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Subject: 
Re: Justice for all.....
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Date: 
Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:49:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

I love the idea that, when Hussein hides, he hides in a "spider hole" or "rat
hole," but when Cheney hides, he's in "an undisclosed location."

Well I get the impression that Cheney's hideyholes tend to be a bit posher, but
ya... history is written by the victors, after all (or the apparent victors at
the time of writing, in this case)...



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  Re: Justice for all.....
 
(...) A good question. I know there was an uproar when US POW's in Iraq were featured even briefly on Al-Jazeera, for example. Hussein was able, according to reports, to identify himself as "the President of Iraq" to his American captors, so this (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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