In a devastating article in the British newspaper The Independent, Robert Fisk writes that Saddam Hussein, who has just been sentenced to death for his war crimes, committed these crimes when he was “Washington’s best friend in the Arab world.” The US not only knew all about his atrocities, we even supplied the chemical weapons he used against his own people, and against our soldiers in the first Gulf War.
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On June 15, popular guest William Henry came on Dreamland totell us that Saddam Hussein believes he is the reincarnationof Nebuchadnezzar, a legendary Babylonian king who ismentioned in the Old Testament.
CIA psychological profiler Jerrold Post agrees and saysSaddam “represents the most dangerous personality[type].”Basically, he’s a psychopath, who regards everyoneas a potential enemy and is incapable of feeling remorse forthe suffering of others.” Post believes Saddam?s delusionscan be traced to his maternal uncle, who raised him from age9 and filled his head with dreams of following in thefootsteps of legendary Arabian figures like Saladin andNebuchadnezzar.
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An assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein?s son Qusai, who is the heir to his throne, means that succession may not be as smooth as Saddam would like. There are rumors that Saddam may want to voluntarily step down in favor of Qusai, in order to gather favor with Europe. He also may want to appease the U.S., since Bush has announced he would like the CIA to do away with Hussein.
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Starting in January, Saudi Arabia airlifted hundreds of al-Qaeda terrorists from Iran on government jets and brought them home. The Saudi terrorists had escaped into Iran while running from U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
We are supposed to be allies of Saudi Arabia and we sell them a large number of weapons; however, 15 of the 19 suicide attackers on Sept. 11 were Saudis and Saudi nationals made up a large number of the approximately 10,000 al-Qaeda agents based in Afghanistan. The ones airlifted from Iran were all linked to the Saudi royal family.
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