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Man shouting "Save Me!" enters UN compound in Iraq
Associated Press
| January 25, 2005
Posted on 01/24/2003 11:12:29 PM PST by HAL9000
(Baghdad, Iraq-AP) -- An unidentified man shouting "Save Me!'' has entered the compound of U-N weapons inspectors in Baghdad.
Journalists outside the compound say a man in his 20s climbed into an inspectors' vehicle as it was about to leave from the site.
He was shouting in Arabic.
The man was taken into the compound, a hotel where more than 100 inspectors and other U-N staffers have their offices.
There's been no comment from the U-N and no explanation of the incident.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq
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To: Lion's Cub; All
"The Iraqis have generally cooperated with the inspectors' field missions, but chief inspector Hans Blix has complained about difficulties in other areas, specifically, for example, Iraq's reluctance to allow overflights by reconnaissance aircraft."
What BS. The Iraqis have not allowed ONE insepction on a military base. Not one.
I'll bet this guy truly wanted asylum. The UN will turn him back over to Saddam, you can count on it.
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posted on
01/25/2003 7:30:03 AM PST
by
FBD
(1 week til we bomb Saddam...tick, tick, tick...)
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
What BS. The Iraqis have not allowed ONE insepction on a military base. Not one. The only reason the Blix boys have gone on this long is the time the US needed to deploy.
I hope were ready now.
To: Amelia
Dr Hamza, ("Saddam's Bombmaker") tells of an account where the UN turned over a scientist to Saddam who was trying to defect. (back in the early 90's) The UN will never save this guy, and I truly believe he was trying to defect.
PS. who is sending missile parts to Iraq? Russia,France, Germany, all in exchange for oil deals. Count on it. Both a Russian oil company and a German exploration company have a multi billion dollar deal with Iraq. The French weasels have sold Iraq at least one nuclear accelerator, over the years.
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posted on
01/25/2003 7:42:21 AM PST
by
FBD
(1 week til we bomb Saddam...tick, tick, tick...)
To: Semper Paratus
Attack starts 1st of the month; that is most peoples prediction, with the dark of the new moon.
What do you think ?
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posted on
01/25/2003 7:47:01 AM PST
by
FBD
(1 week til we bomb Saddam...tick, tick, tick...)
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
The UN will never save this guy, and I truly believe he was trying to defect. That's my take on the story as well.
PS. who is sending missile parts to Iraq? Russia,France, Germany...Count on it.
Yes, in other words, those who are urging against war in the Security Council. Here is an example of what Germany has been selling, from a German paper. I've also read that China is giving Iraq considerable assistance with its air defence systems.
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posted on
01/25/2003 7:55:27 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Who's sending missile parts to Iraq?)
To: AF68
I wonder of Saddam has shark tanks with laser beams attached to their heads like Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies.
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posted on
01/25/2003 8:02:15 AM PST
by
ewing
To: Amelia
For others here;
From the article you linked:
"On Tuesday, the Berlin-based left-wing paper, Tageszeitung reported that aspects of the 12,000-page Iraqi report on Iraq's weapons programs, submitted to the U.N last week, could prove highly embarrassing for Germany.
The newspaper - believed to be the first to have access to the top-secret dossier - has written that the Iraqi declaration contains the names of 80 German firms, research laboratories and people, who are said to have helped Iraq develop its weapons program."--
Embarrassing is an understatement. It should be treated criminaly. The German govt. has to know, but looks the other way, because of the cheap oil they get from Iraq.
Thanks for the link!
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posted on
01/25/2003 8:08:16 AM PST
by
FBD
(1 week til we bomb Saddam...tick, tick, tick...)
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
The newspaper - believed to be the first to have access to the top-secret dossier - has written that the Iraqi declaration contains the names of 80 German firms, research laboratories and people, who are said to have helped Iraq develop its weapons program."-- I'm suspecting that part of President Bush's SOTU address will include a partial listing of some of this, and then the question: "Why should we care what these people say on the Security Council, when their countries obviously are violating Security Council resolutions?"
In other words, the UN Security Council can give a report condemning Iraq, or they can be rendered irrelevant - either way, Bush seems to hold the winning hand.
I'm not sure how it would play internationally, but I think I'd rather see them rendered irrelevant.
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posted on
01/25/2003 8:32:29 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Who's sending missile parts to Iraq?)
To: ConservativeLawyer
Agreed
To: HAL9000
Scott Ritter?
To: ConservativeLawyer
Agreed and to add, possibly Iraqi Intell looking to make a grab on inspectors for hostages, The ones that are still alive that is, if we cross any borders.
To: Types_with_Fist
ANd then there is france:
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/1/24/113801
Undoubtedly one of the things French diplomats now fear most is that a U.S. invasion of Iraq is likely to confirm Dr. Hamza's account, providing undisputable evidence that Baghdad relied on French assistance to make Iraq's most deadly weapon of mass destruction.
To: HAL9000
Man shouting "Save Me!" enters UN compound in IraqAll those leaflets & psyops we've been using must be having an effect?
To: HAL9000
An unidentified man shouting "Save Me!'' has entered the compound of U-N weapons inspectors in Baghdad. But according to the newspapers and alphabet networks, the people love Saddam.
To: HAL9000
Hoping he's a real asylum seeker and not an Iraqi agent...unfortunately, if he's a real asylum seeker then he's found one for sure : the Iraqi compound housing the UN insane asylum.
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posted on
01/25/2003 10:17:02 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Typos are my frends. They follow me wherever I go)
To: HAL9000
"The Iraqis have generally cooperated with the inspectors' field missions, but chief inspector Hans Blix has complained about difficulties in other areas, such as Iraq's reluctance to allow overflights by reconnaissance aircraft."Generall cooperated? As in openly lying about the type of weapons they have, refusing inspectors entry into Saddam's many palaces, threatening scientists and their families and sending 'minders' along to intimidate potential interviewees?
I have a low opinion of Blixie...but even I have a hard time believing he said this...at least not in the context this article implies.
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posted on
01/25/2003 10:27:59 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Typos are my frends. They follow me wherever I go)
To: HAL9000
A man wielding two knives You see. The inspection process works!
What's the latest on this? Was the apparent defector with the notebook turned over to the Iraqis to be killed along with his family, or not?
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posted on
01/25/2003 10:35:31 AM PST
by
Theo
To: HAL9000
A nuclear scientists son knowing they're all going to be slaughtered anyway?
Saw the liberal girly boys there and knew right away he was on the wrong side?
To: HAL9000
tried to seize documentsthat's plum strange
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posted on
01/25/2003 11:30:53 AM PST
by
knak
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