Saddam Hussein Arrested!!
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Saddam Hussein Arrested!!
The BBC has just broken the news that unconfirmed reports are coming in from Iraq that Saddam Hussein has been arrested. Let's hope that these reports are true!
Mad Mark!!!
Mad Mark!!!
Reuters report that Saddam Hussein was captured in Tikrit; CNN say 'suspect captured being identified'.
BBC News 24 on Sky 507, CNN on Sky 513.
Hope it's true! No confirmation from MoD, Downing St or the US State Dept. Report seems to come from an Iranian source quoting a Kurdish leader.
I think there was also a statement saying that a press briefing will be given at 1200Z.
BBC News 24 on Sky 507, CNN on Sky 513.
Hope it's true! No confirmation from MoD, Downing St or the US State Dept. Report seems to come from an Iranian source quoting a Kurdish leader.
I think there was also a statement saying that a press briefing will be given at 1200Z.
Last edited by BEagle; 14th Dec 2003 at 17:24.
Good news!
This can only help the upcoming Iraqi Government to be a true new beginning for Iraqi people.
News breaking that it will be an Iraqi Court that will try Saddam Hussein for war crimes - also would be a stabilising move for the country if run correctly.
This can only help the upcoming Iraqi Government to be a true new beginning for Iraqi people.
News breaking that it will be an Iraqi Court that will try Saddam Hussein for war crimes - also would be a stabilising move for the country if run correctly.
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It's certainly good news.
I imagine Messrs Galloway and Chirac are fervently hoping at this very moment that he's not saying TOO much in any conversations he may be having!
I imagine Messrs Galloway and Chirac are fervently hoping at this very moment that he's not saying TOO much in any conversations he may be having!
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Saddam or Santa?
The bad news for many of us is, should this be another case of mistaken identity, then there will be a lot of upset children this Christmas.
Living in a hole for a lot of the year and only coming out in December........he only has to bleach his hair, put on some glasses change his clothes and it's obvious who this man is........
.......Good old Santa.
Please be kind to him!
Living in a hole for a lot of the year and only coming out in December........he only has to bleach his hair, put on some glasses change his clothes and it's obvious who this man is........
.......Good old Santa.
Please be kind to him!
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Now there's a problem. For the past six months the (ever increasing) terrorist activity has been put down to SH running the show in secret with a willing army of accolytes hoping for a slice of the action if / when he was returned to power. The photos today don't exactly look like someone who's been running the show. So, who the hell has?
Also, if / when he's on trial I look forward to a thorough and searching examination of his friendly co operation with the good old US of A circa 1980-88. Donald Rumsfeld will make an interesting witness discussing why he had conversations with SH about the Bechtel installed trans Iraq pipleine to Jordan only a matter of months after SH had gassed the Kurds. Pip pip!
ps someone should have advised the **** Paul Bremmer that "well, we got him" might go down well with the gun totin' red necks back home, BUT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING THAT PC.
Also, if / when he's on trial I look forward to a thorough and searching examination of his friendly co operation with the good old US of A circa 1980-88. Donald Rumsfeld will make an interesting witness discussing why he had conversations with SH about the Bechtel installed trans Iraq pipleine to Jordan only a matter of months after SH had gassed the Kurds. Pip pip!
ps someone should have advised the **** Paul Bremmer that "well, we got him" might go down well with the gun totin' red necks back home, BUT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING THAT PC.
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Well, they did get him, didn't they - credit where it's due surely?
Maybe just maybe, we are one step closer to an end to this war and to a successful conclusion.
Anything less and a lot of people will have died for nothing.
As to his choice of words, personally I hope Chirac and Schroeder are choking on them
well done yanks
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Maybe just maybe, we are one step closer to an end to this war and to a successful conclusion.
Anything less and a lot of people will have died for nothing.
As to his choice of words, personally I hope Chirac and Schroeder are choking on them
well done yanks
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Short pithy and to the point, the man wasn't delivering the Gettesburg address.
I remember another American making a short statement that upset the Germans, he just said
"Nuts"
I remember another American making a short statement that upset the Germans, he just said
"Nuts"
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Excellent news!
Now that we have the bounder, he can tell us exactly where all these bothersome damned "Weapons of Mass Destruction" are hidden...
....um, just to make sure, there were some, weren't there? I mean, that's why "we" wanted to get rid of him, isn't it? It wasn't anything to do with 9/11, or terrorism, because that was Afghanistan and the Taleban, wasn't it?
And of course it couldn't have had anything to do with Iraq's switch from the US Dollar to the Euro, as the currency for oil transactions; that probably had nothing to do with it.
Nope, it was a purely altruistic action, designed to remove a murdering fascist thug from power, in the interests of his oppressed people.
If I were Bob Mugabe, I'd be real worried right about now. Or maybe I wouldn't; Bob don't got no oil, and he hasn't upset the Dollar, and he ain't got no Weapons of Mass Destruction neither; but then maybe neither did Saddam. I guess he can tell us himself, now.
Ah, what the hell, Saddam needed got rid of, whatever the excuse. (thinks: so does Harare Bob). And he supported terrorism.
