No mention of Saddam capture?

[TexasEditor]

The nightly news shows are on the air, with big play for the Terror Alert and no mention of the globally circulated news stories regarding the Kurds handing over Saddam for $25 million. But CBS (John Roberts) says they'll be covering Viagra later in the newscast.

I miss the liberal media.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. that is the reason for the terror alert

Sadamn is becoming lynch II

[imax2268]

2. Bush want's all the credit...

if the American people found out that the Kurds got him...he would look even worse than he does now...

so he wants the credit...this will backfire on him sooner or later...I'm just waiting for the Sh!t to hit the fan...

[tinrobot]

7. There is at least one witness...

Saddam... if the Kurds actually got him, he would know.

I wonder if he'll spill the beans to embarass the Bushies...

[Langis]

3. I expect to see it on Countdown

If we are lucky.

[Cocoa]

4. the Kurd story will go nowhere on TV

they like the story as it is, nice and simple. It's not in their interest in any way to have the Kurd angle introduced.

[TexasEditor]

9. Yep

They'd look like puppets for their delirious coverage of the last week or so.

[bearfartinthewoods]

5. previous, well actually, current discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=949957

[ochazuke]

6. It's a BIG story! What's going on?

I have yet to hear the "Kurd's what got him" story anywhere in U.S. media. I've seen in in two Australasian sites only. The story looks credible, with plenty of people mentioned who any news agency could check out for themselves.

So, what's going on?!

[TexasEditor]

10. Two other links

Both of these came from Hoffmania, early AM 12-22-03.

http://hoffmania.blogspot.com/

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aUBP42FLX880&refer=us

Hussein Was Held by Kurds Before U.S. Capture, AFP Reports
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. troops only after being held prisoner by Kurdish forces, who had had drugged and abandoned him, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a Sunday Express newspaper report.

The Kurdish Patriotic Front, which fought alongside U.S. forces during the Iraq war, held Hussein until it negotiated for more political advantage in the Middle East, AFP said, citing the paper, which quoted an unidentified Iraqi intelligence officer.

{snip)

(Agence France-Presse 12-21)
Last Updated: December 20, 2003 22:28 EST

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Revealed: who really found Saddam?
Foreign Editor David Pratt
Sunday Herald (Scotland)

http://www.sundayherald.com/38816
Posted 12/21/2003 10:43:00 AM

.... Before Saddam’s capture was being reported by the mainstream Western press – the Kurdish media ran the following news wire: “Saddam Hussein, the former President of the Iraqi regime, was captured by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. A special intelligence unit led by Qusrat Rasul Ali, a high-ranking member of the PUK, found Saddam Hussein in the city of Tikrit, his birthplace. Qusrat’s team was accompanied by a group of US soldiers. Further details of the capture will emerge during the day; but the global Kurdish party is about to begin!”

Saddam’s capture was the best present George Bush could have hoped for, and then Gaddafi handed a propaganda gift to Blair. But nothing’s ever that simple.


(snip)

[K-W]

8. Like all stories that discredit Bush

it will take a while for it to penetrate the US. It will have to be substantially covered internationally, and then picked up by fringe media here until it breeches national conciousness forcing the media to discuss it.

[pansypoo53219]

11. like a blue dress

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