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| | *In [[Guatemala]], Evangelical Christian [[Efrian Rios Montt]]'s regime (1982-1983)is estimated to have murdered over 10,000 Guatelmalans. | | *In [[Guatemala]], Evangelical Christian [[Efrian Rios Montt]]'s regime (1982-1983)is estimated to have murdered over 10,000 Guatelmalans. |
| | *In [[Iran]], the Islamic regime of [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni]] (1970-1989) is believed to have killed some 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. | | *In [[Iran]], the Islamic regime of [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni]] (1970-1989) is believed to have killed some 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. |
| | + | *In [[Iraq]], [[Saddam Hussein]] the former Iraqi dictator, was hanged in 2007 for his crimes against humanity, his killing of hundreds of thousands of his fellow countrymen. [http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hrdossier.pdf] |
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| | + | Saddam Hussein is estimated to have killed upwards of 600,000 religious and political opponets. |
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| | ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| | *[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM Death by Government],By R.J. Rummel, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994. | | *[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM Death by Government],By R.J. Rummel, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994. |
| | *[http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/imani/05242007.htm Islamic "Democide" in Iran], Amil Imani, ''New Media Journal'', May 24, 2007. | | *[http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/imani/05242007.htm Islamic "Democide" in Iran], Amil Imani, ''New Media Journal'', May 24, 2007. |
| | + | *[http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hrdossier.pdf],c-span.org/resources |
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