Posted on 10/30/2006 4:10:24 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Saddam Accepted the American Ultimatum Before the US Invasion, According to Rights and Freedom International
Monday October 30, 4:35 pm ET
TORONTO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son said today that Saddam was willing to yield to all American demands before the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- but that the Bush administration refused his offers.
The disclosure was made by Hossam Shaltout, a Canadian aerospace engineer, former American pilot, and founder of the peace organization Rights and Freedom International (http://www.rightsandfreedom.com), who said that war could have been averted, but Bush aides blocked his efforts to announce Saddam's decision.
"Saddam was willing to yield to all American demands, announced and unannounced, to reach peaceful resolution," said Shaltout, "but the Bush administration, including Elizabeth Cheney, undersecretary of State, David Welch, the U.S. ambassador in Egypt, and Gene Cretz, his political attache, did not respond to his offers."
Shaltout said he was planning to fly from Amman to Baghdad to announce Saddam's decision, but the Royal Jordanian Airlines officials claimed that the US ordered the flight to leave five hours earlier causing him to miss the flight, preventing him from announcing on CNN that Saddam would bow to the Bush ultimatum. Shaltout said he traveled by road to Baghdad, delaying him almost one day, but raced to get the communique approved from Saddam to broadcast over international TV stations broadcasting from Baghdad.
Couple of hours before the expiration of the Bush ultimatum, Saddam ordered Colonel Amer, his strongman, to facilitate Shaltout's broadcast of the communique. Colonel Amer ordered Allaa Mecky, the head of the Iraqi Channel 2 television, to accompany Shaltout and help him broadcast the communique."
It was very late at night and CNN in Baghdad was closed. So they went to al-Jazeera, and Shaltout told al-Jazeera Washington correspondent Hafez Almirazy on the air that he had the Iraqi government's official reply to the Bush ultimatum. Moments after Mirazy asked him for a brief, the plug was pulled on the transmission. Shaltout has a copy of that interrupted broadcast.
Shaltout said that when the Americans arrived in Baghdad, he offered his assistance to U.S. military officials. Instead he was arrested by Marines who went to his hotel suite taking his documents. Shaltout has the videotape of his arrest, and several supporting documents.
it's easy..there isn't one..
I wonder how 'alarming' he would have found it to be fed into a plastic shredder feet first?
Just wonderin'
That's one way to describe it, I prefer to call it what it is, yellow journalism.
My how the dying LSM likes to pick and choose.
please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please let this be a democrap tactic to try to win the election...
if this is all they have, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ha ......
Saddamn was TOLD TO LEAVE IRAQ...he would NOT...
Death in terms of murder or suicide? Either way sounds like he belongs in an asylum.
Uh yeah, before the US invasion the US had the power to pull the plug on Al Jaz right as the capitulation was being broadcast. Smell test, laugh test, high test? Sell it somewhere else, Buddy!
CNN motto: "President Saddam liked us better than AlJazeera!"
That is what I was thinking. Saddam lies. This guy is lying, Saddam could have called Bush personally. Someone should make it into a movie though should be good for a couple of laughs.
More horse sh*t.
Ping
Saddam wuzgunna do EXACTLY what we asked. Really.
No, really.
By the way, in all my years of working the track circuit, I never saw anyone cash a wuzgunna.
Hey - welcome to FR - good to see a newbie jump in on a BS subject. :o)
Saddam personally told me he lied to this guy to make him look like an idiot.
And if you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you.
It's a good thing tomorrow's the last day of October...I'M TIRED OF OCTOBER SURPRISES!
Saddam's word was law. Problem was that he liked to talk.
Great credentials!
I wouldn't believe this dweeb if he claimed the sun rose in the east!
This is a joke right ?
"It was very late at night and CNN in Baghdad was closed."
A couple of hours before the expiration of the Bush ultimatum and the CNN folks said ..
(Yawn) It's late and nothings going on, let's lock up and head home...
Looks like the DNC bought a statement from this guy, to drop out on the lamestream media at election time, doesn't it?
There's gonna be non-stop revelations to support the "we was robbed", "Bush lied", and "obscene profits" talking points between now and Nov. 7.
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