Iraq television shows Saddam leading command meeting

AFP ^ | 10/27/2003 | AFP

[Smogger]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) chaired a meeting of top military aides and government ministers, state television reported.

The meeting was attended by Saddam's son Qussay, who heads the elite Republican Guard, as well as Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan and Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, it said.

Defense Minister Sultan Hashim, Information Minister Mohamad Said al-Sahhaf, Trade Minister Mohamad Mehdi Saleh and interim Oil Minister Amer Rashid were also shown sitting around the table.

The broadcast showed Saddam wearing an army sweater over military fatigues but gave no details on the meeting.

Saddam was last shown in public when he appeared on Monday on state television while meeting an official of the ruling Baath party, hours after appearing on the channel to read a speech vowing that "victory is near."

The broadcasts have indicated that Saddam is still alive amid initial rumours that he had been killed or seriously injured in the first bombing raids on Baghdad last Thursday.

[Howlin]

[Howlin]

You're thinking of Robert Fisk!

[exmarine]

Actually the REAL Saddam died in 1999. The man you see on the clip is really Jacque Chirac in a Saddam mask!

[Mo1]

Oh Man .... Grampa, that one went just to far .. *L*

[Rome2000]

[HarryKnutszacke]

Yes, all he has to do is mention who won the Oscars. We haven't yet heard Saddam doing this.
Right. Until we see him thanking his friend Michael Moore for his support, I won't believe it.

[Grampa Dave]

Did the real Soddomite die in 1999 from cancer?

Is Soddomite still alive? When was the last time he was seen alive? This was not Soddomite in the 60 Minute photo below. It is a look alike!

IS SODDOMITE IN HELL WITH OBL?

[Grampa Dave]

Great! Parts and pieces and memories scatterd all over Iraq, NYC and San Francisco.

[Revolting cat!]

Another rumour has it that we have never actually seen the real Saddam, and have been watching one of his doubles the whole time! Here's a rare pitcher of the "real Saddam".

[Smogger]

Has it occurred to any of you Bush/CIA/Psyops conspiracy lunies that there are plenty of good reasons for him to use canned tape even if he is still alive?

a) he is injured

b) he is not going to have any "cabinet" meetings and doesn't want even his own people to know his location until he figures out who dimed him

c) he doesn't want anyone to glean his location from the videotapes he takes.

d) countless other reasons you haven't though of yet.

My point isn't that he is alive or dead or incapaciated. I honestly have no idea. I assume his regime would unravel very quickly once word of his death got out and I doubt you could keep it secret for to long as the rats would start jumping off the ship en masse. My point is neither does anyone else or the administration or they would tell us. The CIA believes he was injured but survived the decapitation attack and I suspect thats close to the truth.

[Poohbah]

Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

C: 'Ello, Miss?

Owner: What do you mean "miss"?

C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a
complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.

C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about
this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago
from this very boutique.

O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Iraqi Baa'thist Thug...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead,
that's what's wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and
I'm looking at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Iraqi Ba'athist Thug, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
(shouting at the cage)
'Ello, Mister Saddam Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle
fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage)
O: There, he moved!
C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO SADDAM!!!!!
Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine
o'clock alarm call!

(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the
counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to
the floor.)

C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up!
Iraqi Ba'athist Thugs stun easily, major.
C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough
of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I
purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its
total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged
out following a prolonged squawk.
O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the Tigris.
C: PININ' for the TIGRIS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?,
look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im
home?
O: The Iraqi Ba'athist Thug prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable
bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!
C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I
got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had
been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had
been NAILED there.

(pause)

O: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that
bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em
apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
C: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four
million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more!
He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you
hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run
down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! 'E's f***ing snuffed it!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

(pause)

O: Well, I'd better replace it, then.
(he takes a quick peek behind the counter)
O: Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop,
and uh, we're right out of parrots.
C: I see. I see, I get the picture.
O: I got a slug.

(pause)

C: (sweet as sugar) Pray, does it talk?
O: Nnnnot really.
C: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?

[Grampa Dave]

DO YOU MEAN THIS FEDAYEEN PIG OF SODDOMITE?

[steveegg]

Keep the graphics coming.

[daviddennis]

You can still keep your day job - surely you need it for the high-speed access to FR :-) - but I laughed, and never thought it was a serious message.

D

[Salvation]

Which Saddam?

LOL!

[Grampa Dave]

OUR MARINE SAYS, "HE AIN'T BEHIND THIS PICTURE!"

[Sir Gawain]

They were seen playing Defender on their brand new Atari 2600.

[BurbankKarl]

OBL is dead too

[Grampa Dave]

AFP REPORTS THAT SODDAMNED WAS SEEN DRIVING AND CRUISING ON THE STREETS OF GAY PARIE, LAST NIGHT!

[Thinkin' Gal]

He's quite stiff. Looks like a cardboard display. Imagine if those things are propped up all over Baghdad say, in the produce market. Talk about freaking out the locals. Reach for a few tomatoes and Booo!