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To: Investor Clouseau who wrote (20843)	12/24/2002 5:44:07 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

"As a messenger, I have said all that I have been compelled to, and the decision is out of my hands." "God willing; generations from now, the people of the world will say, “Saddam lead us upon the true path”." This thread is getting scary <g>

To: Investor Clouseau who wrote (20843)	12/25/2002 10:58:41 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Saddam's Christmas message POSTED AT 5:58 PM EST Tuesday, December 24 Associated Press Baghdad — Saddam Hussein said Tuesday that Iraqis were ready to fight a holy war against the United States, and he accused Washington of using lies and military might in a bid to rule the world. In a vitriolic address read to Iraqis by a television announcer, Mr. Hussein said the world was entering a new year "under unique circumstances ... which have been manufactured by the forces of evil and darkness in order to create a situation of instability, chaos and tension." Mr. Hussein said the United States and Israel were bent on waging war against Iraq in a first step to spread their authority "across the world and control fortunes and futures" of other countries. The Iraqi leader again rejected U.S. and British claims that his regime possesses weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Hussein also said his regime wanted to co-operate with UN weapons inspectors conducting almost daily searches in Iraq to verify Baghdad no longer possesses chemical, biological or nuclear arms. "We are confident that the outcome of the [UN] inspection operations will be a big shock to the United States and will expose all the American lies," Mr. Hussein's said in a statement. An Iraqi scientist interviewed by UN inspectors Tuesday also said Baghdad is not hiding weapons of mass destruction, and Iraqi officials said they were willing to discuss UN criticisms of the nation's arms declaration. Teams of weapons and nuclear inspectors, meanwhile, resumed inspections at numerous sites, with biological experts visiting the College of Veterinary Medicine at Baghdad University and missile teams visiting five sites in and around Baghdad connected to arms production. The Iraqi Information Ministry said inspectors visited the Hateen Company, a complex of factories 70 kilometres south of Baghdad that produces artillery ammunition. Sabah Abdel-Nour, a former member of Iraq's nuclear program who now is a professor at Baghdad's University of Technology, said his interview with UN inspectors was "very objective, the discussion was very friendly." "I explained to them [the inspectors] all that I know and that we do not have anything to hide," he said. "The questions were mainly about what has been done or any progress which has been achieved in Iraq since 1998. "They wanted to inspect whether this university has anything of their interest, they were inquiring whether there is any advanced equipment which could be used or misused." But Mr. Abdel-Nour said he refused to be quizzed in private, preferring instead to have Iraqi officials present during the meeting. He was not asked to leave Iraq for questioning. "I do not have anything to say outside Iraq more of what I have said here," Mr. Abdel-Nour said. Also, Iraq's chief representative to the UN mission said on Tuesday he saw nothing to justify the criticisms of Iraq's weapons declaration expressed last week by chief UN inspector Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. "We have nothing to add, really, of new information, because the information we gave is the real and complete information," Gen. Hossam Mohammed Amin said Tuesday. However, Baghdad was "willing to reach an understanding" with Mr. Blix and Dr. ElBaradei, Gen. Amin said. Last week, Mr. Blix and Dr. ElBaradei said Iraq's Dec. 7 declaration largely rehashed old information, and they would be seeking more data from Iraq. "An opportunity was missed in the declaration to give a lot of evidence," Mr. Blix said reporters after reporting to the UN Security Council. The declaration, required by council Resolution 1441, was supposed to be a comprehensive account of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, the long-range missiles to carry them and the programs to produce them. The United States said the declaration was so inadequate it amounts to a "material breach" of the council resolution, while Britain said the declaration was a lie. The two allies have threatened to invade Iraq unless it co-operates fully with the UN inspection commission and eliminates its weapons of mass destruction. Gen. Amin said his government would not threaten any Iraqi scientist accepting an invitation from the inspectors to leave the country for further interviews. The UN resolution gives inspectors the right to interview scientists outside Iraq, with their families accompanying them, to reduce the chance they may be pressured by the Baghdad government. Gen. Amin said inspectors had been interviewing Iraqi scientists for about 10 days, and his government saw no need to take them abroad.

To: Investor Clouseau who wrote (20843)	2/26/2003 8:08:14 PM
From: Investor Clouseau	Respond to of 27666

Saddam has failed to choose the correct path, he does not have a choice any longer. To:Investor Clouseau who wrote (20842) From: Investor Clouseau Monday, Dec 23, 2002 10:28 PM View Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21657 It is Saddam’s shoulders that serve as the fulcrum upon which world history will pivot. Generations from now people will say, “Saddam chose the true path of peace and harmony”, or “Saddam chose the false path that is violence and destruction”. Make no mistake, Saddam is in a position to set an example to the worlds people for eons to come. How would world history have been different if Adolph Hitler or Genghis Khan had chosen the path of peace and non-aggression? Indeed, Mahatma Ghandi would not have been as powerful as he was, if he had used weapons. If a man is evil, either the man must be destroyed, or the evil IN the man must be destroyed. If the good people of the world are to prevail in the battle against evil, there can be no alternative to this. If a man destroys the evil within himself, as a Christian all merciful God commands that I must forgive him, regardless what others may say. There can be no crude and cruel manipulation that will bend the heart of men. Saddam will not bend, and the choice must be left up to him. If he chooses peace, and shows that he will use his power for the benefit of all his people, he will have proven that he has undergone a righteous conversion. Such as conversion would also indicate that Saddam has become a zealous lover of peace, and a pardon would be unnecessary. There are none so powerful and committed as the zealot, and such a person must be allowed to freely and safely roam, so that they may share their enlightened wisdom, and be a good example for all humanity. I can say nothing more, and nothing more need be said. As a messenger, I have said all that I have been compelled to, and the decision is out of my hands. God willing; generations from now, the people of the world will say, “Saddam lead us upon the true path”. IC