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In the runup to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, press stories appeared in the United Kingdom and United States of a plastic shredder or wood chipper〔(Saddam Executed; An Era Comes to an End )〕〔(Prison Stands as Testament to Saddam's Evil )〕 into which Saddam and Qusay Hussein fed opponents of their Baathist rule. These stories attracted worldwide attention and boosted support for military action, in stories with titles such as "See men shredded, then say you don't back war". A year later, it was determined there was no evidence to support the existence of such a machine. ==Press reports== The first mention of the plastic shredder came at a March 12, 2003 meeting, when James Mahon addressed the British House of Commons after returning from research in northern Iraq. Ann Clwyd wrote in ''The Times'' six days later, an article entitled "See men shredded, then say you don't back war," saying that an unnamed Iraqi had said the Husseins used a shredder to gruesomely kill male opponents, and used their shredded bodies as fish food.〔Clwyd, Ann. (See men shredded, then say you don't back war ) ''The Times''. March 18, 2003.〕 Later she would add that it was believed to be housed in Abu Ghraib prison, and spoke with an unidentified person who claimed the shredders were dismantled "just before the military got there".〔(How a Labour rebel became friends with US hawks ) ''The Guardian''. June 23, 2003.〕 Two days later Australian Prime Minister John Howard made reference to the "human-shredding machine". Melanie Phillips wrote in ''The Daily Mail'', saying that the machine resulted in "bodies...chewed up from foot to head". In William Shawcross' 2003 book ''Allies: The United States, Britain, Europe and the War in Iraq'', he claimed that Saddam Hussein "fed people into huge shredders, feet first to prolong the agony". ''The Suns political editor Trevor Kavanagh wrote in February 2004 that "Public opinion swung behind Tony Blair as voters learned how Saddam fed dissidents feet first into industrial shredders." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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