Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:46 a.m. EDT
Rumsfeld Meets Saddam: Call Off Attacks
The London-based Arabic newspaper Al Quds is reporting in its Tuesday
edition that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld secretly met former
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during a surprise visit to Iraq two
weeks ago.
The purpose of the meeting, says the newspaper, was to seek Saddam's
"assistance" in calling off the stepped-up attacks by Iraqi insurgent
forces.
More than 75 Iraqi military and civilians have been killed since a new
government was formed in the war-torn nation.
In return for Saddam's "cooperation," the U.S. was willing to
"resurrect" an offer made by President George W. Bush in March 2003.
Namely, Saddam could leave Iraq and live in exile free from
prosecution.
It is also reported that Saddam was not convinced the deal was "real"
and refused the Rumsfeld offer.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon shot down the report. Still, Rumsfeld's
surprise visit "to see the troops" in Iraq has some doubters.
Iraqi diplomatic sources confirm to NewsMax that while Saddam does not
control the "insurgency," he still has "influential" people within the
movement.
"The Saddamites" do have a lot of influence, one Iraqi diplomat told
NewsMax.
While the insurgents have numerous sources of finance, money hidden by
Saddam is still significant in funding their operations.
Estimates of money hidden by the former Iraqi strongman range from
several million to hundreds of millions of dollars, say State
Department sources.
Saddam, in prison since December 2003, is expected to go on trial
toward the end of 2005.
If convicted of "crimes against humanity," he could receive the death
penalty.
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| User: "tw" |
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04 May 2005 06:24:24 AM |
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<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
news:1115205774.3cc6eebab44683d1c847ccd8068019d5@teranews...
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:46 a.m. EDT
Rumsfeld Meets Saddam: Call Off Attacks
Not the first time they've met is it? I wonder if Rumsfed fell back on his
old ways and offered to sell Saddam some weapons as well?
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android`" |
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04 May 2005 06:28:52 AM |
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tw wrote:
<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
news:1115205774.3cc6eebab44683d1c847ccd8068019d5@teranews...
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:46 a.m. EDT
Rumsfeld Meets Saddam: Call Off Attacks
Not the first time they've met is it? I wonder if Rumsfed fell back on his
old ways and offered to sell Saddam some weapons as well?
Maybe they'll work him a deal and get him his old job back.
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| User: "tw" |
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04 May 2005 06:42:29 AM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android`" <marvin@galaxy.com> wrote in message
news:1115206137.2f38dc3da422affeb62881a3c6d82991@teranews...
tw wrote:
<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
news:1115205774.3cc6eebab44683d1c847ccd8068019d5@teranews...
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:46 a.m. EDT
Rumsfeld Meets Saddam: Call Off Attacks
Not the first time they've met is it? I wonder if Rumsfed fell back on
his
old ways and offered to sell Saddam some weapons as well?
Maybe they'll work him a deal and get him his old job back.
Don't get Bitchtits excited! You know how much he'd LOVE that, the
anti-american *****.
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| User: "Brian" |
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04 May 2005 06:49:33 AM |
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wrote:
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:46 a.m. EDT
Rumsfeld Meets Saddam: Call Off Attacks
The London-based Arabic newspaper Al Quds is reporting in its Tuesday
edition that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld secretly met former
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during a surprise visit to Iraq two
weeks ago.
Wow, from an Arabic newspaper!? It MUST be true!!
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| User: "Perseid" |
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05 May 2005 07:59:49 AM |
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Brian <nospam@nawbabynaw.com> Spat the Words
itwill@happen.com wrote:
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:46 a.m. EDT
Rumsfeld Meets Saddam: Call Off Attacks
The London-based Arabic newspaper Al Quds is reporting in its Tuesday
edition that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld secretly met former
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during a surprise visit to Iraq two
weeks ago.
Wow, from an Arabic newspaper!? It MUST be true!!
I often wonder how tony reconciles his radical right-wing
philosophy with his belief in prophecy. The two often oppose
each other and we often see these posts from his which make
the Bush admin look really bad but in support of his prophecy
beliefs. It is quite possible he has never reconciled the two
in his own mind. We could very well be dealing with more than
one TonyZ here... multiple personalities... fractures of the
mind.
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