How Man Jailed By A Tyrant Repaid Him - By Leading US Troops To His Home And Earning A $30M Bounty

Independent (UK) ^ | 7-24-2003 | David Usborne

[Incorrigible]

[expatpat]

Apparently, the brothers forgot the old saying: "Visitors, like fish smell bad after three days".

[Trust but Verify]

Pay the man!

[Hildy]

How come none of the stories reported are consistant. Was he a cousin? Wasn't this area a Baathist loyal region? That's what Yahoo said. In fact, everything in this story is contrary to what Yahoo reported. Unbelievable.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Payback can be a mother!

[A_perfect_lady]

He was only released last October under a general amnesty declared by Saddam to bolster support for his regime. But bad feelings may have lingered.

LOL!! Ya THINK???

[Billthedrill]

But bad feelings may have lingered.

Yeah. Lock a guy in a cell, tear out a few toenails, beat him with electrical cable, and pretty soon off he goes in a snippy snit. There's just no pleasing some people.

[Ciexyz]

So, are the Americans going to put him in the Witness Protection Program?!

[xrp]

Veeeeeeeeeeeeeery interesting. If memory serves, one of the things that the Koran teaches is that if you give refuge to someone (anyone, even an infidel) in your house, then you are responsible for the protection of that person.

[ChemistCat]

I don't think his life will be worth much in Iraq now. He'd best take his funds OUT of the entire Muslim sphere of influence, in fact.

There may be many who will consider him a hero, but.....

[Evil Inc]

I Imagine the charming Uday was wearing a little thin...

[glorgau]

Later, Mr Zaydan was spotted sitting in the back of an American military vehicle, casually smoking as his house was blown to pieces.

He was probably doing a simple calculation as to how the cost of the house compared to $30 million. Probably wasn't worth nearly that much. :-)

[PoisedWoman]

Zaydan was spotted sitting in the back of an American military vehicle, casually smoking as his house was blown to pieces.

LOL! Cool customer, very cool. Apparently Mr. Zaydan has seen a few James Bond movies.

[river rat]

"...if you give refuge........."

Ah, but if you parse that statement...you can always claim that refuge was NOT "freely given", but assumed or demanded by the unwelcomed guests...

Therefore - the poor bastard did what a man has to do when him home is invaded ----

I'm sure he is still a Muslim in good standing... Hell - look at the lunatic murderous bastards that claim to be "reverent Muslims"...

Semper Fi

[nevergiveup]

For about three weeks, Nawaf would buy expensive foodstuffs and pay for them up front, which is very unusual for him, so I figured he had important guests.

Wait a minute. Didn't just yesterday Dubka said that the "guests' were in transit to or from Syria? And didn't Debka say that some Kurd leader or was it a cleric that ratted out on them?

Somebody must be mistaken. Who should I believe? (sarcasm off)

[mdittmar]

Zaydan's Iraq/American Restaraunt

"You wan't Chalabis Red Magloube,we got it!
Lis-san el qua-thi,no problem!
Melfoof ,only the best!

and yes,may allah forgive me,we have cheeseburgers."

[livius]

LOL! Actually, they probably smelled pretty bad on day one, since it seems that they had decided to travel together because fewer and fewer Iraqis were willing to provide them with the hospitality and lifestyle to which they were accustomed.

Obviously, the homeowner weighed his options and decided that the better ones were not on the Hussein side.

Amazing what money can do!

[pitinkie]

Prob was eyeing the guys daughters.