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SADDAM'S SON [Qusay] 'SEEN ALIVE'
Sky News ^ | 4-12-03

Posted on 04/12/2003 10:25:12 AM PDT by Prince Charles

SADDAM'S SON 'SEEN ALIVE'

Baghdad residents have said Saddam Hussein's younger son Qusay survived the bomb attack aimed at wiping out the Iraqi leadership.

Locals near the restaurant flattened by US bombs told a Reuters journalist they saw Qusay leave the area alive.

A B-1 bomber dropped four 2,000-pound bombs on the building in the Mansur district on Monday after the CIA received a tip that Saddam and sons Qusay and Uday were inside.

One local couple said they saw Qusay, Saddam's heir, driven away in a government-issue Peugeot 306 car with an AK-47 rifle on his lap about 15 minutes after the bombing.

Saddam's fate remains a mystery.

American intelligence services reportedly tapped into communications between former Iraq officials.

"They were telling each other they think he's dead," an official told the Washington Post.

"We don't know if they really know or not, or if they are trying to fool us."

A senior intelligence official told The New York Times that US authorities were "leaning more towards the idea that he is dead."

Last Updated: 17:29 UK, Saturday April 12, 2003


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdad; bombing; decapitation; hussein; iraq; jdam; mansur; qusay; saddam; war; warlist
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1 posted on 04/12/2003 10:25:12 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Prince Charles
Maybe 30 years from now we'll find this guy living in total obscurity as a farmer in Venezuela...but I doubt it.

2 posted on 04/12/2003 10:26:48 AM PDT by ChemistCat (My new bumper sticker: MY OTHER DRIVER IS A ROCKET SCIENTIST)
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To: All
Hi mom!
3 posted on 04/12/2003 10:28:21 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: Prince Charles
driven away in a government-issue Peugeot

With the French flag flapping on the antenna no doubt. And ChIraq at the wheel.

4 posted on 04/12/2003 10:37:33 AM PDT by PoisedWoman (Fed up with the CORRUPT liberal media)
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To: Prince Charles
in a french car- that brings this thing full circle, doesn't it
5 posted on 04/12/2003 10:40:27 AM PDT by monafelice (There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.)
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To: Prince Charles
"Elvis has left the building."

5.56mm

6 posted on 04/12/2003 10:46:33 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: ChemistCat
Well, I knew he was alive because I received the following e-mail yesterday:

[HEADER MATERIAL REMOVED]

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence I have for you, your Company and God irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the business I am about to introduce to you, I want to remain positive having the faith, the will and convincing myself that you will be interested and capable to do business with me. This business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and it’s success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a high level of confidentiality as regard this transaction.

I am the son of the late Saddam Hussain, former leader of Iraq. I seek your assistance to enable me transfer the sum of US$17,000,000.00 (Seventeen million United States Dollars) into your private/company account. The fund came about as a result of a contract awarded and executed on behalf of my Ministry, the Federal Ministry of Internal Revenue and Income.

I am forbidden by international law to tranfer these funds to an account outside Iraq. Hence this message to you seeking your assistance so as to enable me to transfer these US$17,000,000.00 (Seventeen Million United States Dollars) into your provided account from their current location before United States, United Nations or Interpol officials locate this hidden account. On actualization, the fund will be disbursed as stated below. 1. 30% of the fund will be for you as beneficiary 2. 10% for reimbursement to both parties for incidental expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction. 3. 60% of the fund will be for me, which I intend to invest in your country with you as my partner.

All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for a smooth actualization of the transaction within the next few working days of commencement, however, time is off the essence. For further details as to the workability of this transaction, please respond by return mail on my confidential Email DELETED@XXXXX.XXX. Thank you and God bless as I'm anxiously waiting for your urgent response. Please when replying, indicate your confidential Tel and Fax numbers & provide a company name you would like us to use in applying for payment for urgent conclusion of the transaction. NOTE: Your line of business does not matter, only that you must keep this transaction close to your heart at all times.

Yours Faithfully,

Quesay Saddam
7 posted on 04/12/2003 10:50:42 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: No Truce With Kings
ROTFL !!!!!!!!!!
8 posted on 04/12/2003 10:53:47 AM PDT by Porath (Porath)
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To: Prince Charles
"...though Qusay has been seen, there has still been no sign of Saddam's other sons; Uday, Ebay, Omay, Urlycay, and Arrylay. Additionaly, there has been speculation that his nephew Empshay has had his eyes poked out by Omay, when he forgot to put his hand on his nose."

Nik
9 posted on 04/12/2003 10:56:36 AM PDT by Nik Naym
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To: Nik Naym
Late word is that OdeeDoodaDay hasn't been seen either.
10 posted on 04/12/2003 10:58:35 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Nik Naym
Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck. Good one. Gotta love the Stooges!!!
11 posted on 04/12/2003 11:01:45 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (Never draw to an inside straight)
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To: Prince Charles
OdeeDoodaDay

PERFECT ! ROF !!!

12 posted on 04/12/2003 11:02:10 AM PDT by Neenah
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To: ChemistCat
Uday is still alive!

He was spotted in downtown Baghdad and recognized by his distinctive mustache!

After all, how many Iraqi men have you seen who have grown a mustache?

13 posted on 04/12/2003 11:06:15 AM PDT by albee
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To: Prince Charles
Even if he's alive, wouldn't he be deaf?
14 posted on 04/12/2003 11:55:49 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan
Good one!
15 posted on 04/12/2003 12:13:51 PM PDT by mtnwmn
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To: Arthur McGowan
Even if he's alive, wouldn't he be deaf?

Not if when he was out in the parking lot he had someone's legs wrapped around his ears.
16 posted on 04/12/2003 12:16:25 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: ChemistCat
30 Years from now he will be in France selling shoes.
17 posted on 04/12/2003 12:21:35 PM PDT by CathyRyan
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To: Porath
ROFL!
18 posted on 04/12/2003 12:22:59 PM PDT by CathyRyan
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To: M Kehoe
"Elvis has left the building."

and maybe - - - -
Saddam has left with the building!

19 posted on 04/12/2003 12:27:55 PM PDT by Freeper
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To: Prince Charles
With Uday and Qusay dead I heard that long last brother Ebay will have control for Iraq for the foreseeable future.
20 posted on 04/12/2003 12:28:00 PM PDT by CathyRyan
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