Saddam may have executed more than 61000 Iraqis in Baghdad alone, according to survey by Gallup Poll. I do not trust Gallup Poll; they have been doing paid work for the US government in Iraq, and releasing the "pleasant" or "convenient" facts, but I believe anything about Saddam's brutality and savagery. It is important that we do not lose sight of the suffering of Iraqis under Saddam, without in any way giving any legitimacy to US war and colonization. Ironically, most of Saddam's murders occurred while he enjoyed close ties with US, France, Germany, UK, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, and Japan.