Saddam joon,
At first thought I'd write you a farewell letter from the people of Abadan who stood their ground against your forces who supposedly wanted to liberate them. or perhaps about those girls of Susangerd who were raped by your advancing army, or the brave people of Dezful and Andimeshk who stood up for 8 years against your missiles that shook their cities everyday, or the historic tumb of Daniel in Susa that was damaged by your tanks. Or maybe about the beautiful city of Ghasr-e shirin that your forces razed to the ground.
I could also recite endless stories about more personal experience of the war and air attacks, the three-month missile assault on Tehran when everyday I kissed my mom good bye to go to work, not knowing whether we would still see each other alive by the end of the day. or your city bombing campaign in 1984-5, when we had to gather in the basement most of the nights, holding each other's hands and covering my little sister's ears so that the crashing sound of bombs would not scare her.
But that would need a thick book. This is after all a simple farewell letter only. So I dedicate it to one incident about an old friend.
He was one of the most brilliant students that I had seen, and was studying in one of the most prestigous departments in the country. he had to go to the war fronts to do his "Tarh-e shesh maheh", and unfortunately ended up in one of the fronts where your army was advancing.
His unit was under siege for several days and had to surrounder to your army. My friend was slightly injured, but not life threatening. However he was completely exhausted and they had no water for 48 hours. When your soldiers were taking his units as prisoners of war, he was lying unconsious and badly in need of water. Other Iranian POWs at the scene begged the Iraqi officer to pick him up too and take him to hospital, but your soldiers decided that it would be too much of hassle to have him carried to the bus. Against all protocols of war, They left him to die of thirst in the hot sands of Shalamcheh.
Not only I condemn you for starting a war against my nation, but most importantly I condemn you for the disgraceful way you conducted that war and all the mayhem, murder of civilians and rapes that your army committed. When you could not overcome our resistence, you turned to attack on civilian targets, cities, then chemical weapons, and God forbid if you had managed to get your hands on nuclear weapons you would have used them without a blink.
I hope they show your execution live on TV. I will be there with a picture of my martyred friend Mohsen in hand, and I will watch you hanging from gallows. Your death will not bring Mohsen back to life, but at least it would show that there is a God after all.
May you rot in hell.