[The Great Satan]

"The timing is definitely suspicious," he said. "I have no insights as to who or why. I know what the impact is, which was to prevent me from getting on an airplane as I planned to do so ... to fly to Baghdad."

How did this prevent Ritter from flying to Baghdad, exactly?

[Rockiesrider]

"The timing is definitely suspicious," he said. "I have no insights as to who or why. I know what the impact is, which was to prevent me from getting on an airplane as I planned to do so ... to fly to Baghdad."

How did this prevent Ritter from flying to Baghdad, exactly?"

What it prevented was Saadam Hussein no longer needs his service. He's tainted goods. I guess the cash payments to his Swisse account will now stop.