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Saddam Said He Faked Having WMDs
Jerusalem Post ^ | 7/2/09

Posted on 07/02/2009 7:03:04 AM PDT by steve-b

Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he led the world to believe that his country had weapons of mass destruction because he did not want to appear weak to the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to declassified FBI documents released Wednesday.

Hussein was quoted as saying that he was so concerned about radical Iranian leaders that he was ready to sign a security agreement with the United States guaranteeing protection from Iran....

Hussein also referred to Osama Bin Laden as a "zealot" and said that he did not deal with al-Qaida....

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bluff; fbi; iran; prequel; saddam; wmd
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To: steve-b
Unfortunately for Sadam the new leaders of Iraq didn't fake having good quality rope. So sad too bad.
21 posted on 07/02/2009 7:14:12 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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To: steve-b

That’s OK. The Obamaloon is faking having a brain.


22 posted on 07/02/2009 7:14:34 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: steve-b
What a crock of disinformation. Of course Saddam had WMDs. We know about all the chemical weapons he had, supposedly we supplied the seeds for that program during the Iran/Iraq war. We know he had tons of unenriched uranium ore and was trying to get more. We took Saddam out before he could amass the equipment necessary to really threaten people at a distance...equipment such as centrifuges which Europe and Russia were happy to sell him.

The truth is that if we had not taken out Saddam, both Iran and Iraq would probably now be close to building a bomb. There is no doubt of Saddam's intent and desire to possess WMDs, we've seen what he did to his own people.

All those trucks that left Iraq right before the shock and awe...someone somewhere at least has a lot of chemicals.

23 posted on 07/02/2009 7:15:22 AM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: steve-b

Hey, Saddam — how did that work out for you?


24 posted on 07/02/2009 7:15:42 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are a ruled people, serfs to the Federal Oligarchy -- and the Tree of Liberty thirsts)
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To: steve-b

Well, he was kind of painted into a corner.

Sun Tzu is said to have said “When weak, feign strength; when strong, feign weakness”.

Saddam was simultaneously trying to make the Iranians think he had WMDs, while at the same time trying to make the UN think he didn’t.

Sucked to be him.


25 posted on 07/02/2009 7:16:16 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: steve-b

Old news. He wanted the Iranians to believe he had WMD so desperately that he denied ever having them every step of the way right to his dying breath.

But of course, the leftists will hang this lying, mass-murdering monster’s every word if it will help them further discredit GWB. That’s also old new.


26 posted on 07/02/2009 7:16:25 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: GonzoGOP

If that were true Sadam, how’d that work out for ya’?

“NOT TOO GOOD!”


27 posted on 07/02/2009 7:16:31 AM PDT by Never on my watch (You are in the most danger when you are in the company of pacifists.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Exactly right.

Let me know if you ever get an answer from the OP (snicker).


28 posted on 07/02/2009 7:16:45 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: steve-b

Very true about his thoughts re:Iran. That much I will accept, because that is EXACTLY Iran’s intention, and has always been. The Iran-Iraq war was fought over that exact area.


29 posted on 07/02/2009 7:16:57 AM PDT by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: KansasGirl
Are we supposed to believe Hussein. I believe Saddam Hussein about as much as I believe Barack Hussein.

Of course Sadaam could have been lying.But this is a plausible scenario just as certainly as was him having destroyed the WMDs in the weeks leading up to the war or his having moved them to Syria (which certainly explains all the truck activity at the border before the war).

Either way.....he faked it....he destroyed them....he moved them....the invasion was still justifiable.I've seen *many* quotes from prominent RATS during the late 90's and early this decade...including from BillyBob himself...telling us of how dangerous Sadaam was and how he needed to be *strongly* dealt with.

30 posted on 07/02/2009 7:17:05 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Christian+Veteran=Terrorist)
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To: Sender
...somewhere ...

Bekaa Valley.

31 posted on 07/02/2009 7:17:30 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: steve-b

Convince the world you have X, don’t be surprised the world responds as if you have X.

This helps defuse the “there weren’t any WMDs!” mantra: ok, so he didn’t - but he admits having worked hard to convince the world he did, and we acted appropriately based on his deliberate misrepresentation.


32 posted on 07/02/2009 7:17:43 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: steve-b

So, how did that work out Stretch?


33 posted on 07/02/2009 7:18:13 AM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: Erik Latranyi
The fact that Sadaam was lying about it changed nothing and does not make President Bush a liar.

He lied about lying.

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34 posted on 07/02/2009 7:19:38 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (If John Kerry is the benchmark for patriotism I'll be a proud traitor.)
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To: Sender

“All those trucks that left Iraq right before the shock and awe...someone somewhere at least has a lot of chemicals. “

I think that mysterious explosion in Syria in which the Israelis were blamed covered up whatever Saddam sent out of country.


35 posted on 07/02/2009 7:21:02 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Climate change alarmists are Warm-Mongers. Now that's funny right there. I don't care who you are.)
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To: steve-b
he led the world to believe that his country had weapons of mass destruction because he did not want to appear weak to the Islamic Republic of Iran

I've heard that said on more than one occasion. Well he got his wish. Maybe he should have squealed before the shock and awe started.

36 posted on 07/02/2009 7:21:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Secrecy is essential for the Fed to operate properly - Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke)
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To: hosepipe

like these?


37 posted on 07/02/2009 7:21:54 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (If John Kerry is the benchmark for patriotism I'll be a proud traitor.)
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To: steve-b

I’m sure that the Kurds are relieved to hear this claim......


38 posted on 07/02/2009 7:22:10 AM PDT by Howie66 (The one redeeming thing about liberals: their tendency to kill their own.)
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To: steve-b
Perception influences reality.

His "phantom" nukes had deterrence impact as much as the real ones. Everybody believed that he's got something. Everybody had to act on this perception. He bluffed. He was called on his bluff.

The idea (very much negated by the Bush Derangement Syndrome democrats) was that you don't threaten US or else.
39 posted on 07/02/2009 7:23:30 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: McGruff

See #34. He faked faking...lied about lying.


40 posted on 07/02/2009 7:23:53 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (If John Kerry is the benchmark for patriotism I'll be a proud traitor.)
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