Argentina Ex-Dictator Admits Dirty War "Disappeared" -- MSNBC/Reuters
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has admitted for the first time that the country's brutal 1976-1983 dictatorship "disappeared" leftist opponents, a euphemism for kidnapped and murdered, and said babies were taken from their parents.
Videla, 86, who was jailed for life in 2010 for murder, torture and kidnapping, has repeatedly justified the brutality of the military junta in the so-called Dirty War crackdown on left-wing opponents. Until now, he has also denied the forced disappearances.
Local media said that Videla admitted in interviews for a new book that the dictatorship killed 7,000 or 8,000 people.
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My Comment: His admission will still not bring comfort to those families who lost loved ones during the "Dirty War".
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