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| re: NJC: Saddam hanged | |
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Pudding 12:40 am UTC 12/31/06 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Saddam hanged - Max 12:30 am UTC 12/31/06 |
| Don't forget that although that assassination attempt failed, in 1963 and Saddam fled to Egypt, a CIA-organized coup did successfully assassinate Qasim and Saddam's Ba'ath Party came to power, allowing Saddam back in the country and taking up a position as head of Iraq's secret service. Pud > Actually Saddam wasn't just a freind of America becuase of > the Iranian hostage crisis. He was a CIA agent since he > was twenty years old. In 1959 Saddam was part of a CIA > orchestrated six man plot to kill then prime minister Abd > al-Karim Qasim because Qasim had backed out of the Baghdad > Pact and began isntalling communists in his government. > > > I am guessing that in being "amazed" at what the USA can > > do is due to (what may be) your very young age. The USA > > has participated in several despicable acts over the past > > 200 years starting with the genocide perpetrated on the > > American Indians. Sadly, Saddam was an ally of political > > sorts. It was because of what happened in Iran to the 52 > > hostages and the neutering of the USA Public Personna that > > drove the US to aid anyone who would take on the hated > > Persians. Politics is a more ugly spectator sport than > > bull fighting. > > With Saddam now just a bad dream, perhaps the mess in Iraq > > will get straightened out but I won't hold my breath. And > > Pudding, I'm with you. In this case, however, the death > > penalty was too good for that monster. > > The Count > > > > > I find it amazing that the USA can preemptively invade a > > > nation let it spin into sectarian turmoil imprison the one > > > man that was able to control the people have him tried > > > without due process in a kangaroo and invalid court and > > > execute him. Remember, before Saddam was president of Iraq > > > he was a CIA agent, one of America's strongest allies in > > > the Middle East during the 80's, and the recipient of US > > > military and financial aid. UN inspector even told a US > > > Senate committee that they had “identified many > > > US-manufactured items exported pursuant of licenses issued > > > by the US department of commerce that were used to further > > > Iraq’s chemical and nuclear weapons development and > > > missile delivery system development programs." The > > > committee in 1992 even found that 17 individual shipments > > > totaling some 80 batches of biomaterial (including two > > > batches of anthrax, two batches of botulism, West Nile > > > fever, brucella melitensis, which damages major organs, > > > and clostridium perfringens, which causes gas gangrene) > > > were sent to Iraq during the Reagan years. Even after > > > Saddam ordered the gassing of the Kurds the shipments > > > continued!!! Let us also not forget how Rumsfeld > > > continually met with Saddam under Reagan gave him military > > > and financial support and urged him to invade Iran. > > > The entire situation is very sad and weird. > > > As Bill Hicks said: > > > > > > > > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8876379135728775595&q=bill+hicks&hl=en > > > > > > > > > > Anyone got any thoughts on Saddam being hanged? > > > > > > > > Pud | |
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