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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:03 AM
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Saddam or double?
Pravda has turned into a Russian National Enquirer, but this is interesting anyway. Too new for Snopes.

http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/366/12494_saddam.html

Saddam's wife could not recognize her husband
04/13/2004 15:31
Last week, American authorities arranged a meeting of the former Iraqi dictator with his wife.

She was the first of Hussein"s relatives to meet with the ex-leader of Iraq at a new place, at the American military base in Qatar. Accompanied by Sheikh Hamad Al-Tani, Sajida Heiralla Tuffah has arrived from Syria on his private jet in the end of March.

The outcome of their meeting turned out to be quite scandalous. Sajina claims that the person she encountered was not her husband, but his double. If someone were to say for sure that it was not insinuation, it would have been easy to believe the wife with a 25-year experience. It is also possible to assume that Saddam has simply changed since the day of his sons' deaths, June 24 2003. This however is highly unlikely. In case we believe Hussein"s wife, all DNA testing of the ex-Iraqi leader should be considered a mere fake. Overall, today there remain more questions then there are answers.
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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:10 AM
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1. Double.
Question:

You have led a pampered life for decades and have billions in cash. You have to flee. You would choose to hide in:

a. some obscure safe haven that's willing to take your money, where you can still more-or-less live high off the hog.

b. a dirt-floored mud hut where there's no hot water unless you build a fire and heat a battered tin pot yourself. Matter of fact, you have to pump the water yourself.
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the Kelly Gang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:13 AM
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2. anything is possible
Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 02:15 AM by the Kelly Gang
didn't his children say they didn't recognise him as well.

also what happened to his stolen $$billions$$

I wouldn't be surprise if he was sitting in a Bellarus dacha.

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nolabels Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 03:14 AM
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7. Welcome to DUer land Kelly Gang
With all the lies and rest of the deceptions anything is possible, but even with your eyes seeing it happen does not always make it a fact. After all, the loser of the the last General Election for pResident did take office, or should I have said steal?
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the Kelly Gang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 06:20 AM
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8. many thanks..good to be amongst the like-minded
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TeeYiYi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:22 AM
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3. I would say double with one exception . . .
. . . nobody on earth would possibly want to play that part. Dead — maybe. If that really is a live body double, they must be treating him like a king behind the scenes. All of the torture bullshit would have to be an act.

TYY
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:24 AM
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4. Unless..
we are too stupid to know the difference?
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theoceansnerves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:59 AM
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6. i read somewhere
that we somehow have saddam's dna fingerprint. i remember them mentioning this towards the beginning of "shock and awe" when they were trying to match the dead bodies against his dna.
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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 02:30 AM
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5. Perhaps someone who needed or wanted alot of money?
Perhaps BushCo is not above "double-crossing the double"?
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the Kelly Gang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 06:22 AM
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9. I wondered who would want to ..but then perhaps it was a double
who had a choice..ie: be shot or play the part and his family is paid a lot of money.

wouldn't be the first time !!..who knows !! guess we never will
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