Posted on 01/14/2007 5:40:06 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
MOSCOW: The execution of Saddam Hussein was rushed to prevent the former Iraqi leader from revealing facts that could compromise the United States, former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov said Sunday.
Saddam was executed in an "unexpected" way so "he could not have the last word" and reveal compromising information on the relationship between the United States and his former regime, the veteran diplomat said on a television channel.
If Saddam Hussein "had said everything (he knew), the current US president (George W Bush) would have been greatly embarrassed," said Primakov, a Middle East expert formerly on good terms with Saddam.
Primakov highlighted the military cooperation between Washington and Baghdad during the 1980s when the United States was fighting the fundamentalist threat from Iran.
He also alleged that Saddam made a deal with Washington before the 2003 invasion of Iraq to allow the United States to occupy the country without meeting any opposition.
Primakov made two confidential visits to Iraq at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly before the US-led invasion of the country.
Saddam was executed for crimes against humanity on December 30, which coincided with the first day of the Eid al-Adha feast and drew widespread Muslim condemnation.
My two cents: Mookie Sadr told Maliki to jump and Maliki said yessah boss, how high!
All this whining about Saddam makes me sick. What kind of people are we to continue beating ourselves up like this?
Geeze Yevgeny, Saddam had all the time in the world and media at his disposal during his court appearances. One would think that he would have had no problems spilling the beans then if there had been beans to spill.
Primakov is pure scum - he aided and abetted the problems in Iraq directly, and now he is making up stories to try to put the USA in a bad light when it is Russia that deserves a huge share of the blame for every kind of problem in Iraq. I'm sure that Putin and Primakov are breathing big sighs of relief that Saddam is not around anymore to spill the beans on what the Russians were up to in Iraq....
Yesssireee.
After a couple of years in the slammer; by GOD he was ready to spill the beans when suddenly the Buscho team wisked him out and had him hanged.
What crock.
I'm waiting for your answer Mr. Peabody!
Is the Russian prime minister getting his info from D.U.?
He had over a year to slander America if he had wanted to -- and he had just the guy to help him in Ramsey Clark.
The Iraqi air force had Migs and mirages, they used french and Russian missles. SCUDS were a rework of a Russian missle. The Iraqi nuclear power plant that was destroyed in 1980 was built by the French, using French and Russian nuclear technicians. How can people continue to say we armed Saddam? We did want them to smack down the Iranians, but we did not arm them.
Or is it the continuation of cold war disinformatskaya?
Exactly. When this scum was first captured, the left said it was just a matter of time before Saddam would sing like a canary about his 'shady dealings with BushCo.' and blah blah blah.
He could have turned his trial into a America-bashing, Bush-exposing show trial. Ramsey Clark was gonna see to it himself. He could've exposed Haliburton! Cheney! What a missed opportunity!
He clammed up....Not even with a noose tied around his neck, mind you, moments from falling through the floor under his feet.
The left is crushed about this. They were clearly taken by taken by surprise, proving that they underestimated this President once again. In their minds, it only goes to prove just how nefariously sinister and powerful the Bush Administration truly is.
This demands a congressional investigation. Somebody call Conyers immediately.
Here's the link for that if you ever need it.
http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/atirq_data.html/view?searchterm=iraq
If Saddam had said all he knows I would imagine Russia and France would have been more embarrassed than the USA.
Yes. How long did we "rush" into Iraq? How long was Saddam's trial? How many harangues did we have to endure?
You'd think if Saddam had secret information that he was just waiting to impart, he might have taken one day out of the trial or one of the many tirades to tell us.
Surely Ramsey Clark would know...
MY GAWD!! He's dead and done. PLEASE everybody stop worrying about it... NEXT!!!
"Saddam was executed in an "unexpected" way so "he could not have the last word" and reveal compromising information on the relationship between the United States and his former regime, the veteran diplomat said on a television channel."
Or then again, maybe he would have spilled the beans about Russia's profits from the UN Oil For Food" scandal.
Primakov and his boys were the ones in charge of spiriting the WMD's out of Iraq and burning incriminating evidence in the Russian Embassy. Primakov is probably relieved that Saddam is gone; he was awfully quiet when Saddam was in captivity.
The very first word that came into my mind, too.
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