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Saddam 'beaten up after obscenity'
Telegraph ^
| November 16 2005
Posted on 11/16/2005 9:59:35 AM PST by jmc1969
Saddam Hussein was beaten up during questioning after he made an obscene remark about Shia Muslims, a source close to the investigation has claimed.
The former dictator is being questioned by investigative judges before his trial resumes on November 28.
An Iraqi lawyer briefed by investigative judges in the Iraqi High Tribunal said Saddam had made the obscene remark when asked about attacks by Iraqi forces on the shrines of imams Hussein and Abbas in Karbala in 1991.
Two of the court's clerks stopped taking notes and attacked Saddam, pummeling him with blows.
The source claimed Saddam's American guards were amused by the incident and did not intervene.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqijustice; prisonersaddam; saddam; welldeserved
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posted on
11/16/2005 9:59:35 AM PST
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
2
posted on
11/16/2005 10:00:32 AM PST
by
doug from upland
("Susan Estrich...get off your kneepads" - Juanita Broaddrick)
To: jmc1969
Awwww! poor baby!...........here , have some mustard gas.......
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:00:59 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
To: jmc1969
Yeah, but did they hurt him?
If not, they didn't get the job done. Repeat first down.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:01:37 AM PST
by
nuffsenuff
(Don't get stuck on Stupid - General Russ Honore Sept 21, 2005)
To: doug from upland
Does not pass the smell test.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:01:48 AM PST
by
jaydubya2
To: jmc1969
Two of the court's clerks stopped taking notes and attacked Saddam
Good for them!
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:01:59 AM PST
by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: jmc1969
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:02:03 AM PST
by
glasseye
To: jmc1969
I'm sure the guards considered how to attempt to negotiate a nonviolent solution with the attackers.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:02:06 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: jmc1969
Bringing a plastic shredder into the room ought to improve his attitude.
To: jmc1969
No pictures? Jeeze! That's no fun!
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:02:19 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: jmc1969
Last sentence:
However, the tribunal and the American military both denied that the incident took place.
To: jmc1969
They're doing their darnest to get the trial moved out of Iraq, ain't they?
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:02:41 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: jmc1969
Hitting below the belt is not only allowed, but encouraged.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:02:51 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: jmc1969
The needle on the Barbra Streisand Meter is pegging.
To: jmc1969
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:03:58 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU SADDAM!! ALL YOUR SOUL ARE BELONG TO US. HA HA HA HA....)
To: jmc1969
Just don't put panties on his head and everything will be OK.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:04:04 AM PST
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: jmc1969
From the end of the article.
However, the tribunal and the American military both denied that the incident took place.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:04:12 AM PST
by
M203M4
To: mewzilla
It doesn't matter it isn't going to be moved out of Iraq and there is nothing they can do about it period.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:04:29 AM PST
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Saddam's American guards were amused by the incident and did not intervene They'd need a UN resolution for that.
To: jmc1969
It's too funny to be true.
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posted on
11/16/2005 10:04:31 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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