Palast: Jessica Lynch Captures Saddam, Ex-Dictator Demands Back Pay from B

[Vitruvius]

Baker.

Former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein was taken into custody today at approximately a.m. Washington time. Various television executives, White House spin doctors and propaganda experts at the Pentagon are at this time wrestling with the question of whether to claim PFC Jessica Lynch seized the ex-potentate or that Saddam surrendered after close hand-to-hand combat with current Iraqi strongman Paul Bremer III.

Ex-President Hussein himself told US military interrogators that he had surfaced after hearing of the appointment of his long-time associate James Baker III to settle Iraq's debts. "Hey, my homeboy Jim owes me big time," Mr. Hussein stated. He asserted that Baker and the prior Bush regime, "owe me my back pay. After all I did for these guys you'd think they'd have the decency to pay up."

The Iraqi dictator then went on to list the "hits" he conducted on behalf of the Baker-Bush administrations, ending with the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, authorized by the former US secretary of state Baker. <SNIP> Saddam listed jobs completed at the request of his allies in the Carter, Reagan and Bush administrations for which he claims back wages:

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In Baghdad today, the US-installed replacement for Saddam, Paul Bremer, acknowledged his predecessor Saddam's prior work for the US State Department when he told Iraqis, "For decades, you suffered at the hands of this cruel man. For decades, Saddam Hussein divided you and threatened an attack on your neighbors." <SNIP> Saddam was also heartened by Mr. Bush's promise that, "The capture of Saddam Hussein does not mean the end of violence in Iraq." With new attacks by and on US and other foreign occupation forces, the former strongman stated, "It's reassuring to know my legacy of darkness and pain for Iraqis will continue under the leadership of President Bush."

While lauding the capture of Mr. Hussein, experts caution that the War on Terror is far from over, noting that Osama bin Laden, James Baker and George W. Bush remain at large.

More at: http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=302&row=0

[realFedUp]

1. Thank you Greg

I like a fast thinker and writer.

[ze_dscherman]

2. Morning mail

A friend mailed the very same article to me. Good way to start the week with a BIIIG grin.

[bitchkitty]

3. I love this guy!

He sees right through the Bushit!

[Rainbows]

4. Palast is a Ballast ...

for the other (true) side of the story. Thanks for the Posting.