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Tuesday, June 01, 2004
SADDAM NOT IN NEW GOVERNMENT
"Saw an eyeball peepin'
Through a smoky cloud behind the green zone...
Don't know what they're doin'
But they laugh a lot behind the green zone
Wish they'd let me in
So I could find out what's behind the green zone"
- Shakin' Stevens, Green Door (sans door)
The new Iraqi government has been presented at a ceremony in the black box that is the heavily fortified coalition headquarters in Baghdad*.
A surprising omission from the new line-up is former president Saddam Hussein who my highly informed sources in Baghdad tell me appears to of fallen out of favor with the Americans.
Remember, you heard it here first!
*Like an aircraft's black box, this "green zone", as the Americans call it, will be the only thing left intact as everything around it is destroyed in daily attacks at the ramparts of the fortress.
To determine why flight Iraq crashed, just look inside the black box.
WASTEFUL
My question is why did the Americans waste so much time and effort in tracking down and catching Saddam if they weren't going to use him?
SADDAM DIDN'T ASK TO BE BORN, AMERICANS NOT THE BOSS OF HIM
My sources also tell me that Saddam will plead "I didn't ask to be born! Your not the boss of me!" when he finally gets his day in court.
7:14 am
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