"Hussein took with him to the grave a trove of secrets."

[DeepModem Mom]

LAT: Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein executed at 69
By Borzou Daragahi and David Lamb, Special to The Times
December 29, 2006

....Hussein took with him to the grave a trove of secrets. The former Iraqi leader allegedly ordered assassinations abroad and used his country's vast oil wealth to curry favor with Middle Eastern governments while maintaining undercover dealings with intelligence services throughout the region and the West.

One famous photograph shows Hussein in 1983 shaking hands with Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former Defense secretary who served as an informal envoy to Baghdad at a time when the United States was aiding Iraq in its eight-year war with Iran....

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hussein30dec30,0,1050109,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Rex]

1. Former DoD sect., so now I see why they let Rummy go.

Wouldn't look good with that saying 'current'. :eyes:

[K8-EEE]

2. Why was he allowed to take a trove a secrets?

Unless they didn't want to know what they were. If he was such a ter'rist you think they'd want him alive and talking...

[SeattleGirl]

3. They absolutely didn't want him spilling the beans on 'em

The Bush Cabal, I mean. THEY gave him the gas that killed the Kurds. THEY gave weapons. THEY were in bed with Saddam. No way would they want that brought out again.

[demobabe]

6. Yes, absolutely right

And it was very important to hang him before next week, when Democrats might have been able to have stopped the hanging and do some war crimes investigations of their own...

[Eurobabe]

7. That's what I'm thinking

Karma has a way of 'righting' wrongs.

[jazzjunkysue]

11. Plus, it gives * cover for when our troop losses exceed 9/11, this week.

They've kept the kangaroo court going just long enough to provide some alternate headlines to the bad news.

[Hieronymus]

8. Because Saddam knew where all the bodies were buried ..

the Bush crime family didn't want that revealed.:eyes:

[Octafish]

4. Here are a few of the secrets...

IRAQGATE

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/iraqgate/iraqgate.html

[Gabi Hayes]

10. thanks, fish, and thanks, again, to the National Security Archives

too bad you rarely see anyone like Tom Blanton on TV

wonder why.....

[Mind_your_head]

5. Tah-ta Saddam,

with any luck at all....hope you'll enjoy Paraguay!!!

CYA,
US

[malaise]

9. Ramsey Clarke is already speaking on BBC

Expect to hear all the secrets. Indeed BBC has had several persons on really exposing the secrets.
Live coverage here -http://news.bbc.co.uk/

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