Saddam Alive and Well, Iraqi Foreign Minister Says

reuters ^ | 3/23/03

[knak]

CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said late on Sunday that President Saddam Hussein was alive and well despite intensive U.S. and British bombing of his palaces in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

"Mr. Saddam Hussein is very well, in good condition and he is leading our people and our fight against this colonial aggression," Sabri told reporters in Cairo ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Monday.

"He is much better than Mr. (George W.) Bush and Mr. (Tony) Blair," Sabri said in a pointed reference to the leaders of the United States and Britain, which have launched an offensive to overthrow Saddam and disarm Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction.

"He is quite confident because he is a man of deep faith in God. He is loved by his own people," Sabri said, adding: "Mr. Bush is hated by his own people...by all peoples around the world."

Saddam's health and whereabouts have been difficult to verify since U.S. and British warplanes and missiles began heavy bombing of Baghdad on Thursday.

The Iraqi leader has been shown on state television since then, but there has been some skepticism outside Iraq as to whether these images were taped earlier.

U.S. and British officials have acknowledged they have no idea where, or how, Saddam is since the war started, but the Iraqi authorities have repeatedly said Saddam, his two sons and other senior ministers are safe and well.

[SCHROLL]

Hmmm, has any one seen Tariq Aziz since this whole thing started?

[Publius]

Weekend at Bernie's.

[TheyConvictedOglethorpe]

Iraqi authorities have repeatedly said Saddam, his two sons and other senior ministers are safe and well.

In a safe at the morgue, and well past rigor mortis.

[jwalsh07]

If so, not for long. Tick, tick, tick...

[meyer]

Weekend at Bernie's.

Somebody (it may have been you) made a similar reference a day or two ago. Very good (and humorous) analogy.

[vigilante2]

uuh huh sure he is!

[anobjectivist]

Better than Bush and Blair, as in with his 72 virgins?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now just a minute!

We have this:

SOS for Saddam surgeon

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[Consort]

Don't believe anyone wearing a Monica hat.

[Bogey78O]

I heard that we used the "Aziz defection" rumor to get him to have a press conference. Once they started transmitting his video we followed it back to it's source which was the bunker that got hit.

Hope it's true.

Strategery!

[AmericanMade1776]

This guys are so Riding on the River of Denial, I am expecting them to ask for a recount, in the last Presidential Election in the USA.

[lodwick]

Lying POS.

[The Great RJ]

If you believe this then you will also believe that the Titanic just docked in New York harbor.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Saddam and Tariq and the boys were all in one place last Tuesday. Hopefully, they are all taking dirt naps as I type this.

[suekas]

good one!

[Diddley]

If Saddam was alive, he missed an opportunity to pose with the American POWs.

[Semi Civil Servant]

The meeting showing a jolly Saddam and his jolly followers on Iraq TV today looked a whole lot like yesterday's meeting with a jolly Saddam and his jolly followers.

Next: a Saddam Sock Puppet giving a speech assuring his slaves he's OK.

[End_Clintonism_Now]

[Spruce]

E's pinin' for the fjords.