-Caveat Lector- William Shannon wrote:
> -Caveat Lector- http://www.friendsofliberty.com/ > > Tariq Aziz Fingered Saddam Hussein for Death > by Todd Brendan Fahey > 03/23/03 01:13 AM > > Confidential Intelligence sources now report that Tariq Aziz, > long-time aide to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and nominal "Vice > Premier" of Iraq, was the finger-man behind the U.S. Tomahawk > cruise-missile raid on Hussein's safe-house. > > Aziz was reported to have defected to Northern Iraq and/or Iran early > in the U.S. campaign, by various news networks, including Fox News and > MSNBC. The "defection" is now being viewed as a ruse by the Pentagon's > disinformation outlets, to protect Aziz against repercussions by Iraqi > insiders. Smelling a big stinky skunk in this story... Regarding that "defection": Tareq Aziz meets Press to deny rumours of defection (AFP), Khaleej Times, 20 March 2003 BAGHDAD - Iraq's long-serving Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz surfaced at a news conference here yesterday to personally deny he had defected and said it was "impossible" for President Saddam Hussein to bow to a US ultimatum to go into exile. "The rumours (of my defection) are part of the psychological war being waged by the United States ... to sap the morale of the Iraqi people," the ruling Baath Party veteran told reporters at the televised Press conference. "The rumours speak for themselves. As you see, I am with you in the great city of Baghdad," Mr Aziz said in a reference to allegations that he had gone to Kurdish-held northern Iraq. "We expect many such rumours in the coming days and months" about defections in the Iraqi leadership, he added. The British Foreign Office earlier said it was investigating a rumour that Mr Aziz had defected amid a massive buildup of US and British troops poised to invade Iraq. Turning to US President George W. Bush's ultimatum to Saddam, expiring at 0100GMT today, to leave or face the invasion aimed at ousting him, Mr Aziz told reporters: "Bush said he was asking the great leader Saddam Hussein to leave his country - this, obviously, is impossible." "Bush is also asking the Iraqi people and the Iraqi armed forces to allow the entry of US forces. In other words, he wants to occupy Iraq for free, without a single shot being fired. This is an illusion, of course," Mr Aziz said. Mr Aziz described the more than 250,000 US and British troops massed at Iraq's doorstep as "mercenaries" who would be repelled by a people defending their land. "We are confident of victory, first because ... we believe in God's will, and secondly because we are defending (our) right, " Mr Aziz said. "We (will be) fighting on our land, which we know well, whereas their soldiers ... are no more than mercenaries without a cause who cannot stand up to the Iraqi soldier defending his land and honour." The White House has said that US-led troops would enter Iraq even if Saddam bowed to the ultimatum. http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/March%202003%20News/20%20news/Tariq%20Aziz%20meets%20press%20to%20deny%20rumors%20of%20defection%20%20aljazeerah.info.htm <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
