# Anyone want to mail Saddam? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823 "2002-11-01T09:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/1 "2002-11-01T09:19:43Z")
British TV gave out Saddam Hussein’s email address this morning - apparently someone hacked his inbox. If you want to send him a cheery “how’s it going Saddy” (or perhaps less friendly sentiment…), just mail [press@uruklink.net](mailto:press@uruklink.net) This has been a public service announcement. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/2 "2002-11-01T09:24:44Z")
[Here’s the full story](http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,55967,00.html). Apparently some Western companies have been [offering him arms deals](http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,822932,00.html) too. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/3 "2002-11-01T10:34:24Z")
How do you get those mail bombs working again 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/4 "2002-11-01T14:09:46Z")
Mail him where? I got dibs on mailing him to Antarctica! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/5 "2002-11-01T14:13:36Z")
You could always email him at his official website. We chat about Oprah shows often. [http://www.uruklink.net/iraq/](http://www.uruklink.net/iraq/) ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/6 "2002-11-01T14:16:10Z")
DAMMIT, \*\* Bosda \*\*, you beat me to the punch! I was going to make a postage joke. Now it all seems so… redundant. Kn(always a little late out of the starting gate)cklers P.S.: Hehehe. Funny Typo. “Kn\*cklers.” I like that. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/7 "2002-11-01T14:28:58Z")
I mailed a letter last month to a hotel in Baghdad asking them to reserve the ballroom foir a Victory Day party in 1 Febrary. No reply yet. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/8 "2002-11-01T14:37:00Z")
What restaurant was Gorbachev doing TV commercials for recently? Kentucky Fried Chicken maybe? Saddam Hussein has such high name and face recognition, he’s a natural soft drink or athletic footwear spokesman. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/9 "2002-11-01T16:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > On Aug. 16, the CEO of a California wireless technology-maker e-mailed Saddam to request a meeting. According to the CEO’s message, the two could discuss “technology improvements and exporting of rich technology abroad.” This company should be put out of business. Feel anyway you want about the situation, but thats downright illegal. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/10 "2002-11-01T16:40:42Z")
Ooops I missed the next sentence. > [@](#): > > In a press release dated Sept. 13, the company said it has developed “4G” wireless technology capable of being used “as a weapon to ignite large sections of the atmosphere and incinerate all living creatures within its pre-selected coordinates.” The press release also called for the resignation of President Bush. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/11 "2002-11-02T01:24:22Z")
No no no!!! Send him EVERY FWD you can find! Glurge, ULs, virus alerts, penis enlargment ads. EVERYTHING!!! YEAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/12 "2002-11-02T08:13:16Z")
Take a second, and pause for the poor Iraqi Hamsters running that server. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/13 "2002-11-03T04:32:08Z")
DEAR MR PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN, I AM AN OFFICIAL, AT THE NIGERIAN MINSTRY OF FINANCES… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/14 "2002-11-03T05:02:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > \*\*DEAR MR PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN, I AM AN OFFICIAL, AT THE NIGERIAN MINSTRY OF FINANCES… \*\* Just FYI – I posted this yesterday but it got eaten by the hamsters. Grr… ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/15 "2002-11-03T05:16:19Z")
Oh, _sure_. Just yesterday I posted a Grand Unified Field Theory, blueprints for a car that gets 500 MPG in city driving, and a simple cost-free action the _Chicago Reader_ can take to speed up the SDMB 10-fold, but those pesky hamsters ate it all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/16 "2002-11-03T05:32:50Z")
I just posted the worlds most pithy retort to MEBuckner just now. The hamsters ate it all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-mail-saddam/134823/17 "2002-11-03T06:42:23Z")
Dear Mr. Nigerian Official, Thank you for your kind offer. I would like to discuss this further but because of the sensitivity of this issue I would rather not use this address. In the future please contact me at [press@uruklink.net](mailto:press@uruklink.net) …