*Warning: Graphic images*

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Seen enough? Imagine 5,000 of them. Strewn throughout the town and countryside. Oh, wait what is your defintion of weapon of mass destruction? Ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to have a nuke to have a weapon of mass destruction.

The pictures were taken in the aftermath of Saddam's attack using chemical weapons and cluster bombs on the Kurdish city of Halabja (population estimated at 70,000) on March 17, 1988. Halabja is located almost 200 miles northeast of Baghdad and 8-10 miles from the Iranian border. The attack, said to have involved mustard gas, nerve agent and possibly cyanide, killed an estimated 5,000 of the town's inhabitants. Saddam is also said to have used chemical weapons in attacking up to 24 villages in Kurdish areas in April 1987.

I apologize for the graphic images. However, sitting back quietly and listening to people here in the U.S. condemn Operation Iraqi Freedom has made me sick. We drive our gas-guzzling SUVs, we have air conditioning, we live luxurious lives while many lived and still live under tyranny. Saddam probably did not pose a threat to you Joe Smith or Jenny Wilson, but he did to the men, women, and children living under his iron fist. Have a good one and just some thoughts...