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Radio Tikrit 'raps' Saddam Hussein (CIA plays parody of Coolio's 'Gangsters Paradise' from Kuwait)
BBC News ^
| April 12, 2003 SGT
| BBC Monitoring staff
Posted on 04/14/2003 7:07:48 AM PDT by ewing
A radio station thought to be backed by the Central Intelligence Agency has been broadcasting a gangsta rap parody of Saddam Hussein to Iraq.
The radio has a Saddam impersonator comedically rapping out a massage in English and Arabic to the tune of Coolio's hit 'Gangsta's Paradise.'
Against the background of studio laughter, the singer proclaims he had the devil by his side but now the game is up.
'If you don't like me, I kill you. I am Saddam,' he sings in an English segment.
'Bush wanna kick me, I don't know why, and if I call him, he does me goodbye.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: coolio; gangstasparadise; radiotikrit; weirdal
That's why they gave up so fast!
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:07:48 AM PDT
by
ewing
To: All
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:09:19 AM PDT
by
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:12:24 AM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
Weird Al is working for the CIA?!
To: ewing
Nice pic. I thought Coolio still wanted to kick Weird Al's butt. I guess they hugged and made up. : ) How does one post a pic to this site?
To: DeuceTraveler
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posted on
04/14/2003 10:13:29 AM PDT
by
ILBBACH
(Rock sucks! Classical rules!)
To: ewing
Wow! This is definitely the way to win people over.
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posted on
04/14/2003 10:24:25 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: tophat9000
I've always suspected Weird Al was a spook.
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posted on
04/14/2003 12:16:15 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: DeuceTraveler
I thought there was some animosity between the two as well.
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posted on
04/14/2003 12:16:44 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: xm177e2
The song is probably all over the file sharing services now..
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posted on
04/14/2003 12:17:39 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
There was, and Al felt terrible about it. He always asks permission before he parodies someone's music. As I understand it, someone who works for him had supposedly cleared it with Coolio. In reality, Coolio never heard that Al was working on the number.
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posted on
04/14/2003 12:22:07 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: ewing
Does anyone know if this song is anywhere on the net?
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posted on
04/14/2003 2:00:56 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: ewing
Iraqis read newspapers distributed by U.S.Marine PysOps officers attached to the British 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment, in and around al Qurna, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday April 14, 2003. The daily Arabic language broadsheet newspaper is being produced by coalition forces, and featured a large picture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Baghdad statue being toppled.(AP Photo/Chris Ison Pool)
An unidentified U.S.Marine PysOps officer attached to the British 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment, distributes newspapers to Iraqi people in and around al Qurna, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday April 14, 2003. The daily Arabic language broadsheet newspaper is being produced by coalition forces, and featured a large picture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Baghdad statue being toppled.(AP Photo/Chris Ison, Pool)
An unidentified U.S.Marine PysOps officer attached to the British 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment, and wearing that unit's distinctive red beret, distributes newspapers to Iraqi people in and around al Qurna, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday April 14, 2003. The daily Arabic language broadsheet newspaper is being produced by coalition forces, and featured a large picture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Baghdad statue being toppled.(AP Photo/Chris Ison Pool)
An unidentified British officer of 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment, distributes newspapers to Iraqi people in and around al Qurna, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday April 14, 2003. The daily Arabic language broadsheet newspaper is being produced by coalition forces, and featured a large picture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Baghdad statue being toppled.(AP Photo/Chris Ison Pool)
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posted on
04/14/2003 2:17:12 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the braveā¦there'd be no land of the free.)
To: ewing
I've always suspected Weird Al was a spook. CIA agent, for the uninitiated to such slang. Wouldn't want any misunderstanding.
To: ewing
Number one with a bullet!!!
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posted on
04/14/2003 2:44:18 PM PDT
by
AgentEcho
(If you're in a fair fight you've done something wrong.)
To: ewing
Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699
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posted on
04/14/2003 2:48:02 PM PDT
by
Liberal Classic
(Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est.)
To: xm177e2
I found it at
www.iraq4u.com The name of the song is "DJ-Saddam" by Joe Guitar. Very funny stuff.
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