"For example, Saddam has a systematic plan to eradicate the Ma'dan, or so-called Marsh Arabs. Human Rights Watch estimates that the population of Marsh Arabs has dropped from 250,000 to 40,000 in just 15 years (see www.hrw.org). That is 210,000 real people dead or missing. This is on top of an estimated 100,000 Kurds who have suffered the same fate. This is on top of the countless numbers who are members of ethnic groups, political organisations and normal members of Iraqi society who have suffered at Saddam's hand without any international attention.
Added to this is the repression, rape, torture, amputations and branding that are part of the Iraqi system of "justice".
The eradication of Marsh Arabs, the repression of Kurds, the continued rape, murder and torture - this is the cost of non-intervention" "
