Actor Willis' $1m Saddam bounty (Go Bruce Go!!)

BBC News | 9/26/03

[areafiftyone]

Actor Bruce Willis has performed before US soldiers in Telafar, northern Iraq, and offered $1m (£603,000) to the man who captures Saddam Hussein.

"We're here to support you," the star told troops as he sang a set of blues songs with his band, the Accelerator.

"If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein," he said.

Willis will next fly south to visit US soldiers in Tikrit - Saddam's home town - before performing two concerts for troops in neighbouring Kuwait.

"Somebody that supports the military like he has and that comes to visit soldiers - that's important to us," said Greg Pagan, from 3rd Brigade of the 101st's Airborne Division based at Telafar.

'Thumbs up'

"It's awesome," said commander Col Michael Linnington. "It's great for morale. "He's a macho actor. Soldiers identify with action movies and action actors. He's a guy's guy."

During an interview Willis said: "Peculiar thing back home is that the liberal media was trying to portray it as a bad war.

"But being over here just a couple of days, seeing how well our troops and the allied troops are being received here, (I) think the Iraqi people are happy we're here," the Hollywood star said.

Willis will also visit troops in Kuwait

"Children are being taken care of, starting being inoculated, starting being looked after. Wherever these guys go they get thumbs up. They no longer have to contend with the terrorist leader," Willis said.

But the star later admitted he had not met many Iraqis because he had been travelling the country by helicopter.

Willis, a Republican party supporter, was one of the few celebrities to publicly back the US' stance during the recent war on Iraq, which was led by President Bush.

Willis recently played a US special forces commander sent in to rescue medical staff in war-torn Nigeria in the film Tears of the Sun.

[honeygrl]

5th element is a GREAT movie!!

[honeygrl]

"I just wish he would stop accompanying Demi and her new a-hole boytoy around town. It just doesn't look good. "

I firmly believe he keeps a good relationship with her for his kids. They seem to really get along and that is GREAT for the kids to see. He also gets to be with them a hell of a lot more than he would if they didn't stay close.

[CyberCowboy777]

BTTT

[xp38]

Bring me the head of Saddam Hussein

[bulldogs]

The Atlantis is a blast! Bring alot of money!!! You will need it.

[M0sby]

Hi there Ak,
Dan got to see him in Kuwait!
Pretty cool!
Hope your hubby saw him in a chopper!

(wouldn't that be cool?)

[M0sby]

Yes, but SO WEIRD!~
We actually almost turned it off..and then watched it and couldn't stop thinking about it!
One of those "Stick in you head" kind of movies and I don't know why!
The "Prince" like character was just wacko!

Good/weird movie though!

[LinuxRocks]

Bruce is a great guy. I really like his movies. It's good to see that there are at least a few sensible people in Hollywood, and not all of them are leftist Clinton-loving jerks.

[theDentist]

And I'm pledging a bottle of Lagavulin Scotch, and adding a pledge of a bottle of Maker's Mark Bourbon to the troops who nail that SOB, and to whoever nails OBL.

-theDentist