Could Saddam Hussein be striking a last-minute deal?

Aljazeera ^ | April 9, 2003

[kjam22]

Why would Russia want to cut him a deal? He controls no oil. He controls nothing. What would it benefit Russia? This makes no sense.

[Valin]

Right do you want to be shot, hang, poisoned, or fed into a shreader?

[SkiHatGuy]

Or eaten by 4 starving Dobermans?

[Valin]

Come on Saddam! tick tock tick tock, lets go I ain't got all day.

[HarryCaul]

Yeah, I'm sure he can trust the Russians now. What does he have to offer now? No oil. Maybe a little money, but that has limits. Some intel, though I imagine we'll end up with most of that.

Let him run to Russia. They'll use him up and throw him away. He'll have a "bad cold" along the lines of those Soviet leaders in the 80s soon enough.

[djharley67]

Couldn't we "oops" a missile into the Russian Embassy?

[resistance]

Do you suppose billions of dollars as a bribe might motivate someone?

[Izzy Dunne]

Why would Russia want to cut him a deal? He controls no oil. He controls nothing.

One word for you:
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Gefreiter]

I agree with KJam. How the Russians are in any position to guarantee anything is beyond me. And then, what Saddam has to bargain with is also a mystery. Maybe he would order his "elite" Republican Guard to stop absorbing so much US ammo...?

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[salmon76]

Announce with a loud speaker in the streets, "Saddam is in the Russian Embassy!". The Iraqi civilians will then take care of things (remember Romania?).

[kjam22]

If he still has access to billions of dollars.??? Russia better have gotten his payment a couple of weeks ago.

And really why take billions from Saddam when playing your cards right with the US would also net you billions and a long term oil deal?

[eureka!]

Here's the deal: Saddam, you just lay scattered about in pieces until the DNA results are in. Then, you'll be bull-dozed over and your soul will rot in Hell. Deal?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Is his corpse negotiating a final resting place? Have they found big enough pieces to bury? He's dead Jim.

[freelight]

I thought the Russians left yesterday: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/887232/posts

I'd hate for us to accidentally hit another embassy--we might start to lose plausible deniability :)

[schaketo]

The bad news is it looks like Saddam Hussein is still alive. The good news: We still get to kill him.

[SENTINEL]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

That's what I was thinking.

If this is the case, Bush's biggest challenge yet soon approaches.

[3AngelaD]

Maybe the Russian sense of irony is so strong that they are thinking about exiling him to Siberia.