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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (519872)1/5/2004 6:10:04 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
"of course the Kurds knew, they were involved as I understand it."

>>> That's the question, isn't it... what does 'involved' mean?

"but to think they isolated Saddam while they negotiated with USA (which would have required negotiations FAR above the level of a field officer) is prepostorous."

>>> Probably. Still, did you see the news this morning that the US has changed it's position... and now will not oppose continued autonomy for 'Kurdishstan' within the new Iraq?

"Frankly, as others have said, matters little to me how we got him, so long as we have him. But, I think its just plain crazy to think the Kurds would have captured him, held him, drugged him then deposited him in a hole and waited for us to get off our asses is beyond my level of belief."

>>> Still... there is that little matter of the Israeli intelligence agents reporting that the Kurds announced the 'capture' the morning BEFORE the US raid occurred, and the odd fact that Saddam's 'spider-hole' was sealed from the top --- he was effectively a prisoner within the hole.
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