lennart
21-09-03, 11:01
Report: Saddam holds secret talks with US authorities, wants to leave to Belarus
21-09-2003, 08:42
Ousted Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein has reportedly been in secret contacts with American occupation authorities for the past nine days.
According to the British Sunday Mirror report, Saddam was demanding safe passage to Belarus in exchange for information on weapons of mass destruction and his bank accounts.
US President George W. Bush was being updated about the negotiations by his national security adviser Condoleeza Rice who was coordinating talks headed by US general Ricardo Sanchez, the top commander of US occupation forces in Iraq, the Sunday Mirror added.
"A representative of Saddam in Western-style civilian clothes came to coalition people at Tikrit at sunset on September 12. He led them to a house where the security official was waiting," the Sunday Mirror quoted a senior Iraqi as saying.
"The discussions are now going on under the direct authority of General Sanchez," the source added, according to the British newspaper.
The source argued that the toppled Iraqi leader had decided to seek a deal "because he is desperate, trapped and finding fewer and fewer people willing to give him shelter," the tabloid said.
During the weekend, Lebanon's Al Hayat-LBC TV reported that Saddam has made a public appearance just north of Baghdad. The report quoted witnesses as saying Saddam was bearded and in a flowing Arab robe when he appeared inspecting the Baath Bridge on Al Taji highway north of the capital at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
The witnesses were quoted as saying Saddam arrived at the scene in a dark blue armor-plated Mercedes-Benz with another white Mercedes carrying several bodyguards driving behind him.
The bodyguards wore bulgy explosives around their waists. They included Maj. Khalil Ibrahim Al Omar, Al Hayat-LBC reported. (Albawaba.com)
Als de Amerikanen Saddam laten gaan dan zullen ze helemaal ruzie gaan krijgen met de Iraqi's. Maar die minister van defensie die een paar dagen geleden is opgepakt zal wel zijn gestuurd door Saddam om te onderhandelen. Hij is trouwens van de lijst van 55 afgehaald en zal niet worden vervolgd, een van Saddams bloeddorstige handlangers!
21-09-2003, 08:42
Ousted Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein has reportedly been in secret contacts with American occupation authorities for the past nine days.
According to the British Sunday Mirror report, Saddam was demanding safe passage to Belarus in exchange for information on weapons of mass destruction and his bank accounts.
US President George W. Bush was being updated about the negotiations by his national security adviser Condoleeza Rice who was coordinating talks headed by US general Ricardo Sanchez, the top commander of US occupation forces in Iraq, the Sunday Mirror added.
"A representative of Saddam in Western-style civilian clothes came to coalition people at Tikrit at sunset on September 12. He led them to a house where the security official was waiting," the Sunday Mirror quoted a senior Iraqi as saying.
"The discussions are now going on under the direct authority of General Sanchez," the source added, according to the British newspaper.
The source argued that the toppled Iraqi leader had decided to seek a deal "because he is desperate, trapped and finding fewer and fewer people willing to give him shelter," the tabloid said.
During the weekend, Lebanon's Al Hayat-LBC TV reported that Saddam has made a public appearance just north of Baghdad. The report quoted witnesses as saying Saddam was bearded and in a flowing Arab robe when he appeared inspecting the Baath Bridge on Al Taji highway north of the capital at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
The witnesses were quoted as saying Saddam arrived at the scene in a dark blue armor-plated Mercedes-Benz with another white Mercedes carrying several bodyguards driving behind him.
The bodyguards wore bulgy explosives around their waists. They included Maj. Khalil Ibrahim Al Omar, Al Hayat-LBC reported. (Albawaba.com)
Als de Amerikanen Saddam laten gaan dan zullen ze helemaal ruzie gaan krijgen met de Iraqi's. Maar die minister van defensie die een paar dagen geleden is opgepakt zal wel zijn gestuurd door Saddam om te onderhandelen. Hij is trouwens van de lijst van 55 afgehaald en zal niet worden vervolgd, een van Saddams bloeddorstige handlangers!