[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?

[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?

[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...

[johnny7]

This was posted yesterday... I believe the article was by the AP.

[SIRTRIS]

Apparatus of Lies Saddam’s Disinformation and Propaganda 1990-2003 Table of Contents Executive Summary....................................................................................4 Crafting Tragedy.........................................................................................6 Iraqi Co-Locations of Military and Civilians. Then….............................................................7 …And Now...................................................................................................................................10 Case Study: The Amiriyah Bunker-Shelter............................................................................12 Exploiting Suffering..................................................................................14 Blaming Sanctions for Regime Failure...................................................................................14 Case Study: Baby Funerals......................................................................................................16 Depleted Uranium Scare............................................................................................................18 Medical Facts on Iraqi Chemical Weapons Exposure.........................................................18 Exploiting Islam.........................................................................................20 The Hajj Shakedowns................................................................................................................21 Oppression of Shi’a Muslims ...................................................................................................22 The Gulf War: Lies About Non-Muslim Militaries in the Middle East................................23 The Gulf War: Lies About Conflicts between Muslim and Western Allies.......................24 Corrupting the Public Record..................................................................25 Self-inflicted Damage.................................................................................................................25 False Man-in-the-Street Interview............................................................................................26 Censorship...................................................................................................................................25 Covert Placement.......................................................................................................................26 Case Study: The Al-Fahd Forgery...........................................................................................28 The Gulf War: False Claims of Victory...................................................................................29 Conclusion: The Lies Continue...............................................................30 Bibliography..............................................................................................31 Endnotes....................................................................................................33 “It is not a lie when you are ordered to lie.” – a senior Iraqi biological weapons official http://www.whitehouse.gov/ogc/apparatus/apparatus-of-lies.pdf

[Flightdeck]

What a nice guy. Saddam for president!

[Williams]

I have never heard an explanation of these tapes. I assume these were semi-public meetings and they knew they were being recorded.

Any tapes on there about Sadaam ordering tens of thousands of murders, tortures, his sons raping, etc? I doubt it. Any talk of trying to blow up former President Bush?