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Iraq

Saddam seriously injured, British Cabinet told

2003-03-23

Edited to stay on target
Tony Blair's War Cabinet was told by intelligence chiefs yesterday that Saddam Hussein survived last week's cruise missile attack on his bunker in Baghdad, but sustained serious injury. The Telegraph has learned that ministers were told at a special 40-minute briefing that the Iraqi leader had been so badly wounded he needed a blood transfusion.
"Dr. Bashir! Our glorious leader is severely injured!"
"Quickly man, we need to arrange a blood transfusion!"
[to guard]"Bring me a Kurd!"
His son, Uday, is also thought to have been injured and may even have been killed. Some American officials also claimed yesterday that another of Saddam's relatives, Ali Hassan al-Majid â known as "Chemical Ali" for his involvement in the infamous 1988 Halabja chemical weapons attacks â had been killed.
That's too bad, I wanted to see Ali in a war crimes trial. And I really wanted to see him swing at the gallows.

There was an AFP report yesterday that Ali Hassan wasn't at the meeting, that he's holed up in a hospital at Nasiriya...

A British official said: "Saddam Hussein was badly injured. He was so badly injured he needed a blood transfusion. Unfortunately, he was not critically injured. We think he is still alive. We also think his son Uday was killed or badly injured."
Uday was badly injured in the previous assasination attempt. How many times can he take being badly injured?

Posted by:Steve White

#3 This is going to be a wild conspiracy theory BUT could it be possible that Saddam was killed and that someone close to him is negotiating to prolong his legacy as part of the surrender deal? I know it's a stretch, but the Iraqi regime isn't exactly playing with a full deck to begin with.

The pentagon claimed 40 cruise missles and 4 bunker busters were dropped on the place, and that Saddam was seen placed on the stretcher. What are the odds that anyone lived throug it?

Posted by: g wiz 2003-03-23 08:47:33

#2 "Quickly man, we need to arrange a blood transfusion!"
[to guard]"Bring me a Pig!"

Posted by: anonymous 2003-03-23 03:38:48

#1 He looked healthy enough in his TV appearance assuming that it was not pre recorded.

As a guess, I think that he is probably hidding too scared to publicly admit that he is okay, and encourage more attempts against himself.

Posted by: bernardz 2003-03-23 01:54:01

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