I'm sure you'll attempt to wiggle out of this by claiming you meant some other definition of "violence," but here's a few:

Wikipedia Link

Now, I don't consider Wiki the greatest of sources, but they have some interesting things to say concerning "violence" in Iraq - here's the major sub-heads from that link.

1 Documented human rights violations 1979-2003
2 Collusion of foreign powers in Saddam-era human rights abuses
3 Involvement of 'Saddam's Dirty Dozen' in abuses

No "violence" there, right?

Here's a little number from a left-wing organization for ya:

Human Rights Watch Link

Lead paragraph:
The Iraqi government of President Saddam Hussain perpetrated widespread and gross human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests of suspected political opponents and their relatives, routine torture and ill-treatment of detainees, summary execution of military personnel and political detainees as part of a "prison cleansing" campaign, and forced expulsions of Kurds and Turkmen from Kirkuk and other regions.

Still no "violence."

Enough, or would you like more?



You're so fond of saying, "If it happened here, would you still feel the same?" Damn right! I hope some democracy would come sailing in and save us from systematic torture and denial of rights!

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