Former Iraqis who were beaten, imprisoned and lost loved ones at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime shared their stories Wednesday with President &to=http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/16691_Bush.html' target=_blank>George W. Bush, who called the former Iraqi dictator a "butcherer" who will get his due justice.
There was an emotional atmosphere in the hourlong meeting, participants said, as Bush went around a table in the Roosevelt Room asking each of the roughly dozen former Iraqis to tell their experiences. Bush said they told "stories of sadness and stories of bravery."
"One of the interesting moments will come here this year when &to=http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/366/16338_Saddam.html' target=_blank>Saddam Hussein's trial is brought forth for the world to see, to see the butcherer, the person who brutalized many people or ordered the brutality of many people here at this table, get his due justice under rule of law," the president told reporters brought in for two minutes at the end of the meeting.
Raid Mohammad, who sat at Bush's right arm during the meeting, said he permanently left Iraq on the advice of his father, an outspoken journalist who was repeatedly imprisoned by Saddam's government. He was kidnapped in 1981 and his body was left on the family's doorstep three days later, he said.
"I always say the best thing that have ever happened to Iraq in the last 30 years is the removal of Saddam," Raid, who now lives in Austin, Texas, told reporters as the left the White House. "But the scariest thing is that within three years, I can see and I can feel that some of those who were brutalized by Saddam started to feel nostalgic for the days of Saddam. That is the most dangerous scenario", reports AP.
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