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Iraq
Bush Says Iraq's Aziz Skirting the Truth
2003-05-03
President Bush expressed unshakable confidence Saturday about finding banned weapons in Iraq and complained that Tariq Aziz is not cooperating with U.S. forces who have him in custody. "We're learning, for example, that Tariq Aziz still doesn't know how to tell the truth," Bush said. "He didn't know how to tell the truth when he was in office, he doesn't know how to tell the truth as a captive." But Bush expressed confidence that the U.S. will learn what it needs from lower-ranking officials and ordinary citizens.
There goes the idea of retiring to that estate in Nottingham with a new name...
The president, at a news conference on his ranch with visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard, expressed confidence that the United States will locate the suspected cache of biological and chemical weapons. "Iraq's the size of the state of California," he said. "It's got tunnels, caves, all kinds of complexes. We'll find them, and it's just going to be a matter of time to do so."
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#3  Mightn't this be disinformation to protect Tariq's clansmen as well as the presumably large number of his once (and possibly future) subalterns that Lord Ministers of Tariq's stature tend to acquire over the course of career in the service of a mighty despot?

That's to say, when Dubya casts calumny on the good name of Aziz, mightn't certain Baathist & Islamoid elements back in Mesopotamia view that as a sign of Tariq's heroism whilst in the clutches of the Great Satan?

So rather than toss all of Tariq's relatives to the 4th degree & his erstwhile underlings into ye olde Saddamite woodchipper -- hapless small fry who know too little to earn a spot in Unc Sam's witness protection program -- perhaps it's hoped this subterfuge will at least give some pause to those who might otherwise see fit to slit their throats.
Posted by: Ashurbanipal   2003-05-03 21:02:21  

#2  Christ... Are we being nice to these guys instead of giving them the full Bagram?
Posted by: someone   2003-05-03 14:35:29  

#1  Long discussion at Bill Quick's and Den Beste sez that we probably already found the WMD's and just haven't released the info for many valid reasons. It would be a real shame if Aziz walked free here, physically intact
Posted by: Frank G   2003-05-03 12:51:07  

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