Saddam to deliver message within three days: unknown Iraqi group

Agence France Presse ^ | April 29, 2003 | Staff

[AntiGuv]

DUBAI (AFP) - A previously unknown Iraqi group opposed to the US presence said deposed president Saddam Hussein was to deliver a message to his country within three days.

"President Saddam Hussein was not killed. He is still alive. He is going to address a message to Iraqis and to the (Arab) nation within 72 hours," the group calling itself Iraqi Resistance and Liberation said in a letter published Tuesday by the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

The letter said Saddam "has come across evidence that some Iraqi officials had long been involved with American and British intelligence."

The mysterious organization stressed it was not "the remnants of the (ousted) Iraqi government," despite comments similar to those made by the regime, particularly information minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf, before US troops rolled into central Baghdad on April 9.

The group denounced what it called "a disinformation campaign" by the United States to hide losses at the hands of the "courageous resistance."

The organization claimed US forces in Iraq have suffered 1,300 deaths and more than 3,000 wounded and that British troops have suffered 211 deaths.

The US Defense Department says 137 US military personnel have been killed in the Iraqi conflict. The British say 31 of their troops have died.

Al-Quds al-Arabi is edited by Abdul Bari Atwan, a Palestinian known for his pro-Saddam sympathies.

[AntiGuv]

Doesn't seem to have been posted yet. Not sure whether this should be in humor..

[AntiGuv]

The organization claimed US forces in Iraq have suffered 1,300 deaths and more than 3,000 wounded and that British troops have suffered 211 deaths.

Baghdad Bob appears to have found a new home.. ;)

[areafiftyone]

Looks like it was posted here HERE in breaking news.

[Just another Joe]

"President Saddam Hussein was not killed. He is still alive. He is going to address a message to Iraqis and to the (Arab) nation within 72 hours,"

I'll believe it when I see him holding a copy of the New York Times that isn't two weeks old.

[kinghorse]

Queu up Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits

Sto-machs roasting on an open fire
Infidels knocking at the door

Da da da dadada daaaaa

[nevergore]

Aren't our stomachs supposed to be roasting now?

This is going to be a long thread......

NeverGore

[dighton]

[TheCause]

He's DEAD, Jim!

[M Kehoe]

"He's dead Jim."

Along with binny boy, all we need is both of them photographed with a current edition of the NYT (Old Gray Drag Queen).

5.56mm

[Mister Magoo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/902504/posts

[Joe Hadenuf]

And the UN will ask for him to be reinstated since no WMD were found.....

[conservativeinbflo.]

yeah, this was posted earlier...
i'm prepared to see a Kung-Fu movie type deal-- you know, old footage of Saddam with his lips moving, but really, REALLY bad dubbing/voiceover work. HA HA!! maybe it'll be his corpse, and they manipulate him like a marionette (sorry to be so grim... it is sort of funny...).

[xJones]

Why am I not surprised? It's reported by our good friends, Agence France Presse, hoping again.

[ASA Vet]

Is this another Elivis Hussein thread?

[Our man in washington]

The message will not be verbal, however. It will be more of an olfactory nature.

[Grampa Dave]

ASA Vet Posted, Is this another Elivis Hussein thread? Is this another Elivis Hussein thread?

[Grampa Dave]

Yes, AFP, stands for Arabic Froggy Plicks,

AFP's motto is, "There no lie in our atttempts to try and embarrass America that is beneath us! We will print anything to try and embarrass President Bush and the American Military!"

[ASA Vet]

I sure hate it when I do that. Why are you always the one to catch my mistakes?

[Grampa Dave]

We will try again as the cartoon got lost.

ASA Vet Posted, Is this another Elivis Hussein thread?

[saquin]

Ya know, this could be a good thing. How much do you want to bet that if "Saddam" gives a message in a few days, indicating he may be alive, a lot of those Iraqis screaming "U.S. Get Out" will change their tune? It's easy to be brave when they think Saddam is gone. As soon as they doubt that, they'll be running to hide behind our skirts (not that our guys wear skirts, mind you. But you get my point.)