Posted on 04/19/2003 8:14:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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[C]ylindrical UFOs spotted over Baghdad may provide clues to the puzzle of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s strange disappearance
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On Sunday, April 6, 2003, at about 1 a.m. Baghdad time, five cylindrical UFOs were seen hovering over the Khulfafa mosque in the Shebab district, on the east bank of the Tigris River. The faintly luminous cylinders were "caught by a fixed, night-vision camera" and aired live on FOX (which would have been 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2003 in the USA--J.T.)
"My friend Hiba Rashid said there was a UFO sighting in Shebab early Sunday morning, but she provided no details," said Ayesha al-Khatabi, one of UFO Roundup’s Middle East correspondents. "I have not heard from her since Baghdad was overrun by the Anglo-American coalition. She lives in Arassat (a residential area on the south side of Baghdad--J.T.). Her family was preparing to flee across the Tigris to Karada (district) when last I heard from her."
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The "hot gossip" in Iraq’s UFO community attributes both of Saddam’s incredible escapes to a group of alleged aliens hiding out in Iraq. According to this legend, a UFO crash-landed in Iraq during either Gulf War 1 in 1991 or during Operation Desert Fox in 1998. Saddam supposedly granted the aliens sanctuary in Iraq in exchange for technological information that would keep his armed forces on a par with his enemies--the USA, UK and Israel. The aliens were reportedly staying at an underground base in Zarzi or the ancient citadel of Qalaat-e-Julundi, both located in the as-Zab as-Saghir (Little Zab) river valley north of Tikrit.
"Once again, they say the aliens saved the lives of Saddam and his sons," Mohammed Daud al-Hayyat stated. "They appeared at the Mansur house while the American bomber was enroute. They shined the mysterious beam at the wall, and once again the circle of light, or portal or vortex or whatever it is you UFO Roundup people call it, was created. Saddam, Uday, Qusay and Abid Hammoud stepped into it, followed by the aliens. And then they vanished."
"When Saddam emerged from the circle of light, he found himself at the underground base in Al-Ouja. He discussed the situation with the aliens. Uday was very loud and angry. He demanded that the aliens give his father Drona Parva weapons so they could strike directly at America. The aliens ignored him."
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