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Iraq Scud boss poisoned
The Sun ^
| March 1, 2003
| GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON
Posted on 02/28/2003 5:59:05 PM PST by MadIvan
SADDAM Husseins top missile expert has been murdered to stop him blabbing to the UN.
General Muhammad Said al Darraj died on Thursday after Saddams men poisoned his drink.
Relatives say he was ordered to hide details of Iraqi Scuds from the UN but devious Saddam did not trust him.
The revelation came as President Bush warned war was imminent.
He said Saddam would be forced to give up his weapons whatever the UN decided. He added: If he had any intention of disarming, he would have disarmed. We will disarm him now.
Bush called war the last option but said Americans fully understood an attack may be launched soon.
He added: Ive thought long and hard about the consequences and the price that could be paid.
His comments came as UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said Iraq was expected to start destroying its outlawed Al Samoud 2 missiles on Saturday.
The rockets can carry chemical and biological warheads and travel more than 90 miles the maximum range laid down by the UN.
General al-Darraj was murdered hours before Saddam agreed to the destruction. The engineer had been called to a meeting at one of Saddams palaces for talks about how to mislead UN scientists over Iraqs Scud programme.
Moments before he died, he managed to tell his family Saddams officials had spiked his drink with poison.
British intelligence chiefs said the murder was another example of Saddams ruthlessness.
They said it underlined his total disregard for human rights.
Saddam had his own son-in-law assassinated when he exposed the tyrants weapons of mass destruction.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: blair; bush; iraq; poison; saddam; saidaldarraj; scuds; uk; us; warlist
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To: sinkspur
OK, next time I'll check all the following posts before I respond. Didn't realize you beat me to it, sinkspur.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:14:09 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." GWB 9/20/01)
To: not-an-ostrich
Here we have another journalist who says "son-in-law" when it was "son-in-laws". Two defected, were lured back and then killed. So widely reported how can a journalist who gets it wrong be trusted?
For sure it was two of them. I don't believe the story they were simply lured back. I believe Saddam threatened to kill their extended families. They thought they could escape Saddam's Iraq but they couldn't.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:14:21 PM PST
by
dennisw
( http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php)
To: MadIvan
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Dead men tell no tales.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:14:59 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Gunner, Target!)
To: MadIvan
Moments before he died, he managed to tell his family Saddams officials had spiked his drink with poison. How? How would he know he was poisoned and have time to tell his family before he died? How did he contact his family? Did the family get the body back?
To: Happygal; MadIvan
skeptical about this publicationI agree, only because I associate The Sun with The National Enquirer.
Ivan, can you tell us more about this british publication?
To: MadIvan
I'm sure Hans Blix will consider this "significant progress". This is like a bad dream, the idiocy of this UN track. Let's get it over with already.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:17:31 PM PST
by
tomahawk
To: tet68
When the s*** hits the fan, there's going to be a disconnect between Saddam and his closest associates. No one wants to risk being the next guy to get poisoned, stabbed, or tortured in the meantime. But when it comes down to the final moment, he's not exactly building an atmosphere of trust around himself.
My theory is that Saddam will find it very hard to control his troops through the devious channels he has set up to protect himself.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:18:17 PM PST
by
Cicero
To: MadIvan
Iraqi government retirement plan needs work.
To: Semper911
The Sun is not like the National Enquirer; the equivalent we have to the National Enquirer is "The Sunday Sport", which has headlines like "World War II Bomber Found on the Moon".
The Sun has some good political reporters like Trevor Kavanagh, and their reporters are often seen on Sunday "talking heads" programmes here. Yes, the newspaper is a tabloid and has naked girls on Page 3, but generally speaking their news is fairly standard.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:19:54 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: dennisw
Think this brutality might harm Saddam's image with the peaceniks? Nope. They're happy to tolerate killing by a dictator...his own faceless people, you, me, maybe themselves...they're psychotic enough.
What they can't tolerate is a conservative administration demonstrating America's might.
To: MadIvan
[The revelation came as President Bush warned war was imminent....He said Saddam would be forced to give up his weapons whatever the UN decided...He added: If he had any intention of disarming, he would have disarmed.
We will disarm him now.]
This is essentially a declaration of war by GW. We'll be rolling soon enough. God grant us rapid victory and few casualties.
To: Semper911
For about the last 40 years, it's never been very healthy to be a senior officer or in the entourage of Saddam Hussein.
Fortunate it was merely poison and not a more torturous death which Hussein is infamous for watching.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:20:22 PM PST
by
Cvengr
To: dennisw
The democrats here at home will say this is an execution and rightly so since Saddam Insane issued (through his hand-puppet Parliament) a new law that makes it a crime to withhold info on WMD. Of course, these same democrat fools/acorns will not ask where are the weapons, but they will cite the action as proof Saddam is cooperating!
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:21:11 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)
To: tomahawk
"I'm sure Hans Blix will consider this "significant progress". This is like a bad dream, the idiocy of this UN track. Let's get it over with already."I'm sure Hans (innocent is) Blix will claim it was the pressure of the Weapons Inspectors that drove this man to his suicide, What else could explain 12 bullet holes to the head :-)
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:21:58 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(It's Time To Roll)
To: All
Clinton and Saddam think alike... many people close to them conveniently disappear.
To: Semper911; MadIvan
Well, I wouldn't equate the Sun with the Enquirer. But it is a tabloid, that's staple diet is a Page 3 glamour model.
It is a tabloid - and therefore the news is presented in a sensational and sometimes OTT fashion, with serious news stories surrounded by 'brain bubble gum' for its readership.
However, it has a conservative bent, which for a tabloid, is something rather unusual, I would imagine.
Ivan, can tell you more.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:22:23 PM PST
by
Happygal
To: *war_list
To: MadIvan
SADDAM Husseins top missile expert has been murdered to stop him blabbing to the UN.
Yeah, but the inspections are working!
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:23:57 PM PST
by
hippy hate me
(Peace had 18 chances)
To: MadIvan
So... they decide to kill him. They poison him instead of just putting a bullet in his head. They use a relatively slow-acting poison and then allow him to go on his merry way to tell this to his family and his family gets the story out to The Sun. I guess it's possible, but for some reason I'm skeptical too.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:27:13 PM PST
by
Wissa
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Oh the stuff we will find. Yep.
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