Saddam's Undies in the Media

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Photos of Underwear-Clad Saddam Published By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer
30 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - British and American newspapers published photos Friday showing an imprisoned Saddam Hussein clad only in his underwear and washing his laundry, prompting an angry U.S. military to launch an investigation and the Red Cross to say the pictures may violate the Geneva Conventions.

Britain's The Sun and the New York Post said the photos were provided by a U.S. military official they did not identify. The photos not only angered the U.S. military, which issued a condemnation rare for its immediacy.

President Bush said Friday he did not believe the photos would incite further anti-American sentiment in Iraq, which is edging toward open sectarian conflict.

"I don't think a photo inspires murderers," Bush said at the White House. "These people are motivated by a vision of the world that is backward and barbaric."

He added, "I think the insurgency is inspired by their desire to stop the march of freedom."

Bush was briefed by senior aides Friday morning about the photos' existence, and he "strongly supports the aggressive and thorough investigation that is already under way" that seeks to find who took them, White House press spokesman Trent Duffy said.

Both The Sun and the Post are controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

Saddam's chief lawyer, Ziad al-Khasawneh, said his legal team would sue The Sun for publishing what he said represented "an insult to humanity, Arabs and the Iraqi people."

"It is clear that the pictures were taken inside the prison, which means that American soldiers have leaked the pictures," he said by telephone from Amman, Jordan. "We will sue the newspaper and everyone who helped in showing these pictures."

He said the photos were part "of a comprehensive war against the Islamic and Arab nations" that included the abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and allegations by Newsweek, which were later retracted, about Quran desecration at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Iraqis gathered in coffee shops in Baghdad and elsewhere watched as some Arab satellite networks showed the front page of The Sun, with its picture of Saddam standing in his underwear. Other photos show him clothed and seated on a chair doing some washing, sleeping and walking in what is described as his prison yard.

"This is an insult to show the former president in such a condition. Saddam is from the past now, so what is the reason for this? It is bad work from the media. Do they want to degrade the Iraqi people? Or they want to provoke their feelings," said Abu Barick, a 45-year-old Baghdad businessman.

In northern Kirkuk, Marwan Ibrahim, a 31-year-old civil servant, said the pictures were a "humiliation for a man who in the near past was the leader of Iraq and a top Arab leader in the region."

Others, however, were not so kind.

"Saddam Hussein and his regime were bloody and practiced mass killing against the people, therefore, whatever happens to Saddam, whether he is photographed naked or washing his clothes, it means nothing to me. That's the least he deserves," said Hawre Saliee, a 38-year-old Kurd.

Here's the link: Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050520/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_saddam_photos)

[NUGHUFFER]

Here's the pic from the article.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/NUGHUFFER/saddam.bmp

[Bach]

Gee, thanks Nug. That's hot. :icon_roll

:action-sm

[demonseed]

Look at that big luscious Iriqi uncut hog. YEECHHHHH

[NUGHUFFER]

No problem Bach. I remembered you saying how much you wanted to see that savage's mule. :icon_mrgr

[abudabit]

I hear you can see the whole thing in One Night In Paris Pt 2

[cableone12]

Thanks for the new SIG saddam!!!!!

[abudabit]

Saddam is hung like 1000 insolent Kurds.

[Jay Douglas]

Well, someone had to say it, so I guess that someone will be me. Get ready! Here it comes!

*ahem*

Looks like we finally found Saddam's hidden weapon of mass destruction! Wakka wakka wakka!

[PorchMonkey4Life]

Look at that big luscious Iriqi uncut hog. YEECHHHHH
you suck... now i gotta go jerk off

[abudabit]

Wouldn't that be embarrasing if he had skid marks?

[YUCK FOU]

well as funny as this shit is look to have another fall guy take one for the team for leaking the pix knowing some fucking higher ranking fool leaked them.

[Smoke]

Geneva Conventions violations? Yeah, that's f'n ponderous. This guy gassed thousands of Kurds and the Red Cross is upset over this?!

[Jay Douglas]

From the article:

"This is an insult to show the former president in such a condition. Saddam is from the past now, so what is the reason for this? It is bad work from the media. Do they want to degrade the Iraqi people? Or they want to provoke their feelings," said Abu Barick, a 45-year-old Baghdad businessman.

In northern Kirkuk, Marwan Ibrahim, a 31-year-old civil servant, said the pictures were a "humiliation for a man who in the near past was the leader of Iraq and a top Arab leader in the region."

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I can't believe the above quotes. I may not have agreed with Bush for his reason for going to war with Iraq, but I do agree that Hussein is evil! Yet there are some scumbags out there who apparently wish he was right back on his throne! And these photos aren't like the Abu Ghraib ones. It's just Hussein doing laundry and, heaven forbid, walking around.

