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Americans Should Not Have Captured Saddam; Arabs Should Have
By MEMRI
MEMRI | February 17, 2004
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'Saddam Surrendered in this Docile Manner Because He Knew His Captors Were Americans'
"The discovery of Saddam Hussein, the arrogant, cruel, and luxury-loving leader, hiding in an underground hole - bringing to mind the tale of the Thieves of Baghdad - and his surrender to his captors in a docile and cowardly fashion, was indeed something of a farce. But, the 'Mother of all Farces,' to borrow Saddam's famous idiom, is that Arabs and Muslims fail to grasp the true implications of the rise, and fall, of Saddam Hussein.
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"There is no doubt Saddam knew what his fate would be if captured by the Iraqis; he would have been killed and mutilated as other previous Iraqi leaders, less brutal than him, were. In this instance, Saddam might have preferred suicide - not out of honor, but in fear of torture and violent death. It is most likely that Saddam surrendered in this docile manner because he knew his captors were Americans...

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Iraq Shi'ites Warn of Problems if Polls Delayed
By Suleiman al-Khalidi

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Supporters of Iraq (news - web sites)'s top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said on Friday an assessment by U.N. officials that elections are not possible before June 30 could stir revolt against their U.S. occupiers.
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"If the United Nations and Americans do not fulfil the wish of our religious scholars then fatwas (religious edicts) will follow," Sheikh Rida Hamdani, a Sistani follower, said.
"At first there will be demonstrations or civil disobedience and finally armed struggle."
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Mal schauen wie effizient son Aufstand werden wird.
Wenn Saddam's Irak sowas niederschlagen kan werden die Amis es wohl auch schaffen - da machen sich viele hier wohl falsche Hoffnungen.