Yeah right...
Posted on 03/09/2005 11:19:27 AM PST by denver larry
A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.
Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor. Then they shouted at him in Arabic: "You have to surrender. ... There is no point in resisting."
"Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well," Abou Rabeh said.
Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon
So what would the point be in the military fabricating the story that we all know? I mean, come on, wouldn't you rather hear that we got in an "Old West" style shootout and caught the bad guy? Isn't that better than, "Well we found him in a hole"???
Nope - don't believe it either. Why wait this long to come out with it? Just another weak attempt to discredit us.
Nope - don't believe it either. Why wait this long to come out with it? Just another weak attempt to discredit us.
No and my brother, a cop met one of the capture tream members because he had carried a patch from his department with him and when he returned he visited them. Not true at all.
They grabbed him out of the hole and gave him greetings from W!
No need to read any further.
good logic
Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon
I have heard of this..dan rather is working on it as we speak..
Second, what is he talking about here: "Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole". What "film of Saddam's capture"? Maybe I'm out of it but I never saw any such film.
Yeah right...
What was your previous screen name before it was banned?
Can't charges be brought up against this idiot?
With his last name, and the fact that he is a "former" marine - I don't believe this. He seems to be trying to glorify saddam's description during capture.
relax, old sport
Just a note to tell you I don't love you anymore.
You kiss and tell and you can consider our engagement off.
P/S ... I'm keeping the pop top ring you gave me, you cheap bastid.
Raw meat for the Kool Aid drinkers.
Yeah...I heard the Elvis is working down at the Stop 'n Go and that Bigfoot was on the grassy knoll. Good grief. You can tell from the guy's name that he is a Lebanese muslim, if he actually exists.
And this Arab expects us to believe that ALL the other soldiers involved in the capture are lying? Not going to happen.
Do you have anything better to waste bandwidth?
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