Kadhafi says Saddam still legitimate Iraqi leader, government illegal

[Barrett808]

ROME (AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said Saddam Hussein should still be considered Iraq's legal president and the current government illegitimate as it was elected under an occupation regime.

In an interview with the Italian Sky TG24 television channel, he slammed the practice of sending in troops to get rid of heads of state, saying that by that theory he could be next.

Kadhafi said that "Saddam Hussein cannot be tried because he is a prisoner of war and under the Geneva Convention should be released at the end of hostilities.

"Saddam is still to be considered the legal president of Iraq because he was not overthrown by the people but by the occupation forces."

"It is dangerous to send troops to eliminate heads of state who are not appreciated, because tomorrow it could be the turn of Castro, Kadhafi or Mugabe, or even China and North Korea," he said, referring to Cuban President Fidel Castro and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.

"The invasion of Iraq was not justified because Saddam had already abandoned weapons of mass destruction," Kadhafi added, referring to the main US pretext for invading Iraq three years ago.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060320/wl_mideast_afp/libyairaqus

[Beetwasher]

1. LOL! Wait! I Thougth Libya Was One of Chimpy's Successes!

Whuh happen'?

[Don Claybrook]

3. Me too

I thought Khadaffi/Gdaffi/Qadaffi was our parterinthewaronterra. Oh well, everything nimrod has ever done is coming apart at the seams; I don't guess his threat against Libya is any different.

[wordpix2]

5. khadaffi was going to join Chimpy after 9-11 but * incompetence has left

Khadaffi hoping for the return of Saddam---at least he was competent.

[leveymg]

2. First Jessica Simpson, now Khadhafi.

There must be, what, 3 people in the world who still support this Administration's Middle-East policies now?

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you, I mean didn't kill you.

[monktonman]

4. he's just feeling left out

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. Interesting point . . If we invaded and spirited Bush out of the USA

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Would BUSH still be pResident?

And if we gave the American voters a chance to vote under OUR rules, would that be legitimate??

hmmmm :freak: