Just days before the bombardment of Baghdad began, Saddam’s first wife Sajida – mother of his heirs Uday and Qusay and daughters Raghad, Rana and Hala – fled to Damascus with three lorryloads of possessions and 60 bodyguards…
One problem with this story is that, even if all the details are true, they could equally be evidence of his determination to fight on to the end. Suppose you were in his position and had decided to die defending your bunker. Wouldn’t you be tempted to send your family abroad and then start selling your assets to ensure that they were provided for in exile? After all, we know that Hitler wanted to send Eva Braun away from Berlin in 1945 (she refused to go). Having your family around you can seriously hamper your style as you await your glorious death defending the cause.
The Daily Torygraph, along with the Mail and the Express have long been the favoured mouthpieces for “un-named intelligence sources” looking to release disinformation.
The Daily Torygraph, along with the Mail and the Express have long been the favoured mouthpieces for “un-named intelligence sources” looking to release disinformation in the UK. It was used to great effect in the 80’s Miners Strike to allege all sorts of crap about strike leaders later found to be utter fabrications.
No doubt the same thing goes on all over the world.
This looks like one of those cases to me, unless other sources offer independent confirmation.
Other than the quote that Desmostylus posted I have no idea of the Daily Telegraph’s sources for the article. Saddam would be foolish not to have some sort of an escape plan though.
I did a search to see if I could find some more information but it appears that everyone else who is carrying the story is referencing the Daily Telegraph article as their source.
The article also stated that he has an aircraft on stand-by 24 hours a day to fly him out of the country. It’s hard for me to believe though that he could escape in an aircraft without being shot out of the sky.
Hmmm. My husband was just talking to a Syrian guy the other day who said Syria HATES Hussein and that it would take a simple wave of the hand to get the Syrians to beat the crap out of him. Civilian-wise, that is. I’m sorry to say I’m not very up on inter-Arab relations, but this is the scoop as I received it. Can anyone shed more informed light on it?
