Posted on 12/14/2003 10:01:57 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
In his first interview with interrogators, former Iraqui dictator Saddam Hussein has admitted to hiding in the Hobbit Hole for months.
"I thought it would be the last place anyone looked for me," he said. "Like my hometown of Tikrit it's closed, insular. The inhabitants spend all their time talking to each other about Hobbits, Orcs, Gandalf, and Frodo. Sort of like the Camel market, only stranger. With my new beard, I figured I'd blend right in."
Military officials admit that the thought of wading through tens of thousands of posts and replies in search of the tyrant was a daunting task. "It was assisted greatly by the turn over from thread IV to V," Major B. Baggins was quoted as saying, "We probably caught him right as he prepared to flee to either the Laci Peterson threads, or Michael Jackson threads."
I say we just crank up Saddam's plastic shredder one more time. Out of courtesy, he gets to choose whether he jumps in head-first or feet-first. It's still more merciful than some of the deaths he and his buddies have invented.
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