It's all a misunderstanding. According to these sweet little old ladies:
"Well, you see, our poor insane cousin Saddammy was in the basement getting ready to dig up the Suez Canal, so we had to dump it all into the river to keep the reverend from finding out."
112 posted on 04/04/2003 8:36:33 AM PST by P.O.E.
(God Bless and keep safe our troops.)