Did US Allow Saddam To Flee?

BAGHDAD -- Did US intentionally allow Saddam Hussein to flee from Iraq to Syria for a final destination in Russia after a last minute bargain with Moscow to capture the capital of Iraq without fighting? Is the question that thousands of the people in the World are asking as they fail to understand that how come the defences of the Baghdad collapsed within hours.


According to rumours and unconfirmed reports President Saddam Hussein was traveling with the caravan of Russian diplomats that was attacked by the US troops despite the fact that the US had given approval for Saddam's covert removal from Baghdad in a deal for the surrender of the capital without resistance.


These unconfirmed reports suggest that the deal was reached between the Russian and US governments after talks between US national security advisor Condoleeza Rice and Russian officials just before US attack on Baghdad.


Although, the Saddam government had reportedly asked the military to retreat and do not resist the invaders, some of the troops who did not get the orders in time and the volunteers enraged by the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq resisted the US army till the last breath.


The dynamics of the deal though look surprising but are fairly understandable. Saddam has been a blued eye boy of the US government for many years and his invasion of Kuwait is seen by many as a direct result of the US instigations. In other words, the US used him to create an opportunity to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops in the region.

The much publicized chemical and biological weapons were also provided by the US government to Saddam's regime for use against Iran. However, his failure to use these weapons against Iraq enraged his mentors and protectors in the West.



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Geez General - where did you dig up these lies, half truths and innuendoes.
Can you provide any factual history to support this crap - me thinks not!

 

[Skyweasel]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-4-2003_pg7_14

 

A new voice for a new Pakistan.

Bhutta sounds real credible.

 

[Oceans11]

Is Saddam Hussein in Moscow?

By Zeeshan Bhutta

Saddam Hussein may be in Moscow while Britain and the United States continue their ‘search’ in Iraq. There are many rumours concerning the fate of Saddam Hussein and the most persistent one, according to the Arab News, is that he is in Moscow after having cut a deal brokered by the CIA.

The war on Iraq is “almost over” and the “liberation” of the Iraqis is somewhere around the corner but Saddam, like Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar, remains at large. The ‘Moscow theory’ is just one of many speculations and is further substantiated by reports that Saddam Hussein’s secret archives are also in Moscow. The CIA tried to block the evacuation of these archives by firing at the Russian diplomatic convoy near Baghdad on Sunday.

The Nezavisimaya Gazeta, on Wednesday, reported that Sunday’s attack was a “direct clash” between the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and CIA.

“CIA was under the impression that SVR was evacuating Saddam’s secret archives under the diplomatic cover of ambassador’s convoy... this also explains why at several occasions after the firing the American troops had tried to search Russian vehicles,” Gazeta wrote.

Earlier, Russia was accused of helping to foil the hunt for Saddam Hussein and of providing his regime with assistance for months before the war on Iraq began.

Media reports claimed that Russia had also given Iraq the intelligence on private conversations between Tony Blair and other western leaders. The Sunday Mail claimed “other sources have independently told this newspaper that Moscow has already smuggled the dictator out of Baghdad in a convoy led by the Russian Ambassador and bombed, unsuccessfully, by the Americans”.

The article said that according to intelligence reports, Saddam and his son were travelling in a convoy to Syria along Highway 11. The CIA ordered US Delta Force and field agents to the scene.

“The field agents got there first and ordered the convoy to stop. When it refused the Americans opened fire. Then the soldiers arrived,” the report said.

It added: “By this time, they had established that this was a Russian convoy led by the country’s ambassador, Vladimir Titorenko. With a diplomatic disaster in the offing, a ceasefire was hurriedly ordered.”

The report quoted Russian sources as saying that Saddam and his son Uday then went across the Syrian border to safety.

Refusing to be drawn into the controversy a Downing Street source said: “It’s the first time that we have heard of these reports. Our priority is to work with international community to rebuild Iraq.”

It is still not clear if Saddam was travelling in the convoy to Syria. There are rumours that he left Iraq ages ago but no one is sure of his whereabouts. The latest on this issue was a statement by the British Ministry of Defence in which Mr Geoff Hoon claimed that “Saddam is still in Iraq”.

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Saddam has plenty of money.
The Russkies are very practical, just like the Americans.
It was weird how that convoy made a last minute dash as the US surrounded Bagdhad, very risky.
No dead body yet.

This one could run and run.

 

LOL bblight. I just posted the article. The link is at the bottom of the page.

 

They're bogged down and haven't ate in days, LMFAO

 

It does sound like something the CIA would do.