[Ballbuster1]

Geneva Conventions violations? Yeah, that's f'n ponderous. This guy gassed thousands of Kurds and the Red Cross is upset over this?!My thoughts, too. WTF are we coming to in this country?
This guy butchers his own people and his followers are
running around trying to kill anyone who doesn't agree
with them and we're worried about pictures taken of
him in his tighty whiteys?

[Etherfiend]

i smell a new tshirthell.com shirt....


LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, SADDAM SURE HAS A HUGE HOG




p.s. can't wait till they execute old camel cock

[NUGHUFFER]

My thoughts, too. WTF are we coming to in this country?
This guy butchers his own people and his followers are
running around trying to kill anyone who doesn't agree
with them and we're worried about pictures taken of
him in his tighty whiteys?


That was the whole point of the thread, thanks BB. Those people who are complaining are truly morons! :icon_evil

[tysonpunchinguterus]

I saw on MSNBC before that they were running a poll on their site asking if viewers think these pictures violate Saddam's rights. What the fuck is that about? Even worse, I just voted "No," but 49% of the people answered "Yes." Over 40,000 people went to that site to say that pictures violate the human rights of a man who had millions of people executed, tortured, and ***** for political, religious, and ethnic reasons. If having pictures of him leaked is the worst thing that been done to him, then he's getting treated way too well. There really are a lot of retards in this country.

[NUGHUFFER]

The Red Cross should shut the fuck up and enlist! Do something useful with your time and go find Osama, tools! Maybe then they'd wake the hell up.

[PorchMonkey4Life]

now saddam wants to sue... what the fuck is wrong with this world
Saddam to sue over prison photos
Saddam Hussein plans to take legal action after a British newspaper published photos of him half-naked in his prison cell and doing his washing.

"We will sue the newspaper and everyone who helped in showing these pictures," said Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer Ziad Al-Khasawneh, speaking from Jordan.

The Sun newspaper said it would fight any legal action and said it planned to publish more photos on Saturday.

The US has launched an investigation into how the photos were leaked.

The US military and legal experts said the photos - possibly taken more than a year ago - may breach Geneva Convention rules on the humane treatment of prisoners of war.

The conventions say countries must protect prisoners of war in their custody from "public curiosity".

Saddam Hussein is being held by US troops at an undisclosed location in Iraq as he awaits trial on numerous charges, including murdering rivals, gassing Iraqi Kurds and using violence to suppress uprisings.

'Aggressive' investigation

The photos show the 68-year-old former leader with a moustache, rather than the beard he sported when he was captured in December 2003, and again when he appeared in court last July.

The Sun's front page showed him wearing a pair of white underpants.

Other pictures show him washing his trousers, shuffling around and sleeping.

The Sun quoted US military sources who said they handed over the pictures in the hope of dealing a blow to the resistance in Iraq.

"It's important that the people of Iraq see him like that to destroy the myth," the paper's source was quoted as saying.

However, several Arab commentators have suggested the photos could increase anti-American feeling in the region.

Khaled al-Maeena, the editor of Saudi Arabia's Arab News told the BBC the photos would be seen as "an insult and an affront".

The Sun's managing editor Graham Dudman defended the decision to publish the images.

"People seem to forget that this is a man who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children and all that's happened to him is someone has taken his picture," he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.

"This is a sort of modern-day Adolf Hitler. These pictures are an extraordinary iconic news image that will still be being looked at the end of this century."

A statement from the US military said it was "disappointed at the possibility that someone responsible for the security, welfare, and detention of Saddam would take and provide these photos for public release".

The US military would "aggressively" investigate, the statement said.

But President George W Bush said he did not think the photos would encourage insurgents in Iraq.

"I don't think a photo inspires murderers. I think they're inspired by an ideology that's so barbaric and backwards that it's hard for many in the Western world to comprehend how they think."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4567341.stm

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http://img124.echo.cx/img124/370/saddam16gv.jpg

[NUGHUFFER]

Make's me think of Ben last Thurs. waking up to find he overslept. Nice Steve.

[Diceman Cometh]

Well, someone had to say it, so I guess that someone will be me. Get ready! Here it comes!

*ahem*

Looks like we finally found Saddam's hidden weapon of mass destruction! Wakka wakka wakka!

lolololololllmaorotflomglmaorotfllolol

[gasbuddah]

Is this shit news now??? An old dick - tator in his civies? Who wants to see his Scud? .....and I'm dodgin' him!!!!

