http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/saddam/ en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:00:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411822/posts This building in Basrah, once used by Saddam Hussein as an interrogation facility, is being demolished to make way for a new Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) facility. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. BASRAH — A building once used by Saddam Hussein as an interrogation facility is being demolished to make way for a new Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal office. According to Ken Bright, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region South project engineer, the community as a whole is happy about the demolition and new construction because the facility held bad memories. “To quote the... Multi-National Force-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411822/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406698/posts The title of that article above, from the LA Times, is titled: WMD Not Point Of Iraq War. Of course it wasn't. It was One of MANY reasons for that war, one of which....and the most important in my opinion...was Saddam's support of terrorists. After 9/11 we could not allow this tyrant to continue to support our enemies while thumbing his nose at the entire world for the previous 13 years. As the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Phase II investigation report on pre-war Iraq Intelligence stated: Conclusion 10: Statements in the major speeches analyzed, as well additional statements, regarding... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406698/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:04:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406545/posts It would have been right to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein even without evidence he had weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Tony Blair has said. The former prime minister said it was the "notion" of Saddam as a threat to the region which tilted him in favour of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. But his words have attracted critics - among them Hans Blix, who was in charge of the UN team searching Iraq for WMD. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406545/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:55:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403647/posts The rationale for pushing forward in Afghanistan is that it is the “right” war, the “war of necessity,” the true base of the terrorists that attacked us on 9/11 and would try to attack us again. Essentially, those opposing the war in Iraq while supporting the war in Afghanistan try to frame the latter conflict as justified in every way the former is not. As the war in Iraq ever so slowly comes to a close and the history books begin being written, new evidence has emerged to challenge the narrative that the war in Iraq was something different than... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403647/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401309/posts HALABJA, Iraq — Six families nervously awaited the DNA tests on the young man who returned from Iran. They wondered: Could this be their son who was just an infant in 1988 and somehow lived through a deadly chemical attack by Saddam Hussein's regime? There was absolute silence as the judge announced the lab results. The man, who called himself Ali, was deemed to be the sole surviving child of 58-year-old Fatima Mohammed Salih, who had lost her husband and all her other six children in the poison gas clouds that covered the mostly Kurdish city of Halabja. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401309/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:38:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396903/posts BAGHDAD -- Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis have been greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein. The late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar's anniversary of his 2006 execution. No one seems to know who is bankrolling the so-called Saddam Channel, although the Iraqi government suspects it's Baathists whose political party Saddam once led. The Associated Press tracked down a man in Damascus, Syria named Mohammed Jarboua, who claimed to be its chairman. The Saddam channel, he said, "didn't... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396903/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396878/posts <p>PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime planned to use an anti-tank rocket to attack the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, the Czech Republic's counterintelligence service said Monday.</p> <p>Iraqi spies posing as diplomats were supposed to have carried out the attack, from a window of an apartment building near the radio's location in downtown Prague, The Czech Security Information Service, or BIS, said in a statement.</p> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396878/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396629/posts Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein. The late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar's anniversary of his 2006 execution. No one seems to know who is bankrolling the so-called Saddam Channel, although the Iraqi government suspects it's Baathists whose political party Saddam once led. The Associated Press tracked down a man in Damascus, Syria named Mohammed Jarboua, who claimed to be its chairman. The Saddam channel, he said, "didn't receive a penny... Boston Globe/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396629/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396149/posts Do Dumbocrats really think that Saddam Hussein would stand by and allow Akhmadinejad to get WMD and not want them for himself? Iran and Iraq were the bitterest of enemies, remember. They were constantly at war. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396149/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts "Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347912/posts PARIS (AFP) - Iran's exiled opposition movement said Thursday it had learned of two previously unknown sites in and near Tehran that are being used to build nuclear warheads. "Resistance sources have managed to uncover two centres that work directly on nuclear armaments and which were until now kept secret," Mehdi Abrihamtchi of the People's Mujahedeen told reporters in Paris, where his group is based. "They are places for research and production of detonation systems which is a major part of the mullah's atomic bomb project," he said, adding that his organisation had passed on the information to the UN... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347912/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341994/posts This information was published during the time period when this website was non-functional due to technical (and financial) problems. In June 2008, a Kurdish newspaper published a 2002 Iraqi intelligence document where it discusses a plan to meet with Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command of Al-Qaeda, to discuss a “revenge operation” in Saudi Arabia called for by Saddam Hussein. World Threats http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341994/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339163/posts Saddam Hussein killed more Arabs and Muslims than any other Middle Eastern leader in recent history. He committed genocide against the Kurds, launched wars of aggression against Iran and Kuwait, launched missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia, tortured innocents without compunction and imposed totalitarianism in Iraq. His regime brought unprecedented war, terror and misery to the region. Why, then, does the Butcher of Baghdad remain such a heroic figure to so many Arabs? Saddam Hussein, at the opening of his trial. Photo: AP [file] Two decades ago, famed historian Bernard Lewis wrote a prescient piece in The Wall Street Journal... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339163/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:23:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337428/posts History-like hindsight-is supposed to be 20:20, but the deliberate partisan, political divide regarding the invasion of Iraq makes that hard. It's not a new phenomenon. Long ago it was said that the true story of a war can't be told until the last of its veterans has passed away, and only a few months ago did the last World War One veteran go to his great reward. For decades after the Civil War (and some would argue even today) the debate raged on, and the healing of Southern Reconstruction didn't really start culturally until the unity of the Spanish-American War... