US airlifts Saddam out of Iraq/The Independent --UK

[Gloria]

Sorry, this is a subscription article....so that's all there is to post.


http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/story.jsp?story=509212


A PoW's exit: US airlifts Saddam out of Iraq
By Robert Fisk, Middle East Correspondent

07 April 2004

The United States has secretly flown Saddam Hussein out of Iraq and imprisoned him under high security at a vast American air base in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar.

[rabid_nerd]

1. I was just thinking today

"I wonder where he is..."

[madrchsod]

2. can`t think of now but

fisk is on a free site.. anyone got the link?

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/

[goclark]

3. Bye Bye Saddam

He will never stand trial at this rate.
He will never get the chance to spill the beans on Bush.

[alittlelark]

4. Bet they'll spin this to say that all of these

'freedom -hating' Iraqis are engaging in this uprising to free Saddam.........or some such drivel:eyes:

[Blaze Diem]

5. Where'd they REALLY take him?

They say Qatar but since they're liars, where'd they really take Sadaam?

[xray s]

8. The Bush pig ranch

W is probably having a beer with him right now, as they reminisce while looking at the BFEE family photo album...

[SpiralHawk]

6. Great Timing Chimpy !

Toss another log on the ConFLAGration.

What a Chimp.

You've go noTHING to Smirk about.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Free link:

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9214825%255E1702,00.html

<snip>
Saddam being held in Qatar: report
From correspondents in London
April 7, 2004

DEPOSED Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is being held at a US military base in Qatar, rather than in Iraq, a British newspaper said.

Following his capture by US forces in December last year, Saddam was first moved to a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf for interrogation, the Independent newspaper reported, without citing its sources.

He was then - at a time not specified by the report - transferred to Qatar under great secrecy, with even the state's royal family not informed of his presence.

Major violence in Iraq over recent days which has seen more than 100 Iraqis killed as well as 20 Coalition troops, meant Qatar was now seen as a far safer place to keep the ousted leader, the paper added.
</snip>

[Don_G]

9. Its On Yahoo Too

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1538&e=1&u=/afp/iraq_britain_saddam

[54anickel]

11. When was the last time he'd even had visitors? I remember the Red Cross

finally got to visit, but that was a while ago. Is he even still alive? Is he being treated for his cancer yet? Rarely hear anything about old SH anymore. Latest was that he was "toying" with interrogators. That seemed more like a diversionary story from the massive violence breaking out in Iraq than a news story.

[VolcanoJen]

12. Kick

Interesting timing...