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warming up to saddam
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| Saddam prison fare: Doritos, Raisin Bran -- but no Froot Loops 'He'd always tell us he was still the president,' guard says  NEW YORK (AP) -- Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was "OK" and considers both Presidents Bush "no good." He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq. Those and other details of the deposed Iraqi leader's life in U.S. military custody appear in the July issue of GQ magazine, based on interviews with five Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who went to Iraq in 2003 and were assigned to Saddam's guard detail for nearly 10 months. The magazine, which reached newsstands Monday, said the GIs could not tell their families what they were doing and signed pledges not to reveal the location or other details of the U.S.-run compound where Saddam was an HVD, or "high value detainee," awaiting trial by Iraqi authorities for mass killings and other crimes. However, the five soldiers told GQ of their personal interactions with Saddam, saying he spoke with them in rough English, was interested in their lives and even invited them back to Iraq when he returns to power. "He'd always tell us he was still the president. That's what he thinks, 100 percent," said Spc. Jesse Dawson, 25, of Berwick, Pa. A Pentagon spokesman had no comment on the article. The GIs recalled that Saddam had harsh words for the Bushes, each of whom went to war against him. "The Bush father, son, no good," Cpl. Jonathan "Paco" Reese, 22, of Millville, Pennsylvania, quoted Saddam as saying. Spc. Sean O'Shea, then 19, of Minooka, Pennsylvania, said Saddam later mellowed in that view. "Towards the end, he was saying that he doesn't hold any hard feelings and he just wanted to talk to (George W.) Bush, to make friends with him," he told the magazine. Dawson quoted Saddam as saying: "He knows I have nothing, no mass weapons. He knows he'll never find them." Their description of the man who once lived in palaces and now occupies a cell with no personal privacy matched recently published photos, apparently smuggled out of prison, showing Saddam in his underwear and a long robe. The story said that once, when Saddam fell during his twice-a-week shower, "panic ensued. No one wanted him to be hurt while being guarded by Americans." One GI had to help Saddam back to his cell, while another carried his underwear. Saddam was friendly toward his young guards and sometimes offered fatherly advice. When O'Shea told him he was not married, Saddam "started telling me what to do," recalled the soldier. "He was like, 'You gotta find a good woman. Not too smart, not too dumb. Not too old, not too young. One that can cook and clean."' Then he smiled, made what O'Shea interpreted as a "spanking" gesture, laughed and went back to doing his laundry in the sink. The soldiers also said Saddam was a "clean freak" who washed after shaking hands and used diaper wipes to clean meal trays, utensils and table before eating. "He had germophobia or whatever you call it," Dawson said. The article said Saddam preferred Raisin Bran Crunch for breakfast, telling O'Shea, "No Froot Loops." He ate fish and chicken but refused beef. For a time his favorite snack was Cheetos, and when that ran out, Saddam would "get grumpy," the story said. One day, guards substituted Doritos corn chips, and Saddam forgot about Cheetos. "He'd eat a family size bag of Doritos in 10 minutes," Dawson said. The magazine said Saddam told his guards that when the Americans invaded Iraq in March 2003, he "tried to flee in a taxicab as the tanks were rolling in," and U.S. planes struck the palace he was trying to reach instead of the one he was in. "Then he started laughing," recalled Reese. "He goes, 'America, they dumb. They bomb wrong palace."' Saddam also said his capture in an underground hideout on December 13, 2003, resulted from betrayal by the only man who knew where he was, and had been paid to keep the secret. "He was really mad about that," Dawson said. "He compared himself to Jesus, how Judas told on Jesus. He was like, 'That's how it was for me.' If his Judas never said anything, nobody ever would have found him, he said." U.S. officials said at the time that intelligence from several sources led to Saddam's capture. The magazine said Saddam prayed five times a day and kept a Quran that he claimed to have found in rubble near his hideout. "He proudly showed (it) to the boys because it was burned around the edges and had a bullet hole in it," GQ said. Find this article at: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/m...s.ap/index.html |
Re: warming up to saddam
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| Originally posted by josh4 "Then he started laughing," recalled Reese. "He goes, 'America, they dumb. They bomb wrong palace."' |
Wow...what a cute story...still doesn't excuse the fact that he's a ruthless dictator.
Awe it makes me start to like him! Maybe we're all wrong. Maybe he really IS a good guy.
Not.
Everyone are inherently good guys. They are bad because of their own insecurties.