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337428/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337169/posts History-like hindsight-is supposed to be 20:20, but the deliberate partisan, political divide regarding the invasion of Iraq makes that hard. It’s not a new phenomenon. Conspiracy theories-often fueled by politics-still rage over the 911 attacks and the invasion of Iraq. To that end, even if one believes the relationship between Iraq War and 911 attacks is a conspiracy theory, it’s worthwhile to examine if for no other reason than harvesting a better understanding. Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337169/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334176/posts Just as President Jacques Chirac was vehemently arguing against invading Iraq in late 2002, General Philippe Rondot wrote that he had been given the green light to "recover" top officials including Tariq Aziz, Saddam's foreign minister. Previously unseen extracts of Gen Rondot's private diaries were reprinted in the newspaper Libération. In a passage dated Dec 3, 2002, the general refers to an "agreement in principle to 'recover' if necessary Mr Aziz and Al-Rafai" – said to be a senior Ba'ath Party politician. The two men were believed to have been considered useful to the French while Gen Rondot knew Aziz... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334176/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:26:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332600/posts I posted this Saddam regime document translation on September 9 2006 but in light of the Associated Press despicable act to publish a picture of a dying Marine Hero, I think it is worth reposting again to show what the despicable AP is really about. Document ISGQ-2005-00026108.pdf dated July 25 2000 is a report from an Iraqi Intelligence officer to different Iraqi Intelligence Directorates talking about information provided to them from a trusted source that works in the Associated Press (AP). The information is about the formation a newly formed UN weapons inspectors team called UNMOVIC. Translation of page 4... Saddam Regime Documents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332600/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 01:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332066/posts An Aids-awareness advert depicting Adolf Hitler having unprotected sex has been condemned by mainstream health charities for stigmatising people infected with the virus. The provocative commercial, which ends with the tag-line "AIDS is a mass murder", aims to scare young people into using condoms by associating the deadly disease with the German dictator. But what appears to be a typical, if steamy, advert for perfume or underwear takes a macabre twist when the camera pans to man's face at the moment of climax - revealing him to be Adolf Hitler. "Of course there are many HIV organisations that run their... London Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332066/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:07:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319662/posts Aseel Kami, recently reported for Reuters that some officials in the current Iraqi government are making a push for the return of millions of Saddam Hussein-era Iraq documents (previously the subject of Congressional inquiries and public controversy) that were seized by the U.S. government and other non-government entities following the former regime's fall in 2003. Kami wrote: The files include intelligence papers on Iraqis kept by Saddam Hussein's feared secret police, information on weapons arsenals, detailed plans of massacres of the regime's enemies and even tapes of songs praising Saddam, officials said. Some of these files have been made public... Regime of Terror, DOD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319662/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316431/posts Assertions relating to the Saddam Hussein/al-Qaeda controversy have filled countless news articles and books and cannot be completely recapped and answered in a few articles. But despite all of the ink and bandwidth spent on the topic, there are additional questions yet to be fully explored in the eyes of many. When one attempts to dig on questions, such as what meetings actually took place between Saddam Hussein’s regime and al-Qaeda members — where they took place and when, and what was discussed — the CIA emerges as one of, if not the major, intelligence players involved in public discussion... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316431/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:43:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316167/posts Assertions relating to the Saddam Hussein/al-Qaeda controversy have filled countless news articles and books and cannot be completely recapped and answered in a few articles. But despite all of the ink and bandwidth spent on the topic, there are additional questions yet to be fully explored in the eyes of many. When one attempts to dig on questions, such as what meetings actually took place between Saddam Hussein’s regime and al-Qaeda members — where they took place and when, and what was discussed — the CIA emerges as one of, if not the major, intelligence players involved in public discussion... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316167/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:44:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304940/posts LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be asked to testify to a panel investigating the Iraq war, the head of the inquiry said Thursday. Former civil servant John Chilcot said the inquiry, set up by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, would look at British involvement in the war, covering the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July this year. "The people we invite to give evidence will be those we judge ... are best placed to supply the information we need to conduct our task thoroughly," the inquiry chairman told a news conference.... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304940/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294491/posts Saddam Hussein spent billions building dozens of vast, gaudy palaces all over Iraq, many of which are still occupied by US troops. But the Iraqi government is divided - as usual - on what to do with them once the soldiers have gone... [snip] ...‘For sale/rent: 80 presidential palaces, average unit living space half-a-million square feet. Attached gardens featuring disused swimming pools, personal zoos/nuclear bunkers etc. Rooms fitted with thrones and gold lavatories, en suite torture chamber optional. Some bomb damage. Suit megalomaniac or similar.’ Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294491/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:43:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2292754/posts Deposed Iraqi leader was armed with the pistol when Delta Force troops captured him in 2003 George Bush is not a man who does irony. It's not in his personal vocabulary. Take the exquisite irony behind the story of Saddam Hussein's gun. The weapon, a 9mm Glock 18C, was discovered by Delta Force special troops when they dug Hussein out of his fox hole outside Tikrit on 13 December 2003. The legendary beast of Baghdad emerged from the 8ft-deep hole bewildered and disorientated; with his shaggy beard and unkempt mop of hair he looked closer to a dishevelled elf than... guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2292754/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:59:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290426/posts This is one of those articles that I really REALLY hope people will read before just commenting on the headline or the quoted sections. In fact, I think it's one of the best articles I've seen on this subject in half a decade. Yes, it's long, detailed, and forces many readers to question their previously held beliefs about regime ties to the Al Queda terrorist network, but it's not the typical anti-Bush/anti-war piece or a woohoo-Bush-was-right piece either. It is EXACTLY why: members of the 911 Commission, Sen Intel Com, as well as others (and why every investigation into the... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290426/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:41:57 GMT