Saddam's Bodyguard Reveals Secret Arsenal

Gordon homas.ie ^ | 1/28/2003 | Gordon Thomas

[theDentist]

That's his son... the one in charge of Security. But if he has ambition.... ;-)

[Cultural Jihad]

An interesting read. BTTT.

[VOA]

bump

[Howlin]

I want to know about this Bill Tierney guy. Where the heck did he come from all of a sudden?

[FairOpinion]

Saddam's Bodyguard Reveals Secret Arsenal
By Gordon Thomas
Saddam's senior bodyguard has fled from Iraq with details of Saddam's secret arsenal.
His revelations come the day the UN inspectors report to the Security Council whether they have found a smoking gun that will trigger war.
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Just an observation:
Funny, nobody believed any of this, when Debka broke this story a week ago: Jan. 20 & 21 and now, a week later it's "the smoking gun we've been waiting for". Maybe Debka is right occasionally?

Saddam’s Sacked Bodyguard: I know where the weapons are…

DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Interview – Contd.

January 21, 2003, 9:14 PM (GMT+02:00)

First part of interview appeared on January 20

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=247

Where are the weapons of mass destruction?

In the desert. It is a vast expanse, and they have cameras…the minute someone approaches, such as UN personnel, they move to another place. Tikrit is closest to the site. Weapons are also located in Baghdad.

There’s a place called Ouja, near Tikrit. It’s a peninsula of sand dunes. I saw with my own eyes bunkers that move from place to place inside the dunes, underground. It is simply unbelievable. It is done by remote control.

[Marysecretary]

Hey, Travis. I like that quote! Mind if I use it? (smile)

[Indy Pendance]

Just an observation:
Funny, nobody believed any of this, when Debka broke this story a week ago: Jan. 20 & 21 and now, a week later it's "the smoking gun we've been waiting for".
Maybe Debka is right occasionally?

Just an observation:
If this 'broke' a week ago, why haven't any major news sources reported it?
If this was the "the smoking gun we've been waiting for", how come only Debka and Thomas know about it?

[Marysecretary]

Haha! Wouldn't that be a hoot? He'd be out of business for sure and have to go back to working for a living. OOOHHH, how sweeeet it issss.

[Eternal_Bear]

I'm waiting for Debka to break the story of Saddam's nuclear armed fire breathing Godzilla platoon now deploying off our coastal cities.

[knak]

Obviously, they've never heard of washdown systems...

me either, but that's cool

[knak]

face on a key padanybody heard of this before?

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the ping! This is very interesting coming out at this time! Wonder if that is why Saddam was talking about traitors today and warning his military staff?

Add to this the fact that Sec of State Powell is going to be going public with more information the beginning of next week and you can see the noose tightening on Saddam.

[knak]

woops

[Indy Pendance]

"Globe-Intel has independently obtained documents smuggled out of Iraq which show he does have weapons of mass destruction that have eluded discovery by UN inspectors."

From Thomas' home page, unrelated to this story, this is the credibality link.....

"During the course of research I discovered the CIA had been the greatest pioneer of torture I'd ever come across in the West. They had enlisted a hospital attached to McGill University in Montreal and a Scots-born psychiatrist, Professor Ewan Cameron, experimented to see if it was possible to cook minds. "

From Debka:

Did you ever have an opportunity to speak with him?
I spoke to him only once in three years. I had a personal interview with him that took three quarters of an hour. I asked for the meeting. He asked for my file. He examined it and saw that I was a good soldier – I’m sure of that. I shook his hand, and there was a space of about a meter between us. He asked me where I lived in Baghdad and about my family. I wanted my family to have a home, because they did not have an apartment. He signed a paper and within three days I received an apartment. He told me: “You are young – how did you achieve such a position?” I reminded him of our first encounter. He was a generous man. Everyone in the Special Guard received an apartment after a year’s service. But my family’s situation was pressing. I had an apartment, but the problem was my family. He also asked about my own apartment and what brought me to the Special Guard.

From this story:

"I was on gate duty at one of Saddam's palaces. One night he arrived in a 10-car convoy. I checked all the vehicles and Saddam stepped out of one car and asked why I inspected them all and not just his. I told him I was not sure in which car he was travelling and that it was in his honour that I checked all the cars. He replied, 'from now on you will be at my side all the time'. He also doubled my salary".

Which is it? Personal body guard or barely knew the guy?

[honway]

The complex was build five years ago with help from Chinese engineers.

If true, this article contains some important information, in my opinion.

[honway]

FYI

[Fred Mertz]

I noticed that bit about the ChiComs. There is some speculation as to the validity of this entire news story. It sounds too good to be all true.

[Gritty]

BTTT

[Eternal_Bear]

I liked the shark pond story though. Right out of James Bond!

[Travis McGee]

I just made it up on the spot, it seems like a self evident truth!