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2023-03-19 Iraq

'At my first meeting with Saddam Hussein, within 30 seconds, he knew two things about me,' says FBI interrogator

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I always thought Hussein was more afraid of what Iran would do if they knew he didn’t have WMD than what the US would do if they believed he did. He seems to have guessed wrong.

Posted by Glenmore 2023-03-19 00:16|| 2023-03-19 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 More like he guessed half right, Glenmore. Either way, his tether had an end.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-19 00:50|| 2023-03-19 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Saddam was stupid, he did not understood you don't play 20 years against a superpower.

Posted by Spomonter Speaking for Boskone8031 2023-03-19 02:01|| 2023-03-19 02:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Saddam impeded UN inspectors at every turn culminating in the bombing of the UN Headquarters at the Canal Hotel in 2003 (20 years ago) and death of UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello in the blast.

My FBI pension is not keeping pace with inflation, please buy my new 'tell all' book.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-19 03:04|| 2023-03-19 03:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Uday and Qusay would have made Iraq even more brutal than Saddam.

Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-19 05:54|| 2023-03-19 05:54|| Front Page Top

#6 @#5 - Ah, yes, the days of Hans Blix.

Well, IIRC, there were a few things in Iraq "made by DuPont".

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