UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

Annan, others: Iraq better off under Saddam

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During a BBC interview on Monday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that the average Iraqi was better off under Saddam Hussein's regime than now. Under Saddam, "they had their streets, they could go out, their kids could go to school," according to Annan.

Annan also called the present situation "much worse" than the last civil war in Lebanon. Secretary General Annan joined the ranks of a growing list of critics of the Iraq war who also say life was better under Saddam.

In October 2006, former Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said it "is undoubtedly worse" now than under Sadamm. And in April 2006, Senar Mahammad, president of Baghdad-based NGO Woman Freedom Organization said that "women are less respected now than they were under the previous regime."

CNN.com briefly had a link to an AP article with Annan's statements in their 'Top Stories' section, but as of the writing of this article, it is no longer a Top Story. "Woman allegedly set boyfriend's groin on fire" still is. The AP story isn't in the 'Middle East' or 'Europe' links on CNN.com's main page either. It is however still a Top Story on CNN.com's International edition and the 'World' section.

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