Did Saddam pay families $35,000 for their sons and daughters

[BanzaiBonnie]

to become suicide bombers?

George Allen on MTP, keeps using talking point.

BTW, Allen's an ass and Webb, while not as smooth a speaker, is speaking from the heart.



Allen has a little "Bush smirk" on his face that I just want to wipe off.

[soothsayer]

1. $25k (up from $10k) if you believe rummy (link below)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/03/world/main505316.shtml

and of course, fox news (shocker!) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,48822,00.html

But I don't think we can really trust much of what these a-holes claim.

[BanzaiBonnie]

2. Allen avoids answering questions at every turn.

He's a Slithern.


He just said that they "bush regime" are upholding Amercan values as far as torture.

Torture is not an Amercan value.

[subterranean]

3. He paid the families of Palestinian suicide bombers

He paid them up to $25,000. Here's a link I found:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/25/1017004766310.html

[soothsayer]

4. So we say, anyway... Who knows what on earth to believe.

[subterranean]

9. The article is from the Sydney Morning Herald...

and it says their reporter actually attended the "ceremony" where the checks were handed out, so I think this is a credible story. Certainly more credible than a statement from Donald Rumsfeld.

[keta11]

5. Did he pay suicide bombers to go bomb or did he pay

families whose homes were destroyed by Israeli soldiers after the sucide bombing?

[NOLADEM]

6. And???....

Where do we get the moral arrogance to condemn this when we fully subsidize Israel terrorizing the Palestinians?

[kentuck]

7. Reports are that he paid families 25,000 after the fact....

There is not proof that I am aware of that he paid them to "become" suicide bombers? There is a slight difference. Sort of like the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit?

[FormerDittoHead]

8. How much did WE pay the CONTRAS??? n/t