One reason is suggested in the following, excerpted from a Frontline interview with journalist Said Aburish made while Saddam Hussein was still in power.
“There are security centers throughout Iraq. The people heading these security centers distributed tapes of executions, of people disappearing, of people being demoted, of people being humiliated. They showed the tapes to the population to frighten the people. They were telling the people, ‘This is what would happen to you if you oppose Saddam.’"
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Posted by: Leigh Sutton | February 10, 2006 at 07:47 PM
I'm looking forward to theses security centers!
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