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2003-12-21 Iraq

'Saddam was held by Kurds, drugged and left for US troops'

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-21 11:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah, no way the Kurds would have killed saddam if they found him. They also know where Elvis and Tupac are hiding out, but there's no 'blood feud' with them, so they remain at large.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-21 11:50:38 AM|| 2003-12-21 11:50:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 But I like this intrigue! And we haven't had any delightful conspiracy stories lately.

They call this a feenjahn story because it looks like it came out of somebody's coffeepot.

Posted by button 2003-12-21 11:52:59 AM|| 2003-12-21 11:52:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 How comforting to the fedayeen to know that none of their comrades spilled useful info after being captured .....

Uh huh.

Posted by rkb 2003-12-21 12:01:23 PM|| 2003-12-21 12:01:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 So the tribal kooks thought that it would serve the "blood feud" to drug him and use him for political advantage. Must have flipped the switch from irrational fury to rational calculation somewhere along the line. Here are some other unlikely elements of the story:

1. Tossing in the briefcase full of intelligence documents as a complimentary gift.
2. Failure to cut off Sadaam's testicles or at least his mustache.
3. No bruises in the shape of shoe heels about Sadaam's body.
4. Nobody claiming the $25M
5. Nobody ransommed Sadaam to the resistance for a $1B.
6. Nobody took counter offers from France/Russia.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-21 12:04:53 PM|| 2003-12-21 12:04:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey SH---It was a blood fued. They forgot to do all those things on your list. They just took a pint of blood and called it a day.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-21 12:55:51 PM|| 2003-12-21 12:55:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 They call this a feenjahn story... huh? ...because it looks like it came out of somebody's ~~nether orifice~~ coffeepot.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-21 1:09:02 PM|| 2003-12-21 1:09:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Sure, they did what any kidnapper would have done; they left their target with a gun and lots of money. Makes sense.

I read somewhere that DEBKA is having the same sort of hallucination, that Saddam wasn't captured, he was rescued. Some people will believe anything.

Posted by GKarp 2003-12-21 2:46:29 PM|| 2003-12-21 2:46:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I think my dad had him hostage - the Mars Bars wrappers are his calling card.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-21 2:56:23 PM|| 2003-12-21 2:56:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 No surprize here : the gvt-owned France 3 has also picked it up.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-21 3:53:04 PM|| 2003-12-21 3:53:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Earlier Debka had Saddam in Beloruss.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-21 5:22:16 PM|| 2003-12-21 5:22:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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