Posted on 08/22/2005 6:40:12 AM PDT by minerboy
mprisoned former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein wrote in a letter published Sunday that he is prepared to sacrifice himself for the Arab cause, and called on other Arabs to follow his example.
"In our glorious nation, my soul, and what I have been born on, is to be sacrificed to it," the letter said, in what the context suggested was an apparent reference to all Arabs.
Parts of the letter were published Sunday by two Jordanian newspapers. Saddam sent it to a friend in Jordan, who has asked not to be identified, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, which vouched for its authenticity.
The Red Cross delivered the missive from Saddam, who is awaiting trial on charges connected with a 1982 series of detentions and executions following an assassination attempt against him in Dujayl, north of Baghdad.
Saddam has been in custody since December 2003, when he was captured by U.S. troops. The letter appeared to include thoughts about his incarceration.
"Where is life without faith and love and the harmony which is inherited in our nation?" he wrote in Arabic.
"It is not too much for a man to answer the call of his nation with all that he possesses, and with his soul, yet it is what the nation deserves," the letter said, an apparent call for others to follow his lead.
"My brother, love your people, love Palestine, long live Palestine, love your nation," he wrote.
The single-page letter, undated and written in ink, was delivered August 16, Red Cross spokeswoman Rania Sidani said. The letter was partially blacked out by military censors, and the words "Family News Only" were stamped at the top in English.
But a lawyer representing Saddam, Khalil al-Dulaimi, said he was not aware of any letter.
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He thinks the genies will eventually bail him out and return him to power.
"How do we get front row tickets to the execution?"
Morbid thoughts that run through my head when contemplating the deaths of mass murderers at the hands of those they victimized.
Since when does Saddam Hussein have permission to correspond with the outside world? This sounds spurious.
He is trying to rewin Arab support. And seeing how stupid one must be to believe the Islamic 'religion' of hate, violence, intolerance and terrorism, I think he will succeed.
....I agree with Saddam...I think all Arabs who follow him should all sacrifice their souls....have at it....
Nah. But his necks is gonna be wrung like a chicken's...
Does this man believe he is the second coming?
So now he's a martyr...
90 days in the woodchipper.
I doubt he has clear title to his soul; I'm pretty sure someone has a lein on it.
I wonder if the Red Cross regularly delivers calls to action from terrorists. They seem to know the contents. I would think that prisoners' would be checked to see if he were trying to stir up problems.
Heck no - hand him to the Kurds.
And hopefully his body, too.
A "martyr" dragged out of a stink hole.
That's why we've gotta be careful with Clinton...
This is the same guy that apparently tells his guards that if they treat him well, they will be rewarded when he becomes President of Iraq...
The only problem I have with Saddam is that he can only be executed once.
LOL!
This is the same guy that apparently tells his guards that if they treat him well, they will be rewarded when he becomes President of Iraq...
The only problem I have with Saddam is that he can only be executed once.
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