Of course, this idea was foreseen by Frankie Goes To Hollywood in its late 80s video for 'War (What is it good for?)', featuring Reagan and Gorbachev. The knowledge that there are Frankie fans high in the Iraqi leadership casts further light on the report below and particularly the fact that the suggestion is attributed to vice president Ramadan rather than Saddam. This in turn supports reports that Saddam's original idea was not a duel but a dance-to-the-death to Sylvester's seminal 70s classic, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real). See it live on Al-Jazeera!
> from: "St.Auby Tamas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 11:01:37 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: Re: FLUXLIST: PARBAJ (fwd) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > The Iraqi leader argued that instead of going to war with Iraq, Bush should > participate in a personal duel with Saddam. > > "Bush wants to attack the whole Iraq, the army and the infrastructure," > Ramadan said. "If such a call is genuine, then let the American president > and a selected group with him face a selected group of us and we choose a > neutral land and let [U.N. Secretary-General] Kofi Annan be a supervisor > and both groups should use the same weapon." > > "A president against a president and vice president against a vice > president, and a duel takes place, if they are serious," the Iraqi vice > president said. "And in this way we are saving the American and Iraqi > people." >