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| He told stories of how he brought prostitutes in for his son, Uday, the night before his wedding. |
I hate Doritos! Cheetos are much better. Saddam you sell out
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| Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan |
Because the then administration under Reagan supplied Saddam with military equipments. USA was Iraq's ally back then.
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| Originally posted by xxxtasy Because the then administration under Reagan supplied Saddam with military equipments. USA was Iraq's ally back then. |
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| Originally posted by xxxtasy Because the then administration under Reagan supplied Saddam with military equipments. USA was Iraq's ally back then. |
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| Originally posted by ogvh5150 Think the US is 100% at fault think again. Recently there has been an article in the Village Voice about an arms dealer who had connections with both American and Iraqi intelligence. This man prompted me to look into his past. That past is intertwined with not just the US but also other Western nations. "The revelations and allegations made by Mr. Soghanalian are, and must be, extremely disturbing to every American. They are disturbing to Mr. Soghanalian. He gives a first-hand description of official and unofficial American involvement in the enormous buildup of arms to Saddam Hussein. Much of this buildup occurred after the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988. He gives chilling accounts of the cozy relationship among high past and present U.S. Government officials who permitted, and in some cases, actually assisted his sales of many of the lethal weapons Saddam Hussein is now using to bring death to American military personnel and civilians throughout the Middle East region." UNITED STATES ARMS SALES TO IRAQ: EXCERPTS OF RECENT CBS `60 MINUTES' BROADCAST (House of Representatives - January 31, 1991) "German companies sold Saddam poison gas technology, and France, not only approved the sale of artillery to Iraq, but [also sold] armed helicopters and antiaircraft missile systems." Entered into the Congressional Record(site b) was a more complete transcript than the one above on January 31, 1991 and is from an episode of 60 Minutes implicating Western nations in the middle of the First Gulf War. Even stranger still is how Argentina figures into the Iraqi development of the Condor missle which is based on the Pershing: "France, however, could not keep up with the Germans when it came to the really dangerous stuff. German firms sold an entire poison-gas industry, complete with chemical ingredients and the machinery to make them. The famous Messerschmidt (sic) firm, still in business under the name MBB, became Saddam Hussein's main missile technology supplier. What MBB learned from the Pentagon about the US Pershing 2 missile it could pass along to Saddam for his new Condor 2 missile, which had the same range and configuration. Other German firms gave Saddam vital help in the difficult process of making nuclear weapons material." How Western greed created Hussein's Iraq By Gary Milhollin, a review of (12-22-91) THE DEATH LOBBY How the West Armed Iraq By Kenneth Timmerman. "To develop an even longer-range missile, Iraq turned to the German armament giant Messerschmitt, now doing business as MBB (Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm). MBB supplied the know-how for a 600-mile nuclear-capable missile called the Condor II that Iraq tried to develop jointly with Egypt and Argentina before the war. The missile's range and configuration are similar to that of the American Pershing, which MBB worked on at the Pentagon. The same MBB employee who worked on the Pershing at the Pentagon also represented MBB in Iraq for the Condor, and thus was in a position tn transfer American missile technology to Baghdad." Building Saddam Hussein's Bomb by Gary Milhollin, The New York Times Magazine, March 8, 1992, p. 30. "The performance of this regime in the Middle East has been somewhat problematic. Apparently as a result of US pressure, China has not delivered the M-9 missile to Syria to date, and the Condor project, (involving Argentina, Egypt, and Iraq) seems to have been stopped (although questions remain). However, the MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime) did not prevent Iraq from upgrading its Scud-B missiles, with technology and assistance provided by signatories such as Germany, Britain, and the US.22 Syrian and Iranian missile programs are growing constantly, and the major suppliers are either powerless or unwilling to intervene. In March 1992, North Korean Scud-C missiles, launchers, and equipment to manufacture these missiles, reached Iran and Syria." Israeli Arms Control Policy: Cautious Realism by Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Appeared in The Journal of Strategic Studies, Summer 1994 *22- Mike Eisenstadt, "The sword of the Arabs: Iraq's Strategic Weapons Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington DC 1990; Gary Milhollin, "Building Saddam Hussein's Bomb", New York Times Magazine, March 8, 1992 "SEVENTEEN British companies who supplied Iraq with nuclear, biological, chemical, rocket and conventional weapons technology are to be investigated and could face prosecution following a Sunday Herald investigation" Sunday Herald - 23 February 2003, Revealed: 17 British firms armed Saddam with his weapons, Investigation: By Neil Mackay Home Affairs Editor |
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