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| Aide: Hussein was high when he invaded Kuwait |
| 2004-02-13 |
| Hat tip: Drudge. Edited for brevity. A former senior aide of Saddam Hussein claims the dictator was probably high on drugs when he decided to invade Kuwait in 1990. Issam Rashid Walid, Iraq’s ex-Chief of Protocol, says Saddam frequently used drugs such as cannabis and heroin. Walid, who is now based in London, is releasing a book titled In Saddam’s Shadow, which is due to be released in French. He said: "Saddam was heavily into drugs. He began in 1959, with cannabis, and then when he seized power (in 1979), he used heroin at times. "He decided to invade Kuwait because he was probably not in his normal state. He was on drugs and drugs made him lose his mind." My theory is he was baked, and Kuwait was the nearest place that stocked Doritos. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #9 most potheads and heroine junkies [who can score at will] are passive--5 to 1 he was shooting crank or doing blow |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-2-14 12:22:44 AM |
| #8 If it makes anybody happy, we'll hang the SOB as a doper instead of a mommy-killer. Who cares what label we hang on him, as long as we hang him. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-2-13 7:36:59 PM |
| #7 Well, I don't recommend drugs to anyone. But they've always worked for me... or at least till Leipzig. |
| Posted by: Napoleon VII 2004-2-13 5:09:19 PM |
| #6 Walid was quoted as saying "yeah dude, me and the boss used to do mucho 'shrooms and chill out to jerry & the dead man......." |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-2-13 1:26:38 PM |
| #5 This is your face. This is your face on drugs. Any questions? This goes into the Classix! |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-2-13 11:27:49 AM |
| #4 If this is true, it would make one hell of an anti-drug campaign. Show the picture of hobo Saddam after he was pulled out of his spider hole with the caption, "Drugs ruin lives". |
| Posted by: BH 2004-2-13 10:38:55 AM |
| #3 scene: somewhere chic camera: zooms on actress dialogue: Dammit, people, can't you see he's only a victim here! fade out (background audio: Thanks, Miss Garafalo!) |
| Posted by: Bubblehead 2004-2-13 10:36:08 AM |
| #2 We're seeing the Defense of Saddam in the making: he wasn't really responsible for all those things he did, he was just high at the time and had psychological problems due to a difficult childhood. Which might be true - but it doesn't relieve him of responsibility for the results. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-2-13 9:47:29 AM |
| #1 Kuwait was the nearest place that stocked Doritos "Dammit, I said to get some Kuwait takeout, not take over Kuwait!" |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-13 9:43:08 AM |