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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (33263)	12/21/2003 1:07:41 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops LONDON, : Saddam Hussein was captured by US troops only after he had been taken prisoner by Kurdish forces, drugged and abandoned ready for American soldiers to recover him, a British Sunday newspaper said. Saddam came into the hands of the Kurdish Patriotic Front after being betrayed to the group by a member of the al-Jabour tribe, whose daughter had been raped by Saddam's son Uday, leading to a blood feud, reported the Sunday Express, which quoted an unnamed senior British military intelligence officer. The newspaper said the full story of events leading up to the ousted Iraqi president's capture on December 13 near his hometown of Tikrit in northern Iraq, "exposes the version peddled by American spin doctors as incomplete". A former Iraqi intelligence officer, whom the Express did not name, told the paper that Saddam was held prisoner by a leader of the Kurdish Patriotic Front, which fought alongside US forces during the Iraq war, until he negotiated a deal. The deal apparently involved the group gaining political advantage in the region. An unnamed Western intelligence source in the Middle East told the Express: "Saddam was not captured as a result of any American or British intelligence. We knew that someone would eventually take their revenge, it was just a matter of time." - AFP CC channelnewsasia.com

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (33263)	12/21/2003 1:15:03 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Hi Karen, These new pipeline and refinery fires made for some good footage on CNN today. Definitely a good thing we caught Saddam. That really settled things down. The CNN girl on the scene was really working hard at the Bushista spin when Wolf Blitzer asked her about the frequency and intensity of the attacks. With a full blaze going on behind her, she attempted a feigned effort at blasé, but the lie detector pegged out past MAX. ******* BTW, here's some excellent new links for y'all: Message 19618241 JoeBob sez....... check it out! Cow Bella!