Saddam's son warns U.S. of huge losses in Iraq war

Reuters Alertnet ^ | 1/24/2003 | Huda Majeed Saleh

[B Knotts]

BAGHDAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) - President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday has warned the United States of huge losses and a calamity worse than the September 11 attacks on Washington if it goes ahead with plans to invade Iraq.

"It is better for them (the Americans) to keep themselves away from us," Uday was quoted as saying on Thursday night by al-Shabab (Youth) television which he owns.

"Because if they come, September 11 which they are crying over and see as a big thing will be a real picnic for them, God willing," Uday said, referring to suicide hijacker attacks in New York and Washington which killed about 3,000 people in 2001.

"They will be hurt and pay a price they will never imagine," he added, repeating similar comments in an editorial in Thursday's Babel daily, which Uday also owns.

Uday said the Americans could get more gains from Iraq without war, saying that Washington would fail in ousting President Saddam Hussein.

"They can get much more from Iraq by dialogue without resorting to the logic of force and war," he said.

The United States believes Saddam is hiding weapons of mass destruction from arms inspectors and has threatened to disarm him by force if necessary. Iraq denies having such weapons.

President George W. Bush's administration, which is building up a major military force in the Gulf area, has said the release of a U.N. Iraqi weapons inspections report on January 27 will be an "important date" in deciding how to react against Baghdad.

"They (inspectors) will discover that we do not have these things, we are not lying, we are telling the truth, we have no proscribed weapons," Uday said.

[B Knotts]

Isn't this pretty much an admission of Iraq's connection to terrorism?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Another "mother of all battles" warning?

[Thane_Banquo]

"Because if they come, September 11 which they are crying over and see as a big thing will be a real picnic for them, God willing," Uday said, referring to suicide hijacker attacks in New York and Washington which killed about 3,000 people in 2001

And we'll make the War in Afghanistan look like a love fest. We're tired of you backward camel-jockeys trying to push the civilize world around through the threat of terrorism, and we aren't afraid to destroy Iraq completely if we have to.

[anobjectivist]

I guess that means a big old bomb is hidden in Iraq and they plan to set it off as soon as we get near.

[krodriguesdc]

these guys are either nuts or they are telling the truth and they have something, WMD's, that they will use on us and israel...

I mean we have been saying all along that they have WMD's...

so they must have them...

this is freaky...

[AmericanInTokyo]

All of those in favor of throwing this chap into a pit of irate german shepherds who will then commence to ripping his testicles off, please raise your right hand.

[alloysteel]

But this report came to us through Reuters, and aren't they the people who cannot see evidence of "terrorism" or "terrorists" anywhere? Reuters won't even use the word in connection with Islamist attacks on the West.

[B Knotts]

True. I just thought that the way he threatened us with something much worse than Sept. 11 indicated an implied terroristic threat. As if he is saying that if we attack Iraq, terrorists will be dispatched to attack us.

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

They will be hurt and pay a price they will never imagine," he added, repeating similar comments in an editorial in Thursday's Babel daily, which Uday also owns.

Shut up and die Uday...

[Jeff Chandler]

All of those in favor of throwing this chap into a pit of irate german shepherds who will then commence to ripping his testicles off, please raise your right hand.

Good thing you said German Shepherds. Wouldn't want the Pit Bull NAZIs decending upon your head.

[per loin]

It is also a violation of 1441:8 which reads that the Security Council of the UN:

8. Decides further that Iraq shall not take or threaten hostile acts directed against any representative or personnel of the United Nations or the IAEA or of any Member State taking action to uphold any Council resolution;

[vin-one]

Hey Uday, u-day is coming soon,
stay as far away from daddy as u-can.
because he is about to come apart at the seams,
or should I say blow apart at the seams.
The data is coming linking this bastard to the 9-11 attacks,
then watch out, your ass is grass.....
and the U.S. is a bid lawn mower coming to clean it up.......

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Yes!

[homeschool mama]

**"They can get much more from Iraq by dialogue without resorting to the logic of force and war," he said. **

Talk is cheap, bucko Uday.

Yes, B Knotts, this is indeed an admission of terrorism, imho.

[isthisnickcool]

Uday, like many others* before him, has not yet figured out that he is playing with the mother of all poker players. Bluffing isn't the brightest move in this game.

*Ann Richards, Texas Dems., Texas Media, National Dems., National Media, John McCain, Al Gore, Joe Leiberman, Florida Supreme Court, Eurotrash, Most of Congress, Carville, Begalla, etc,etc,etc.....

[nhoward14]

OMG! LOL

C'mon Dubya! Go line item by line item through 1441 and And while FRance and Germany are going around saying we are misinterpreting the resolution.... unleash Hell.

[marshmallow]

Are there any media outlets in Iraq which Uday doesn't own?

Saddam and his perfidious family remind me of the Ceaucescu clan in Romania. Complete leeches. This young punk knows his chances of succeeding daddy are going down the crapper and he's got his mouth in overdrive.

[CougarGA7]

OK. First off. Isn't Uday just DU in pig latin?

Second. All I would have to say to Uday is BRING IT. I'm glad you feel so full of yourself and your country that you honestly believe that you can be so devistating. But let it be known that we are comming, and we will remove you nut jobs from power and give the Iraqi citizenship a chance at building a constructive government for themselves.

[Dead Dog]

Either that or they a bluffing. When was the last time you heard a Arab leader speak the truth.

[homeschool mama]

**All of those in favor of throwing this chap into a pit of irate german shepherds who will then commence to ripping his testicles off, please raise your right hand. **

Forget the dogs. Give me and a few other menopausal mama's 3 days off our hormones and we'll do it ourselves.