Well actually, no, he didn't. Iraq under Saddam (psycopathic genocidal fascist thug, as I have said several times before) was a relatively moderate secular state, with good schools and modern hospitals, where women could go about their business without having to cover their faces, where health was good and literacy high, where fuel was cheap and electricity reliable.
The supporters of terrorism were, and are, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and others, the deservedly ill-fated Taleban amongst them.
So if he didn't support terrorism, and he didn't have WMD, why did "we" get rid of him? Could it possibly be that his threat to the hegemony of the greenback was danger enough? If it wasn't that, and if we are serious about ridding the world of oppressive dictators for purely humanitarian reasons, are we going to go into Zimbabwe next?
Maybe I'm a cynic, or maybe I'm just curious....
Good on the guys on the ground who brought him in. However, I think that they erred somewhat in not killing him on the spot; I mean, what the hell are they going to do with him now?
Now that we have the bounder, he can tell us exactly where all these bothersome damned "Weapons of Mass Destruction" are hidden...
....um, just to make sure, there were some, weren't there? I mean, that's why "we" wanted to get rid of him, isn't it? It wasn't anything to do with 9/11, or terrorism, because that was Afghanistan and the Taleban, wasn't it?
And of course it couldn't have had anything to do with Iraq's switch from the US Dollar to the Euro, as the currency for oil transactions; that probably had nothing to do with it.
Nope, it was a purely altruistic action, designed to remove a murdering fascist thug from power, in the interests of his oppressed people.
If I were Bob Mugabe, I'd be real worried right about now. Or maybe I wouldn't; Bob don't got no oil, and he hasn't upset the Dollar, and he ain't got no Weapons of Mass Destruction neither; but then maybe neither did Saddam. I guess he can tell us himself, now.
Ah, what the hell, Saddam needed got rid of, whatever the excuse. (thinks: so does Harare Bob). And he supported terrorism.
Well actually, no, he didn't. Iraq under Saddam (psycopathic genocidal fascist thug, as I have said several times before) was a relatively moderate secular state, with good schools and modern hospitals, where women could go about their business without having to cover their faces, where health was good and literacy high, where fuel was cheap and electricity reliable.
The supporters of terrorism were, and are, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and others, the deservedly ill-fated Taleban amongst them.
So if he didn't support terrorism, and he didn't have WMD, why did "we" get rid of him? Could it possibly be that his threat to the hegemony of the greenback was danger enough? If it wasn't that, and if we are serious about ridding the world of oppressive dictators for purely humanitarian reasons, are we going to go into Zimbabwe next?
Maybe I'm a cynic, or maybe I'm just curious....
Good on the guys on the ground who brought him in. However, I think that they erred somewhat in not killing him on the spot; I mean, what the hell are they going to do with him now?
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As i have said before and i'll say again if the US decided to invade Zimbabwe tomorrow you would be the first to run to the hills to shout bloody murder and give the same rhetoric about Bush and imperialism. Why not give this crap a rest and think about how this is a good day for the people of Iraq who have been oppressed for 30 years.
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NoseWheel...
Perhaps saying "God bless America!" before he walked off stage may not have been the best thing to say in an Arab country before an international audience either... something about Allah may have gone down better... or maybe just "Goodbye."
Ah well... they did "Get Him", which is i guess the important bit.
Lets just hope he isn't made into a martyr.
Perhaps saying "God bless America!" before he walked off stage may not have been the best thing to say in an Arab country before an international audience either... something about Allah may have gone down better... or maybe just "Goodbye."
Ah well... they did "Get Him", which is i guess the important bit.
Lets just hope he isn't made into a martyr.
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Hang On !!!
There are further implications of all this.
My opinion. Great news. Glad he's caught. Historic Day.
BUT . . . . .
This may speed up the handover of rule in Iraq . . . . . . . .
So we'll be pulling out of Basra sooner than we thought . . .. .
WHAT WILL PEOPLE MOAN ABOUT !!!!!!!!!!!!
Calmed down a bit now. Realised we'll always find something
There are further implications of all this.
My opinion. Great news. Glad he's caught. Historic Day.
BUT . . . . .
This may speed up the handover of rule in Iraq . . . . . . . .
So we'll be pulling out of Basra sooner than we thought . . .. .
WHAT WILL PEOPLE MOAN ABOUT !!!!!!!!!!!!
Calmed down a bit now. Realised we'll always find something
What will they moan about?
Not getting all of those generous allowances for being in the luxurious Basra.....
Ermm.... You do get generous allowances don't you?
Not getting all of those generous allowances for being in the luxurious Basra.....
Ermm.... You do get generous allowances don't you?
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Bootz & Tony Draper et al, surely it's about decorum. This was, afetr all, one of the most historic moments in Iraq probably since SH came to power. I for one would have preferred a bit more dignity and respect. I certainly don't think a diplomat of the standing of Bremmer should have played to a sycophantic audience whoopin' & hollerin' and giving each other high fives. Whatever SH has done (and we know it ain't pleasant) he's still a human being deserving of all the dignity and respect we're constantly being told he never gave to his enemies. We're better than that and it should have showed. That's it, the soap box is away until the next rant is required!!
