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Saddam's half brother pleads to be freed from jail
10WAVY-TV.com ^ | Oct 28, 2005

Posted on 10/28/2005 11:11:50 AM PDT by Hadean

CAIRO, Egypt Saddam Hussein's half-brother and former intelligence chief is begging to be let out of jail so his spinal cancer can be treated.

The man (Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti) is standing trial with Saddam on charges of crimes against humanity. A letter printed in a Saudi-owned paper quotes him as saying there's no treatment available for him in prison, and that he had nothing to do with Saddam's rule.

He's calling on President Bush and other world leaders for help.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: altikriti; iraq; saddam; saddamfamily; saddamtrial; trial

1 posted on 10/28/2005 11:11:51 AM PDT by Hadean
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To: Hadean
Saddam's former intelligence chief had nothing to do with Saddam's rule? That's kinda hard to swallow.

That said, send him to a hospital for treatment... and then try him when he's fit enough.
2 posted on 10/28/2005 11:14:20 AM PDT by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: Hadean
he had nothing to do with Saddam's rule

No, I think he is being held on charges of murders he committed all by himself. Is he afraid of meeting Allah face to face?

3 posted on 10/28/2005 11:14:26 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Hadean
Saddam's half brother pleads to be freed from jail
Yeah, I don't think ol' Barazan has quite caught on to this new concept of justice sweeping Iraq.

 
4 posted on 10/28/2005 11:14:27 AM PDT by counterpunch (JRB in '05 = GOP in '06)
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To: Hadean
I am sure allah will be merciful...
5 posted on 10/28/2005 11:14:27 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: Hadean
... nothing to do with Saddam's rule.

“Former intelligence chief” would seem to contradict that.

6 posted on 10/28/2005 11:14:41 AM PDT by dighton
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To: Hadean
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7 posted on 10/28/2005 11:15:06 AM PDT by stm
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To: Hadean

Sure, he's just the fun loving Roger Clinton of Iraq.


8 posted on 10/28/2005 11:15:15 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: Hadean

Let him halfway out.


9 posted on 10/28/2005 11:15:57 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Eff the ineffable. Scru the inscrutable.)
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To: Hadean

Tell us what you know about 9-11 and then we can talk, Barazan. Deal?


10 posted on 10/28/2005 11:19:06 AM PDT by Blue State Insurgent (Go to bed, Zotty!)
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To: Hadean

I am certain, the Iraqi Gov't is giving him the best medical care available for mass murdering bastards of humanity.


11 posted on 10/28/2005 11:21:19 AM PDT by Treader (Hillary's dark smile is reminiscent of Stalin's inhuman grin...)
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To: Hadean

Send him to a Kurdish hospital for treatment!


12 posted on 10/28/2005 11:21:35 AM PDT by Owl558 (Pardon my spelling)
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To: Owl558

I believe if they were to string him up by tying his arms behind his back and raising in by his wrists this could indeed have an influence on his suffering spinal chord. Hey it's worth a try after all his intelligence goons used this "treatment" quite often and with great success.


13 posted on 10/28/2005 11:26:44 AM PDT by marlon
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To: DrHamberly

Well I was trying to make a play off of his spinal chord and the stringing up with hands behind the back was one of the Iraqi's favorite torture methods. But, hey Doc I will defer to you on this one, sounds good to me. Whatever gets them talking.


15 posted on 11/02/2005 8:08:10 AM PST by marlon
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To: Hadean

I hear a distant violin playing "My Heart Weeps For You"


16 posted on 11/02/2005 8:11:04 AM PST by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: Hadean

So Saddam's half brother is Howard Dean then? hahahahahahahah! I just wanted to say that.

Seriously, this shows how bad Sadam was and why we had to go after him. Bush is right and the Democrats will ALWAYS be wrong about the war!


17 posted on 11/02/2005 5:11:53 PM PST by REP200 (.)
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