All confirmed that the U.S.-led liberation of the Iraqi people is having a positive reverberation throughout the broader Middle East. Iraq is a catalyst for hope. a vivid example that the future of the broader Middle East belongs to freedom and democracy. To fully comprehend just how far Iraq has come with the assistance of U.S. and coalition forces. we must consider the horror that was Iraq under Saddam Hussein: chemical attacks resulting in scores of innocent deaths. a gruesome campaign to exterminate Iraqi Kurds. the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees who fled Saddams persecution. the deaths of 400.000 Iraqi children in his regimes final years killed by malnutrition and disease due to the failed policies of his regime. the use of rape and the beheading of women as tools of coercion and intimidation as part of their regime opposition. Mr. Speaker. now let us consider what has been accomplished thus far since we removed Saddam Hussein from power.
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