-Caveat Lector- http://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=79&art_id=qw97835610178B262 [This story is credited to the German News service, DPA, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, but so far I can find no confirming source for it. --MS] Saddam in hospital after severe stroke January 01 2001 at 03:35PM Damascus - An Iraqi opposition group claimed on Monday that Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, was rushed to a Baghdad hospital late on Sunday suffering from an apparent stroke after having officiated earlier at the country's biggest New Year's Day parade in 10 years. The Iraqi leader was being treated for "a severe stroke" at Iben Sinna Hospital, said a statement issued by dissident leader Bayan Jaber of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The statement said the 63-year-old president's condition was unknown but that he was still in the hospital on Monday. There was no mention of Saddam's medical condition or whereabouts on Monday by the official Iraqi news media, which generally refrain from carrying news about his health or that of his family members. Hussein officiated on Sunday at the biggest military parade in Baghdad since the 1991 Gulf War. Flanked by top aides, Saddam wore a business suit and hat as he stood on a reviewing stand. He greeted army units with shots from a rifle he held in one hand as tanks rumbled past and fighter jets and helicopter gunships flew overhead. The parade, following the Ramadan fasting month, which ended last week, also marked the end of a four-week training exercise for thousands of "volunteers to launch Jihad (Holy War) to liberate Palestine" from Israeli occupation. Saddam warned in October that he was prepared to take steps to "put an end to Zionism" himself even if other Islamic leaders did not join him. Last week at the end of Ramadan, which this year coincided with Christmas, Saddam issued an appeal to all Christians and Moslems to rise up in holy war against Israel and the "Zionist conspiracy". - Sapa-DPA ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[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
