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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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I ran a search here and did not see this posted; certainly it is not being widely reported.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
02/28/2003 5:59:05 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: Kip Lange; dixiechick2000; UofORepublican; kayak; LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR; keats5; ...
Bump!
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posted on
02/28/2003 5:59:27 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: MadIvan
I think we will see more of this as Saddam ties up loose ends.
It will only hasten the end of his regime.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:01:08 PM PST
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: MadIvan
sadmans koolaid strikes again!
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:01:14 PM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(A penny saved is a governmental oversite!!!)
To: MadIvan
Wow! Where was this publicized? I haven't seen it anywhere. Bump.
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:01:17 PM PST
by
livius
To: MadIvan
Damn...
If this is true, just wow!
We gotta get our big ole butts in there and double time it.
Oh the stuff we will find.
TMT
To: MadIvan
Hmm. It could have been Saddam, or it could have been the CIA. Time will tell.
To: MadIvan
You think the Sun can be trusted to have a 'breaking' story like this first? (Sorry for being skeptical about this publication, but ... well, they've gotten it wrong in the past)
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:04:15 PM PST
by
Happygal
To: MadIvan
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?
To: MadIvan
Stalin, whom Saddam looks like, used to say, "No man, no problem."
Was it Franklin that said, " Two men can keep a secrete, if one is dead?"
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:05:26 PM PST
by
Leisler
To: MadIvan
I'd hate to be the guy that was in line to succeed him......
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:06:12 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(I wonder what it's like to be a piece of cheese?)
To: Happygal
You think the Sun can be trusted to have a 'breaking' story like this first? (Sorry for being skeptical about this publication, but ... well, they've gotten it wrong in the past) Once in a blue moon they do get it right, darling...this sounds about right.
Love, Ivan
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:08:13 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: MadIvan
Hmmm ... I wonder what lame excuse the UN will come up for this murder?
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:09:26 PM PST
by
Mo1
(DC Chapter .. Patriots Rally for America IV .. on Saturday, March 1st)
To: not-an-ostrich
Here we have another journalist who says "son-in-law" when it was "son-in-laws".Actually, it's "sons-in-law."
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:10:02 PM PST
by
sinkspur
To: MadIvan
Hmmmmm... Think this brutality might harm Saddam's image with the peaceniks?
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:10:25 PM PST
by
dennisw
( http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php)
To: MadIvan
Saddam poisons the General, then props him up in a chair just before Blix shows up.
Saddam to Blix: ask General Darraj if we have any weapons.
Blix to the Gen: General, what can you tell me about your WMD program.
(Silence)
Blix: Ok
In U.N. Report: After thoroughly interrogating General Muhammad Said al Darraj, I have reached the conclusion he knows nothing, nothing, about WMD's.
To: MeeknMing; knighthawk; Sabertooth; Miss Marple
Saddam murders another one - ping....
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:10:59 PM PST
by
Siobhan
(+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
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?Well, not-an-ostrich, too bad you stuck your neck out. Shouldn't that be sons-in-law? Since you got that wrong, how can we trust you?
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:12:14 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." GWB 9/20/01)
To: MadIvan
General Muhammad Said al Darraj died on Thursday after Saddams men poisoned his drink.
Hmmm...I've heard that Saddam's usual modus operandi for taking care of
"disposals" was death by car accident.
Maybe he's decided that "car wrecks are nice, but poisoned liquor is quicker".
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posted on
02/28/2003 6:13:19 PM PST
by
VOA
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