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Pastimes : Rarely is the question asked: "is our children learning"

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To: SalemsHex who started this subject12/14/2003 3:36:21 PM
From: John Sladek  Read Replies (1) of 2171
 
14Dec03-Brian Bennett-TIME Exclusive: Notes from Saddam in Custody

Saddam is talking, but he isn't cooperative. New details on his capture and his first interrogation

By BRIAN BENNETT/BAGHDAD

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003
... The interrogators also asked Saddam if he knew about the location of Captain Scott Speicher, a U.S. pilot who went missing during the first Gulf War. “No,” replied the former Iraqi president, “we have never kept any prisoners. I have never known what happened.”

Saddam was also asked whether Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. “No, of course not,” he replied, according to the official, “the U.S. dreamed them up itself to have a reason to go to war with us.”

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The official is doubtful that the U.S. will get a significant amount of intelligence from Saddam’s interrogations. “I would be surprised if he gave any info,” he said. Other high-ranking regime members, he said, have by and large remained mum. “Tariq Aziz [former deputy prime minister] hasn’t really spoken,” he said, “and Abid Mahmoud [Saddam’s former personal secretary] hasn’t really given any information.”

Full Story: time.com
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