GENEVA: Iraq apparently has executed hundreds of people from its ‘Southern marshes in “death camps” in recent months, a U.N, investigator said Monday.
‘The marshes are the refuge of Shiite Muslim rebels who tried to ‘Overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime at the close of the 1991 Gulf ‘War.
In a report to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, Max vander ‘Stoel also cited reports that Iraqi agents provoked internal dissent among marsh residents ‘that reportedly led to 2,000 deaths in the fall ‘of 1992.”
Article extracted from this publication >> March 5, 1993
