I have been captured
My Regime has fallen
And my sons are dead. But I have some good news . .
Posted on 07/26/2004 11:08:51 AM PDT by Gucho
LONDON July 26, 2004 — Saddam Hussein appears depressed and demoralized in solitary confinement, spending his time writing poetry, tending a garden and reading the Quran, according to a report published Monday in The Guardian newspaper. One of Saddam's poems is about George Bush, though the report did not specify whether that referred to President Bush or his father, Saddam's foe in the 1991 Gulf War.
The newspaper quoted Bakhtiar Amin, the human rights minister in the new Iraqi government, who said he had visited Saddam's cell on Saturday. Amin said he did not speak to the former Iraqi leader.
Bakhtiar said Saddam appeared "in good health and being kept in good conditions," but he "appeared demoralized and dejected," The Guardian reported.
Saddam's air-conditioned cell in a U.S. military prison is 10 feet wide and 13 feet long, Amin said. Saddam is not allowed to mix with other prisoners.
Amin had little to report on Saddam's poetry. "One of the poems is about George Bush, but I had no time to read it," Amin said.
He reported that Saddam was being treated for high blood pressure and a chronic prostate infection, and was gaining weight after losing 11 pounds during a time when he resisted all fatty foods.
Saddam and other detainees get an MRE (meal ready to eat) breakfast, and hot food twice a day, Amin said. Dessert might include oranges, apples, pears or plums, but Saddam also likes American muffins and cookies, The Guardian quoted Amin as saying.
Saddam is not allowed newspapers, TV or radio, but has access to 145 books mostly travel books and novels donated by the Red Cross.
Amin said Saddam tends a garden during his daily three-hour exercise period.
"He is looking after a few bushes and shrubs and has even placed a circle of white stones around a small palm tree," said Amin. "His apparent care for his surroundings is ironic when you think he was responsible for one of the biggest ecocides when he drained the southern marshes."
Amin, a Kurd from Kirkuk, was reportedly the first member of the new Iraqi government to visit Saddam.
During his visit, Amin said he met Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali, who allegedly ordered the use of chemical weapons against Kurds in the late 1980s; Saddam's half-brother, Barzan al-Tikriti, a former intelligence chief who was Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva until 1998; and Saddam's personal secretary, Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti.
Amin said he was approached by al-Tikriti, who was standing next to Ali Hassan al-Majid.
"Minister, what am I doing here?" Amin quoted al-Tikriti as saying. "I am not like the others, I am not like Ali Hassan al-Majid." Al-Tikriti asked that the message be passed on to Kurdish leaders and to new Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
"I tried to control my emotions, but to be honest I wanted to vomit," The Guardian quoted Amin as saying.
"There before me were the men responsible for the industrial pain of Iraq mass murderers who were responsible for turning Iraq into a land of mass graves."
sure
"i yam saddam here's my will
all mine enemies I will kill
i can make iraqis all feel better
i put them all feet first into my shredder
i dig big pit and all i bury
i yam saddam - vote for kerry!"
The infidels deserve to die
The infidels I will fry
I'm still the President of Iraq
I lost nothing in the attack
I had to kill them to be a man
The infidels like Green Eggs and Ham
I do not like it Saddam I Am...
Probably goes something like that...
He's gone from BAD to VERSE!...
Note the only time the media has any criticism of him is when the environment is involved. I remember that when he unleashed oil into the sea that was a turning point for some US media (if only temporary)
A lot better condintons than anyone on this site would give him.
Sadaam is now in prison, his fate not known,
But the court is planning to kill him...
I hope they do it soon, and he will be gone.
For all his deeds Sadaam's life goes dim,
May the families he hurt be comforted along.
I see Sadaam with a noose around his neck,
his life ebbing away as the sun rises high.
Or maybe the firing line of rifles in check;
Ten or so descendents of Sadaam's victims nigh.
They are the squad to bring justice, let it fly!
A little poem of my own for the old Dictator!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1178776/posts?page=25#25
I am inclined to believe the poets on this post would put Saddam to shame :-)
Maybe he writes Haiku:
Uday and Qusay
They could run but could not hide.
Did they get Virgins?
Invading Kuwait
Thought I was like Saladin
What's with my army?
SADDAM I AM!
SADDAM I AM!
YOU MUST LIKE ME!
SADDAM I AM!
YOU MUST LIKE ME IN A RAGE!
YOU MUST LIKE ME IN A CAGE!
YOU MUST LIKE ME IN A BOX!
YOU MUST LIKE ME IN BERGER'S SOX!
SADDAM I AM!
SADDAM I AM!
....
A John Donne, he ain't.
Modern poetry doesn't rhyme. He, no doubt, writes like this:
Spider Hole!
dreary....
my palace....
infidel soldier....
captured....
Sad...damn!
If only Jabba the Hut (i.e. Michael Moore) had known he could have included some of Saddam's thoughtful poetry in his film showing what a sensitive and loving guy he really is. I'm mean contrast that with President Bush who probably doesn't even write poetry at all. Oh well, at least it more material for his next "documentary."
"If only Jabba the Hut (i.e. Michael Moore) had known he could have included some of Saddam's thoughtful poetry in his film showing what a sensitive and loving guy he really is. I'm mean contrast that with President Bush who probably doesn't even write poetry at all. Oh well, at least it more material for his next "documentary."
Mikey needs a job and start working out.
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