Suddenly He%u2019s Everywhere
Charles Johnson
Sun Nov 3, 2002 at 9:32 am PST • Views: 234
Saddam Hussein has ordered his agents to murder Iraqi opposition leaders in Britain. He’s also making a last-ditch attempt to get help (the exploding kind) from other Arab leaders, including wacky old Muammar Gaddafi.
In the past few months, senior members of his Ba’athist regime have visited a number of Arab countries to lobby for support. Intelligence officials were particularly interested in a recent visit to Libya by Saddam’s cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, who is wanted for war crimes over his role in using chemical weapons against the Kurds at Halabja in 1988. “Chemical Ali”, as he is known in Baghdad, spent several hours with Col Gaddafi.Apart from asking for assistance with killing opposition figures, al-Majid is also believed to have asked for Libyan help in carrying out terrorist attacks against British and US targets in Europe and the Middle East. Saddam is also keen to target the Gulf states of Bahrain and Qatar, which are the main bases for US forces in the region. The Libyan leader’s response to the requests is not known.
Kooky Kolonel Gaddafi has a lot on his plate these days; he’s leaving the Arab League, trying to cut a deal with the Pan Am Flight 103 families, training Indonesian terrorists, trying to restart diplomatic relations with Italy and France, and manufacturing nerve gas with help from German technicians.
Yet somehow, in among the diplomacy and the chemical weapons and the legal maneuvering, the old lizard still finds time to party.
Frank says: