Libya, recently elected chair of the UN Human Rights Commission, seems to believe that the concept of "human rights" does not encompass the right of Jews to have access to drinking water.
Saddam Hussein failed to show-up Tuesday at a scheduled TV appearance that was designed to prove that he's still alive. In order to prove once and for all that the rumors of Saddam's demise have been exaggerated, Iraqi TV issued another statement in Saddam's name that was read by an actor. Seriously. It's hard to believe that Saddam would allow such clumsy PR blunders if he were still in control. Are the surviving members of the ruling clique buying for time while they engage in a (hopefully bloody) succession struggle? Or is this a deliberate act of deception, feigning disarray and weakness before launching a brutal surprise? I suspect the former.
Large parts of Iran were , without electricity on Tuesday, plunging much of the nation into darkness. Which is a fitting metaphor for life under an Islamic theocracy. (Power was restored a few hours later).
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at April 02, 2003 01:47 PMI tend to agree with you.
Posted by: Moe Katz on April 2, 2003 10:46 AMDon't get me wrong. Saddam is dead. But I think these P.R. moves are very intentional, and successful for the remaining Ba'ath party rulers. The info minister knew that he could get world wide media attention by claiming that Saddam would be speaking live. He used the press to relay his call to jihad to the Arab and greater Muslim world. He also knew that he could only get away with this once, so the second time it was an actor that read the message to whoever would be fooled again. The man is a corpse. So is Osama. We are well on our way to stage three of this war on ISLAMIST TERROR....the rest of them.
Posted by: Dr. Jal Hampson on April 2, 2003 12:35 PMIf one ever doubted that Bush meant what he said about the war on terrorism, there is no doubt now. There ought to be a number of terrorist regimes who are rethinking their strategy.
Bush does what he says he'll do. There is no misunderstanding. Boy, it is ever so refreshing to have not have to worry about what the meaning of "is" is.....
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