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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (509746)	12/14/2003 10:38:17 PM
From: jackhach	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Saddam Tells Interrogators 'No WMD' Sun December 14, 2003 07:41 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein denied during the initial interrogation after his capture that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, Time magazine reported on Sunday. Citing a U.S. intelligence official in Iraq, the report said that when asked if his government had such weapons Saddam replied: "No, of course not. The U.S. dreamed them up itself to have a reason to go to war with us." The news magazine reported that the official, who read a transcript of the interrogation of the former Iraqi president, said the interrogator asked: "If you had no weapons of mass destruction, then why not let the U.N. inspectors into your facilities?" Saddam's reply: "We didn't want them to go into the presidential areas and intrude on our privacy." The U.S. intelligence official, who was not identified, told the magazine that Saddam had not been very cooperative and did not answer any of the initial questions directly. The transcript was full of "Saddam rhetoric type stuff," said the official, who paraphrased some of Saddam's responses. According to the report, when asked, "How are you?" Saddam responded: "I am sad because my people are in bondage." Both Time and Newsweek reported that after he was taken into custody Saddam had been taken to a holding cell at Baghdad airport, where other top Iraqi detainees are held for interrogation. In its report on Saddam's capture, Newsweek said that the former Iraqi leader identified himself as he surrendered with no resistance. "Don't shoot," Saddam said, according to a military source quoted by Newsweek. "I am Saddam Hussein, the president of the Republic of Iraq." © Copyright Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Any copying, re-publication or re-distribution of Reuters content or of any content used on this site, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent of Reuters. Quotes and other data are provided for your personal information only, and are not intended for trading purposes. Reuters, the members of its Group and its data providers shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the quotes or other data, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. © Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. Close This Window

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (509746)	12/14/2003 10:43:23 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The end does not justify the means R.D. While we can all be thankful that Saddam is no more, you have totally missed the point of my statement. I think that you know you are too, but your mission is to cover the ass of Bush with your lips as you kiss it big time. A little patience and a little diplomacy could have saved lives, money and our moral standing in the world. In the mean time we could have finished the job in Afghanistan, and gotten bin Laden. It's a nice prize to get Saddam, but I'd trade him for bin Laden tomorrow. In Pakistan, Musharref narrowly escaped an assassination attempt today. We need to be ready to secure the Paki nukes if there is an Islamic coup attempt there. Orca

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (509746)	12/14/2003 11:15:09 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

>>>Yes, it would've been better to leave him in power so our "allies" could keep selling him weapons<<< Do you discount the weapons the United States helped Iraq procure? >>>pushing for the lifting of sanctions<<< Many children and elderly were dying for from those sanctions. Indeed, there were reasonable calls to lift them. >>>excusing his mass murders<<< I hear about these all the time. But what exactly are the mass murders? Can you name the specific incidents? How many were there? When and where did they happen? And how many of these were related to previous wars or attempted overthrows? Yes, he was a tryant in so many ways. But so have been so many other state leaders with whom America has done business with. Why would America find this surprising? And did any of the incidents, which you haven't yet named, happen before America's policy of providing money for Iraq's weapons procurement? Has American foreign policy itself, whether in South or Latin America, Africa, Asia or the MidEast ever been a contributing factor to mass murder or execution-like conditions in any of those places? You write as if there have been no governments that America has overthrown or helped to get overthrown. Where was the murder from these? Whose was it? >>>and denying his support for terrorism around the world.<<< What exactly is the worldwide terrorism that Saddam has spread? Can you name a single incident? How did he do this? Are you writing this because Saddam supposedly gave money to Palestianian family members of suicide bombers, even though what he actually did was give money to ANY Palestinian family who died (no matter how) as a result of the conflict with Israel? Is this different from the America media version, as reported? Let me ask you. Where exactly do you get your information? Is this what 'they've' (what you've been hearing in the media) been telling you? Or did you find all of this out yourself?