Regards, Ivan
Posted on 09/20/2004 2:25:02 AM PDT by MadIvan
Cairo - Toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is miserable sitting in a jail cell awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity and has begged for mercy, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published on Monday.
"He is distraught and depressed," Allawi told the Arabic daily Al-Hayat in an interview from London where the Iraqi leader is currently on a visit.
"Saddam and his cronies are not the all-powerful men that they are sometimes portrayed as in the media," said Allawi, whose government took power from the US occupation in late June.
"Saddam transmitted a message to me begging for mercy. He said they had been working for the public interest and their goal was not to do harm."
But Allawi said his response was: "It is for the courts to decide."
The man who ruled Iraq with an iron fist for 24 years was charged with seven crimes, including the massacre of Kurds and Shi'a Muslims, and the invasion of Kuwait, at his first court appearance in Baghdad in July.
A defiant and unrepentant Saddam insisted before a young special tribunal judge that he was still the legitimate president of Iraq, defended his 1990 invasion of Kuwait and gave a lecture on points of law.
He had been captured in a hole near his northern hometown of Tikrit in December, eight months after US-led invasion forces toppled his regime.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
Wow...knowing that S.O.B. is miserable has really made my Monday morning! :-)
Yes, he's been exposed as a genuine bully - all hubris, no guts.
Regards, Ivan
Yeah, let him beg for mercy, in public, with all the evidence before him. SCUMBAG. Reap the whirlwind Saddam.
Yeah, let him beg for mercy, in public, with all the evidence before him. SCUMBAG. Reap the whirlwind Saddam.
True, He had a free ride for 20+ years. SOrry Sad-Ham, but the U.S. military and Prez Bush punched your ticket. You rode the ride, now it's time to pay the price :)
This just breaks my heart.
Rot in hell you scumbag
Has Saddam done anything to call off or thrwart the insurgency? Has he led anyone to stockpiles of WMDs? If not, withhold his Wellbutrin.
"For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy"(James 2:13)
Sounds fair.
I bet he doesn't feel as bad as Dan Rather.
LOL!
Somebody with Photoshop skills needs to make a version with Dan Rather, "will forge for food".
LOL No doubt. We're watching the fifth column MSM die a miserable death and what I'm calling the The American Reawakening begin. Despite all our troubles these are great days, and I'm happy to see them. The Dem(on)s here in Santa Cruz are crapping their burkhas.
I'm fresh out of compassion.
Imagine the 10s of thousands that begged for mercy under his evil rule..Hope he rotts in hell..Love to see him break down in court ..
Wouldn't bother me a bit if this is true, but why assume Allawi is telling the truth? It's to his advantage to claim something that will dispirit the Baathists who are fighting his government.
Possibility .Most tyrants do wind up being punks though . I wouldnt doubt the story.
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