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| Arab conspiracy theory #91113: Why US killed Uday & Qusay |
| 2003-08-01 |
| US killed Uday, Qusay to cover up past dealings BEIRUT: A Syrian official said the US could have captured Saddam Hussein’s sons aliveand waste the lives and time of US soldiers? Not worth it! and hinted that killing the pair in a US military raid in Iraq may have been to cover up past American political dealings with the defunct regime.ohhh the US is to blame - even when the US are the ones that whacked them! Uday and Qusay Hussein were reportedly |
| Posted by:Anon1 |
| #6 As far as past history goes between the US and Iraq, politics makes for strange bedfellows NMM; not that two wrongs make a right, mind, but it's a fact that in the real world the enemy of my enemy is my friend -- at least for a while. That's not something unique to America, the Republican Party, or anybody else for that matter. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2003-8-1 12:28:30 PM |
| #5 Consider the source. The Syrians have been in rare form lately; it seems like everything, everywhere is either our fault or the fault of our partners in evil - the Jews!! |
| Posted by: Dakotah 2003-8-1 12:17:20 PM |
| #4 And your point is? In the 40s the US gave a LOT of aid to a such Stalin because it need him for dealing with Nazi Germany. Are you going to suggest thuis was wrong? |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-8-1 11:17:51 AM |
| #3 We did provide satellite intelligence so he could gas the Iranians--and snuff out their "human wave" attacks. But I believe that's all we've admitted to |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-1 10:37:33 AM |
| #2 way back in '83 - when we feared Iran overrunning the gulf. Was the policy of supporting Iraq wise - perhaps not. Did it involve shipping iraq arms - NO. Did it involve giving or selling them WMD - NO. Does it have any bearing on the current situation - NO. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-8-1 10:00:59 AM |
| #1 Nah, the US NEVER had any dealings with Iraq--look at that doctored photo of Rumsfeld meeting Saddam--nope, didn't happen |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-1 9:23:21 AM |