqi court. International monitors could observe the trial, which would take global legal standards into account, Mr Hakim added. He did not say whether the former Iraqi president, captured at the weekend, would face the death penalty. Saddam Hussein will be tried and after that we will do what the judge and the court will decide, Mr Hakim told reporters. Just days before Saddam Husseins capture, the Iraqi council announced that a tribunal would be set up to try members of the former regime. Saddam still in Iraq Speculation over the ousted leaders whereabouts has been intense since his capture on Saturday near his home town of Tikrit. The US military has only said that Saddam Hussein is being held at an undisclosed location in Iraq.
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