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| Saddam will be found dead, says âpersonal wizardâ |
| 2003-08-12 |
| Read it all and get your ROTF/LOL on. A man who says he was Sadddam Husseinâs sorcerer predicts the Iraqi dictator will be found dead. The 62-year-old sprays perfume around the sparse, dingy room â âit smells nicer than incenseâ â then holds out his hands and feet for a visitor to bind, instructing him to knot the cloth three times and blow on it. Yeah, weâve got guys like this here in San Francisco too. Why, I remember one time.... uh, nevermind. The lights go out, and small red flashes appear beneath the black cloak that covers a bowl of magic powders and water. Something pokes at the visitors - âbirds,â the wizard says â and water splashes from the bowl. The genies have arrived, and the questions begin. Will Saddam be found? A genie answers in the old manâs voice: âYes.â Well, that sounds good... Dead or alive? âDead.â ....and that sounds even better! The sorcerer asks that he not be identified â for now, at least â and will not even pronounce the name of the man he once served. âThat man is still alive, so Iâm afraid,â he says. âI helped him, his sons, his ministers, his wife, his cousins, but I canât mention names. When he is dead I can talk about him.â Beatlejuice! Beatlejuice! Beatlejuice! According to the magician and several others interviewed in Baghdad, Saddam was a firm believer in magic, and even applied himself, with modest success, to âstudying the sandsâ and summoning genies. Sure, what evil despot worth his salt doesnât believe in the occult. Besides Stalin, I mean - he was an athiest He consulted frequently with two magicians from Iraq, one from Turkey, one from India, a French Arab and a beautiful Jewish witch from Morocco, the wizard says. Wow! How Doctor Doom! I wish I had a beautiful Moroccan Jewish witch for a consultant! |
| Posted by:Secret Master |
| #2 If he's not "found dead," hopefully our guys will arrange to make him dead when we find him. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-8-12 8:29:48 PM |
| #1 "Wow! How Doctor Doom!" That's Doctor Strange. ...wha? What're you looking at? Move along, move along. |
| Posted by: Crescend 2003-8-12 7:10:55 PM |