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Saddamâs novel slams West
CAIRO: Saddam Husseinâs new novel returns to his favourite theme of good versus evil - the good are Arabs and Muslims, the bad their enemies in the West. The first excerpt of Get Out, You Damned, the manuscript of which was found in the Ministry of Culture after Baghdadâs fall, appeared in Asharq Al Awsat yesterday. The London-based newspaper said it will publish the entire novel over the next several days. The newspaper said it had received its copy from Saddamâs physician, Alla Bashir, who fled Iraq after the war and was believed to be in Qatar. Ali Abdel Amir, an Iraqi writer and critic who has read the whole manuscript, said the novel was similar in style to three attributed to Saddam when he was still in power. All four novels were signed simply: "its author." Abdel Amir said Get Out, You Damned describes a Zionist-Christian conspiracy against Arabs and Muslims and with an Arab leading an army that invades the land of the enemy and topples one of their monumental towers, an apparent reference to the September 11, 2001 bombing of the World Trade Centre in New York by Islamic militants belonging to Osama bin Ladenâs terrorist network. Saddam also has been credited with writing Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-07-09 |
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