Saddam appeals to MSM, Loony Left
Saddam Claims He Was 'Beaten by Americans'
Where's Ramsey Clark when you need him? Oh, wait -- he's at Saddam's side!
Gotta give Saddam credit -- like most tyrannical dictators, he's a madman but no fool. He's tossed a softball to the American MSM and the Loony Left ... Hopefully, they'll take the pitch, but it's getting difficult to say which side they're on.
We'll perhaps feel a tad of sympathy for Saddam when he reports that the Americans fed him into the plastic shredder.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein again grabbed center stage at his mass murder trial Wednesday, suddenly standing up and surprising the courtroom with claims that he and other defendants were "beaten by Americans."
The deposed leader's lengthy complaint came after witnesses graphically described how their captors administered electric shocks and used molten plastic to rip the skin off prisoners in a crackdown following an assassination attempt against Saddam in 1982.
A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad called Saddam's allegations "completely unfounded" but said "we are prepared to investigate."
"Beyond that, we have no interest in being a part of what are clearly courtroom antics aimed at disrupting the legal process," said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson.
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Where's Ramsey Clark when you need him? Oh, wait -- he's at Saddam's side!
Gotta give Saddam credit -- like most tyrannical dictators, he's a madman but no fool. He's tossed a softball to the American MSM and the Loony Left ... Hopefully, they'll take the pitch, but it's getting difficult to say which side they're on.
We'll perhaps feel a tad of sympathy for Saddam when he reports that the Americans fed him into the plastic shredder.
posted by Mr. Buzzcut at 9:01 PM
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