| BAGHDAD, Iraq CNN has decided to published Samar | | | | That is an obvious statement, and then they imply |
| Saed Abudullan's death row case (along with others), | | | | '(these death sentences) ...failed to meet international |
| not sure why, but it looks like Amnesty International | | | | fair trial standards.' Here we go again, whose |
| has also got involved. Before I get too much in this | | | | standards? The west, the east or America's or |
| 'pure opinion,' article of mine, I am writing; let me tell | | | | Europe's, and if it is the UN's standards, nobody really |
| you how I feel in a flash flooded way. I belonged to | | | | pays attention to them, now do they. So a standard |
| Amnesty International once, and I always found out | | | | in one country may suite the country, where in |
| when they got involved, they never told the public, | | | | essence, it does not in another, or the UN's standard. |
| or me the whole story, just wanted support from | | | | As of today, the world is not completely polarized, |
| me, and everybody else. So I've learned not to trust | | | | that is if you are not a coke or MacDonald's |
| their data all that much, nor their intent. And for CNN, | | | | hamburger. |
| I like their news, although in this case I think they are | | | | CNN and Amnesty International seem to not like the |
| not only slanted, but gullible, if not naive to take this | | | | idea of Capitol Punishment (which is a personal opinion |
| as serious as they have. | | | | of theirs, and mine) which was reinstated into Iraq in |
| The woman in question, Samar, is innocent, so she | | | | 2004 legally, just like in America, when it was originally |
| says, and in her case, who would not say the same. | | | | abolished in 2003--but they make a moral issue of |
| She of course blames her husband, who cannot voice | | | | this, when it is not, it is a self-governing issue of that |
| his opinion because he has run off, as I would do | | | | country. And since then 270-people have been |
| have done if I was him, most likely. And do they | | | | sentenced to death, so their data banks say. How |
| torture in Iraq? Most likely, but where do they not? | | | | many people did the 270-criminals kill? Perhaps 2270, |
| China, Russia and the good old USA, all torture, so | | | | or 10,000, who knows, they don't give those |
| who can really know. Anyhow, the question might be, | | | | statistics, as I expected. I also understand two of |
| why did she stay with a man that carried out killings? | | | | the women have their children with them, on death |
| Why did she not report him? She blames the judge | | | | row (which is really a plea for mercy), this is good, so |
| for doing his job, if you kill someone, you should not | | | | they can say goodbye when the time comes, and |
| be free to kill again, and run back to the husband you | | | | perhaps they can teach them, killing is not a good |
| protected during those so called innocent days your | | | | thing. |
| husband killed at will, and you never notified the | | | | I am not putting in all the data here either, just like |
| police about. If you are living with a killer, you are | | | | CNN and Amnesty International, and the folks on |
| just as he is, not innocent. They say Iraq has the 4th | | | | death row, whom I'm sure have a one sided story. |
| highest execution rate, not sure which one is the | | | | And thus, people can say about me: he only looks at |
| first, but I'm all for it if it stops my neighbor from | | | | one side, and perhaps they are right, but the side I |
| coming over and doing me in. Amnesty says '...such | | | | look at is more practical than theirs. They are looking |
| claims are not uncommon in Iraq,' nor are such killings, | | | | at a side that enables the criminal to continue, if |
| with the assistance of a spouse. They add, "(in Iraq | | | | released, to go home to kill again, and regroup with |
| there are) ...flawed trials and coerced confessions.' | | | | their husbands, the ones they blamed for everything. |