Talk:Human rights in pre-Saddam Iraq

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This article was nominated for deletion on March 12, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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How come this article is so brief? Isn't there more to write about than British colonial tactics?

This article as it stands was written with no intention of respecting Wikipedia's neutrality policy. It is simply an anti-British attack page. I dare say some Iraqi did some not very nice things to each other at some point before Saddam's rise to power, not to mention the Turks and all the other rulers. CalJW 04:47, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

How is it that the article isn't neutral? Are you saying that the British didn't use the force described? I don't know whether they did one way or the other, but you seem to be pretty sure. How do you know? In any event, this article is so short that rather than being its own article it should probably be merged into Iraq. Michaelbluejay 18:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Michael, this article, which is basically a stub, ought to be merged into the larger Iraq article. As to its neutrality, I suppose material could be added that dealt with other human rights abuses in pre-Saddam Iraq although again, a separate article dealing with this subject is unnecessary. IronDuke 21:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

This article isn't really about what it says. It's about one incident that was more a war crime than a human rights abuse. It is just someone trying to say that things were as bad before Saddam took power when they clearly weren't. I think it should be deleted. St jimmy 14:03, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

How come there are no sources? None at all? Is this some rant or is it true? If it can't be proven don't post it, so unless there are sources cited, I will make a note that these are allegations only.

Please, someone with experience of pre-Saddam Iraq add to this! I find it hard to believe that life was all peaches and cream before Saddam; Iraq seems to have always had a turbulent history. 80.47.84.31 11:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm adding to the page and hope to add more to the British section. Noroton 18:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for trying to fix up this article. You really need to look at this page: Simele massacre. There's some controversy on the talk page over the reliability or accurate use of the sources, but some of them are scholarly and probably worth checking out if you can. Plus, there's no doubt this was a significant event in Iraqi history. If, as is claimed, the incident prompted Raphael Lemkin to formulate the concept of genocide, then it has a bearing on the history of human rights in general too. I remember reading about this event in Kanan Makiya's The Republic of Fear about a decade ago. I'll try to do some research of my own too if poss. --Folantin 19:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't merge

We now have a lengthy article thanks to Noroton and there is still room for expansion. --Folantin 08:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't merge

Detailed article exists now. Manik Raina