| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #142956] |
Thu, 10 March 2005 06:40  |
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Blazer
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Just a reminder not to believe everything you hear from the media (or the military). 
http://www.wokr13.tv/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=422B960A-26BA-4891-9E60-21C8818788D4
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Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction
United Press International
A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.
Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor. Then they shouted at him in Arabic: "You have to surrender. ... There is no point in resisting."
"Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well," Abou Rabeh said.
Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon.
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143023] |
Thu, 10 March 2005 14:27  |
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rm5248
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Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent,
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Perhaps he doesn't like the US and wants to tarnish the US's reputation? I don't know. Perhaps it's true, perhaps it isn't.
w00t?
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143057] |
Thu, 10 March 2005 16:49 |
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IRON FART
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Yeah I heard about this too. I was going to post this exact same thing, but I decided not too because it didn't seem 100% reputable. I couldn't find it anywhere else, but I guess that's censorship for you.
As far as I know, Iraq was never invaded.
I feel really pissed off that they have to lie to us like this. Actually no - i'm not pissed off at that. I'm pissed off that they lie to us when they don't have to lie.
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143074] |
Thu, 10 March 2005 18:18 |
flyingfox
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I wouldn't put it past american troops to lie about how he was caught....hell, I wouldn't put anything past the american government.
But, had I been an iraqi soldier on saddam's side and knew that he had not been captured in a hole, I'd be pretty damn pissed at america and would feel right in the mood to drop some bombs on it.
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143087] |
Thu, 10 March 2005 19:06 |
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IRON FART
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Thats my point though... I only knew Iraq was invaded through TV, newspapers, radio, etc. If it turns out that the story about Saddam and the Spider hole was falsified, I wonder what else was.
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143117] |
Fri, 11 March 2005 00:59 |
Chronojam
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If only the media would do some detective work before posting stories. If I ever control a major media market, sources will be given for corraborating evidence at the end or in little notes at the bottom of the screen.
But I never will. So we're stuck with bullshit.
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143118] |
Fri, 11 March 2005 01:02 |
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IRON FART
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Yeah I wasn't sure about this. The article was short, had no date, no author, and I couldn't find it elsewhere when I tried.
But it still goes to show how influential the media is.
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| Saddams "spider hole" never existed [message #143933] |
Wed, 16 March 2005 13:23 |
Jzinsky
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Seeing as there appears to be more than one story about how he was captured, can we be certain he was? After all there could have been more than one lookalike, and I've heard there was a few..
No flashy signature..
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