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Canada: Kurdish city man applauds Saddam
sentence
7.11.2006
By Neil Petrich |
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November 07, 2006
Being sentenced to death is what Saddam Hussein
deserves, says an Iraqi-born man living in
Saskatoon.
"If I were (able) to, I would cut him into pieces,"
said Dlair Saleh.
Saleh, who left Iraq in 1998 to live in Kitchener,
Ont., before moving to Saskatoon in 2000, said on
Monday he was happy not only for himself but for all
Kurdish people. On Sunday, an Iraqi court sentenced
Sadddam to the gallows for crimes against humanity.
"Many people don't understand what Saddam did to us,
but we've suffered," said Saleh, who was trained as
a doctor. "We as Kurds, we know what he did to us."
Shiites and Kurds were tortured and killed under
Saddam's rule. Saddam received the order to be
hanged for his part in the killing of 150 Shiites in
the city of Dujail in 1982.
Saleh said under the rule of the Baath party, his
people and family suffered immensely. His father was
executed when Saleh was nine years old and during
the party's rule, he lost 15 members of his family.
"Many of my (family) members I don't know where they
are buried," he said.
Saleh said people in Kurdistan were happy about the
arrival of American soldiers.
Saleh said the presence of the troops signalled an
end to their oppression under Saddam and a chance
for Kurds to have a stronger voice in the Middle
East.
Saleh said he has no desire to return to his home
city of Kirkuk in the near future. A trip he took to
the area in September was fraught with danger from
roadside bombs.
"It was hard for us (and) very sad," Saleh said.
However, Saleh said he would like to take his
children to Kirkuk in "about 10 or 15 years" once
stability in the region is established.
Saleh said he wants to give his children, who are
currently in high school, the chance to learn their
native language and reconnect with their roots.
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