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A few nights ago, Jennings interviewed by phone, an Iraqi who is one of Saddam's henchmen as a member of the Iraqi Parliament. Jennings asked him how things were in Baghdad after the bombing of the night before. The Iraqi proceeded to use his air time to spew lies about civilian deaths (he could not sleep because an old woman living next door dropped dead from the shock of the bombing) and he said we had no good reason to be attacking them. Jennings let him go on forever, spewing pro-Saddam propaganda. He did not challenge him once. He kept thanking the Iraqi liar over and over again for taking the time to be interviewed. After the Iraqi hung up, Jennings weaseled out by saying that he presented the propagandist as an example of the fact that not all Iraqis will welcome us into Baghdad. When is Jennings going to be deported? Or better yet, strapped to a bomb and dropped on Baghdad.

I saw that. Must be a PLO friend of Jennings arranged that call and contact.

The guy sounded absurd. But he wasn't a total liar, he couldn't make up a story about seeing civilian casualties even though prompted by Jennings.

And to a question whether the Iraqi people wanted Saddam out, he said the oddest thing. He said he knows the opposite because when the bombs hit their targets many were saying "Allahu Akbar" - God is Great. Doesn't that sound more like support for the bombings?