[Smoke]

Saddam Hussein plans to take legal action after a British newspaper published photos of him half-naked in his prison cell and doing his washing. "We will sue the newspaper and everyone who helped in showing these pictures," said Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer Ziad Al-Khasawneh, speaking from Jordan. The Sun newspaper said it would fight any legal action and said it planned to publish more photos on Saturday.
In what court? Under what jurisdiction? No court in Iraqi has authority on British soil.
The US has launched an investigation into how the photos were leaked. The US military and legal experts said the photos - possibly taken more than a year ago - may breach Geneva Convention rules on the humane treatment of prisoners of war.
That's total BS, the photos where intentionally leaked. As another quote from the article says, it's to knock Saddam's legacy down. Would Hitler or Stalin still be so mystified if they were in such a photo?
The conventions say countries must protect prisoners of war in their custody from "public curiosity".
Such "public curiosity" was intended to keep ordinary captured soldiers from being paraded and publically abused. There is no such damage done here.
Saddam Hussein is being held by US troops at an undisclosed location in Iraq as he awaits trial on numerous charges, including murdering rivals, gassing Iraqi Kurds and using violence to suppress uprisings.
Shouldn't his lawyers be working on that first? We didn't have a problem with show trials at Nuremburg, I don't see why Saddam is still alive here. /troll
The Sun's front page showed him wearing a pair of white underpants. Other pictures show him washing his trousers, shuffling around and sleeping.
Oh noes! Not that! That's just like pulling out his teeth with plyers and slitting his tongue!
The Sun quoted US military sources who said they handed over the pictures in the hope of dealing a blow to the resistance in Iraq. "It's important that the people of Iraq see him like that to destroy the myth," the paper's source was quoted as saying.
Exactly. Taking him down in the world of Publick Relations.
However, several Arab commentators have suggested the photos could increase anti-American feeling in the region.
These savages already are happy to die for Allah, are these pictures really the difference between safety and another 9/11?
Khaled al-Maeena, the editor of Saudi Arabia's Arab News told the BBC the photos would be seen as "an insult and an affront".
Being that freedom of the press is still a new concept over there, no doubt we're being Chinesed, with no info on how the US government is handling this. Hell, the Arab press still thinks Israeli forces caused 9/11. They're also likely saying we torture every prisoner in Iraqi, too. Amado Dialo got worse treatment in NYC than those dogs in Iraq.
The Sun's managing editor Graham Dudman defended the decision to publish the images.
That should read: The Sun's managing editor G D defended the decision to sell as many papers as possible.
"People seem to forget that this is a man who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children and all that's happened to him is someone has taken his picture," he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.
Right ho!
"This is a sort of modern-day Adolf Hitler. These pictures are an extraordinary iconic news image that will still be being looked at the end of this century."
Maybe in the Arab world, and history books, but Saddam didn't have the impact of either Herr Hitler or Comrade Stalin. He'll be a footnote in the scheme of things.
A statement from the US military said it was "disappointed at the possibility that someone responsible for the security, welfare, and detention of Saddam would take and provide these photos for public release". The US military would "aggressively" investigate, the statement said.
The preceding quote sponsered by the Pentagon Public Relations Group.
But President George W Bush said he did not think the photos would encourage insurgents in Iraq.
Ah, but what does Dick Cheney think? /troll
"I don't think a photo inspires murderers. I think they're inspired by an ideology that's so barbaric and backwards that it's hard for many in the Western world to comprehend how they think."
The preceding quote sponsered by the Pentagon Public Relations Group.

[abudabit]

Man, the world is so cheesy. Why are our enemies such a bunch of douches? Ruthless, bloodthirsty, etc. we can handle. But why do they have to be a bunch of annoying crybabies? Why do we have to read about thier feelings in the newspaper?

Maybe we can sit in a circle and pass the discussion ball around. Let's delve into each others feelings. And then when we're done, they can resume strapping bombs to thier chests and blowing up civs.

[gasbuddah]

Man, the world is so cheesy. Why are our enemies such a bunch of douches? Ruthless, bloodthirsty, etc. we can handle. But why do they have to be a bunch of annoying crybabies? Why do we have to read about thier feelings in the newspaper?

Maybe we can sit in a circle and pass the discussion ball around. Let's delve into each others feelings. And then when we're done, they can resume strapping bombs to thier chests and blowing up civs.

I agree! we haven't had a good enemy since OL' Ho Chi Minh! What happened to the good 'ol days?

[abudabit]

Seriously. The only claim to fame these repressed shit dicks have is thier desire to see civilians dead. Besides that they've got nothing going for them.

[Hudson]

Make's me think of Ben last Thurs. waking up to find he overslept. Nice Steve.
Damn ya beat me to it!
I was gonna say:
Ben's long lost dad?