Posted on 08/25/2004 11:49:47 AM PDT by rocksblues
The former ruler looked haggard, with a wild, graying beard and ratty hair. "He looked old and miserable," Samir says.
When Samir called the man names, the ousted ruler retorted, "`Don't talk to me. I'm Saddam Hussein,'" Samir recalled. "I said, `You are nobody.'"
Samir cherishes a photo of him helping pin Saddam to the ground. Before returning to the United States, Samir said his family told him to thank Bush for helping liberate Iraq.
Last month, Samir got his chance.
When Bush came to campaign July 20 in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, Samir was just one of two people tapped to meet privately with the nation's commander in chief.
"I said, `I want to give you a message, speaking from my heart. I want to thank you for what you've done to Iraq,'" Samir said.
Bush tapped the man on the shoulder and replied, "Good work. I'm proud of your help with the military."
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News like this should be all over the media. It might even help sway the people sitting on the fence with wooden stacks up their ... in Iraq.
I think Chris Matthews is having this guy as a guest tonight--hee, hee--only kidding.
I think that I read somewhere that this guy got to pop Madass one in the schnoz.
By his account, Samir greeted the deposed ruler — the man with a $25 million bounty on his head as then one of the world's most-wanted fugitives — with a few punches, kicks and profane insults
You're right- I skimmed right over that.
I hope this guy is able to get the rest of his family over here. We need more like him!
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