SADDAM'S EXIT STRATEGY
Posted on 12/14/2003 6:17:00 PM PST by blam
Saddam's young grandkids break down in tears
December 14 2003 at 07:03PM
Amman - Grandchildren of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who sought haven in Jordan with their mothers in July, broke down in tears when they were told Sunday of his capture, parents of their schoolmates told AFP.
Raghad and Rana Saddam Hussein and their nine children were granted refuge in Jordan, where they live in a former palace of King Abdullah II's late father, King Hussein, on a hill in eastern Amman.
Their children attend two exclusive private schools in Jordan, where the families have kept a low profile since arriving in the kingdom from Syria.
"When news of Saddam's capture became known, school officials gathered the children in the principal's office at both schools and informed them of what had happened and the children broke down in tears," one parent said.
'The children broke down in tears' "The children were shielded from the rest of their schoolmates until their drivers came and took them home to be with their mothers," the parent, who declined to be named, added.
Meanwhile the regional correspondent of the Dubai-based Arab satellite television, Al-Arabiya, told AFP that one of Saddam's daughters was also stricken by reports of his capture.
Silawi said he spoke on the telephone from Dubai with Raghad. "She was crying and kept on repeating 'I wished I had never lived to this day'," he said.
Raghad and Rana suffered from their father's sadistic streak just like the rest of the Iraqi population, seeing their husbands and their families exterminated on his orders.
On August 8, 1995 the two women, their husbands, General Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid and his brother Colonel Saddam Kamel, along with about 30 members of the Majid family, spectacularly defected to Jordan.
'I wished I had never lived to this day' Two days later, from the safety of his refuge across the border, Hussein Kamel appealed in an AFP interview for the Iraqi people to rise up and overthrow his father-in-law's regime.
The Kamel brothers were killed in February 1996 on orders from Saddam who had lured them back home with a promise of an amnesty. - Sapa-AFP
The real tears are yet to come.
At least there's one thing I can agree with
Their children attend two exclusive private schools in Jordan, where the families have kept a low profile since arriving in the kingdom from Syria.
"When news of Saddam's capture became known, school officials gathered the children in the principal's office at both schools and informed them of what had happened and the children broke down in tears," one parent said.
'The children broke down in tears' "The children were shielded from the rest of their schoolmates until their drivers came and took them home to be with their mothers," the parent, who declined to be named, added.
Such privilege - words fail me.
Heh... I tend to be somewhat dyslexic and have to read things several times to determine if they say what I thought, so I'll stop there...
Off she goes!
Yup, have we located the missing $1B.
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