US Officials See Hussein's Hand in Attacks on Americans in Iraq

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — Saddam Hussein may be playing a significant role in coordinating and directing attacks by his loyalists against American forces in Iraq, senior American officials said Thursday.

The officials cited recent intelligence reports indicating that Mr. Hussein is acting as a catalyst or even a leader in the armed opposition, probably from a base of operations near Tikrit, his hometown and stronghold. A leadership role by Mr. Hussein would go far beyond anything previously acknowledged by the Bush administration, which has sought in its public remarks to portray the former Iraqi leader as being on the run and irrelevant.

Officials acknowledged that the reports of a significant role by Mr. Hussein could not be corroborated, and one senior official cautioned that recent intelligence reports contained conflicting assessments.

Nonetheless, three senior officials described reports of a larger role by Mr. Hussein as credible, and a Defense Department official said the information had given a fresh sense of urgency to the American-led manhunt for the former Iraqi leader.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/politics/31INTE.html?hp

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Planting the evidence as I type.

To be sure.

[MercutioATC]

2. Aren't these the same kind of people who see Jesus' face in tortillas, too

???

Couldn't POSSIBLY be disgruntled citizens acting on their own, could it??

[madrchsod]

3. jazzzzz hands..

[otohara]

4. Pre-war Intellegence Comes To Mind

when I read the latest Saddam theories, and it was all BS.

[wildwww2]

5. Are these the same officials who could lead us right to the WMD`s?

The boys have cried wolf. So many times. Who is going to believe anything this batch of criminals has to say? Not me. They could be correct I`m aware of that. But after awhile you can`t expect children who lie all the time to tell you the truth. Even though for once they may have a point.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[bookman]

6. Let's get this guy

That's it let's invade this country and get this guy! Once we have him all our troubles will be over.

</sarcasm off>

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. Well, Even if its true, who could blame a country's leader taking revenge

. . . on the Country or Peoples that "kicked him out" and made one feck of a mess of it ??

So IF Sadddam IS takng part in "opposition" to the US in HIS country,

- duhhhhh - this is a suprise ??

I would expect no less if someone invaded Canada or the US eeeeeven,

but who the heck would wanna invade the US

- they are running OUT of OIL -

oh furgot - this was NOT about OIL

(yah, - right)

[priller]

8. Now, next time the neocons say, "What, you want Saddam back in power?"

We can reply:

-- Apparently he still has some power
-- He wasn't a danger to the US before the war
-- But now he's killing a soldier a day
-- So we've lost hundreds of soldiers, untold billions of dollars, 10's of thousands of Iraqis, and Saddam is more dangerous now than ever.

This is all if they insist Saddam is the mastermind behind all the attacks.

This will also work whenever Bush says, "Saddam is no longer a threat to the world."

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. 'ZACTLY - Saddam was NOT a danger before - but sure is NOW

. . . Thanks to the brilliance of GeeDubya and his "gang of thugs"

Gee - that "gang of thugs" thing came from that Iraqi Minister of Information or something -



Dunno why the link won't work offa the pic, here's the addy

http://welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/

So them Iraqis ain't stupid by a long shot - no? :bounce: