I am not believing that statement!!!
They turned a blind eye when Saddam ruthlessly struck against Iraqi Kurds, who lived in the border area and were dealing secretly with the Iranians.
He ended up dragged from a hole by American soldiers in December 2003, bearded, disheveled and with his arms in the air
In May 2004, a soldier pal showed me a photo album. He was there, snapping away; doing his job, when Saddam was found and removed from his hiding place. My soldier pal told me to merely whistle to him for these photos if the MSM began to lie about Saddam's capture. And I kept watch.
What the MSM did was not lie about his capture (although the mentally unwell did so) carefully realizing they could renew their agenda through showing the capture as it was, but then building a platform of denigrating all Presidential and Military and Iraqi government efforts to right the wrongs of Saddam, and building a networkwide theme of MSM coverage based on the notion that the Iraqis "didn't really want us there, they adored Saddam".
It was all carefully crafted and thought out. It was the grounds upon which their "Impeach Bush" agenda was lain.
Their chimera of metaphysically placing President Bush in that spider hole, and then declaring that he needed impeaching.
Saddam Hussein was one of the world's historic mass murderers and brutes. And had Dems been in power, they "might" have "impeached him". Saddam, IMHO, was always useful to Democrats for a ratings and fundraising increase.
And now, the Liberal Death culture, worldwide will use Saddam's death as if he were still alive to them.
This article, that you've posted, needs to be repeatedly shared, everywhere, and for a time.
It is amazing that someone was able to steal into AP and actually tell the truth.
BUMP