Saddam On Tapes: 'We Don't Have Anything Hidden'

news4jax ^ | 3-22-06 | AP

[OXENinFLA]

I'm posting this so you can be ready for it.

It's going to be splashed ALL OVER THE PLACE.

[OXENinFLA]

PING...

[cripplecreek]

Right off the top I'm wondering who did the translating?

[Dog]

And they ignore this document.

One such document is CMPC-2003-012666, a letter from Qusay Hussein that directs as follows:

Transfer all Kuwaiti POW's / a total of 448 captured Kuwaitis who are located at the Al-Nida Al-Agher Prison and the Intelligence / General Center and Kazema Prison in Al-Kazema, to make them human shields at all locations that are expected to be attacked by the American aggressors. Put them in communication locations and essential ministries, radio and television, Military Industrial Commissions, and all other locations expected to be attacked by the criminal Anglo-American aggressors.

In addition to the barbarity of using prisoners as human shields, it should be noted that these documents constitute a clear refutation of the official position of the Iraqi government, which claimed from 1996 onwards that while it had taken 126 Kuwaitis prisoner during the Gulf War, they were no longer in Iraqi custody. Clearly, the Iraqi regime had no intention of releasing all of its Gulf War prisoners under any circumstances, but rather chose to retain them for the apparent purpose of creating the appearance of civilian casualties for propaganda purposes during the U.S. bombing campaign

[mewzilla]

It's an AP story. With no complete quotes. We'll have to look at the transcript of the tape in question. You can't tell jack from this story.

[rhombus]

Well who had these tapes? Anyone besides Iraq? Is there nothing more? This article seems a little light on the details. But you are correct, this will be splashed all over the place because it fits into the "No WMD" mantra. Then where was the unaccounted for WMD?

[AD from SpringBay]

That's exactly right - this will be the one released document that will be ALL OVER the MSM.

[carlr]

If they didn`t have anything hidden,why were they determined to appear to be hiding something.

To me this sounds like an act,trying to propagate a deception as to what the former Iraqi government was up to.

[AD from SpringBay]

And who was president in '96 and didn't he and his people (and I use the term to some distinction) continue to believe Saddam had WMDs?

[Straight Vermonter]

Repeatedly, Saddam and his lieutenants reminded each other that Iraq destroyed its chemical and biological weapons in the early 1990s

Methinks thou dost protest too much.

[Wasanother]

When the MSM justifies their assertions with their reasoning Saddam kicked out the Weapon's Inspectors in 1998 then they may have a leg to stand on but until then all their reporting is just speculation. They claim Bush cherry-picked intelligence but it looks like the media is cherry-picking documents.

[mewzilla]

Here's another AP report from the Seattle P-I. More info there. They don't specify which transcript this was taken from, so there's no way to verify what's being reported.

[beyond the sea]

Saddam On Tapes: 'We Don't Have Anything Hidden'

AP half-*ss tript.

Old Media gas --- SeeBS lead.

[Tarpon]

Isn't it obvious Saddam would tell some of his friends he had nothing, and some of his friends the truth?

[cripplecreek]

Unless you or I speak whatever dialect of arabic that's being spoken, the translator or editorcan say whatever they want.

It could just as easily be that the actual statement "No one will find where our weapons are hidden" can be changed to "No hidden weapons" Let's not forget fake but accurate.

[mewzilla]

Actually, if I read the story from the above link correctly, the they're talking about more than one transcript. In which case I'm really beginning to wonder about cherry picking.

[OldYank1]

"Repeatedly, Saddam and his lieutenants reminded each other that Iraq destroyed its chemical and biological weapons in the early 1990s, and shut down the nuclear-bomb program. At one point, a frustrated Saddam exclaimed, "We don't have anything hidden!""

This sounds like a classic "mis-information" statement to me. Why would Saddam and his lieutenants "repeatedly remind" each other that they have no programs if not to make a point to someone they wanted to eventually receive the tape?

[stm]

Hooosain is a pathological liar. I would not believe him if he said the sun was shining on a bright sunny day.

But to our lamesteam media he's a much maligned, misunderstood man. To intelligent people, he's a maniacal, psychopathic butcher.

[Fresh Wind]

"But Officer, I swear I don't have any idea where that pot came from. It must have been dropped by that hitchhiker I picked up."

[DB]

Right...

I believe that...

Right...