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skeptic9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 07:45 AM
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How do we know it's not just a Saddam look-alike?
All you have to do is turn on any TV or radio to encounter a "breaking news story" abot the alleged capture of Saddam Hussein in a small underground bunker in rural Iraq.

Fox News is even showing three side-by-side pictures: "historical", "at capture", and "current" (after a shave).

Has anyone heard answers to the obvious question? How do we know this is not a stunning hoax involving one of Hussein's reported many look-alikes?

Just now (742am NY time) I heard a military spokesman on MSNBC tell a press conference that there was yet no DNA evidence of the suspect's identity, but that witnesses had assured the so-called "coalition" that it was indeed Saddam Hussein.

They're very likely correct, but wouldn't it be a hoot if this were a hoax?
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onebigbadwulf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 07:45 AM
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1. Would be funny
but DNA confirmed
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 07:51 AM
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3. oh the world's fastest dna, oh yeah, INSTANT dna, oh, yeah
that's the ticket!
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 08:09 AM
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4. I just have to add,
On CNN they were showing pictures of someone looking in the guys mouth. I do not remember who, I had just gotten up, but I think it was Wolfie who commented on what they were doing and the woman said they were looking for DNA. LOOKING for DNA? It was just a comical little tidbit I thought I would share.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 08:35 AM
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5. well, you can look in dumbya's mouth and find cheney's dna
and wolfie's
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skeptic9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 08:52 AM
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6. Soothsayer--You and MuseRider make a GREAT comedy team--
I just love the last two posts in this thread--a great set-up, and then a punch line worthy of Redd Foxx.
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velocity Donating Member (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 09:10 AM
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7. You all are wrong, its Roves DNA in Wolfie's mouth
:evilgrin:
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 10:55 AM
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8. thenk yew! we'll be here all week
be sure to tip your servers
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youngred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 10:58 AM
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9. The DNA tests will be forthcoming
the man captured looks like Saddam. If they were going to fake a catch, this is not the time to do it for them.

I belive its Saddam
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DulceDecorum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 11:24 AM
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12. The man captured looks like
Richard Libertini.
Some of you will remember him as the guy who played the guru in the movie "All of Me" starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin.

And all the DNA stories are hilarious.
How did the Coalition get the DNA they need to make a match with the DNA of this fellow?

Did the CIA get out an old bloodsample card
from the CIA employee records?
Or did they order the DNA online
AFTER they had apprehended the bearded one?
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 11:02 AM
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10. Could be
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 11:09 AM
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11. man please this better not be a fake. if it is bush's ass is done.
we could run one of the three stooges and win.
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Devlzown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 11:32 AM
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13. For all I know it could be one of those derelicts
I saw in New Orleans begging for change the other night.
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