A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.And the rightwingers wonder why the rest of us might be a tad leery of a government-run Pentagon TV station (In a March 8 commentary entitled "Group Against the Troops," Sinclair's Mark Hyman called Working Assets "a group from the lunatic fringe" for wanting Pentagon TV off the Dish satellite network; email me if you'd like a pdf of the commentary.). (Via Peek.)
Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor. Then they shouted at him in Arabic: "You have to surrender. ... There is no point in resisting."
"Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well," Abou Rabeh said.
3.09.2005
Wag the dog: Saddam capture faked! Get this:
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