Saddam planned invasion 'on drugs'
From correspondents in Paris
13feb04OUSTED Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was probably high on drugs when he decided to invade Kuwait in 1990, a former chief of protocol said in a radio interview yesterday.
Issam Rashid Walid, whose book In Saddam's Shadow is due to be released in French in the coming days, [said] "Saddam was heavily into drugs. He began in 1959, with cannabis, and then when he seized power (in 1979), he used heroin at times. He decided to invade Kuwait because he was probably not in his normal state. He was on drugs and drugs made him lose his mind," said Walid.
Comfortably Numb (Saddam Remix)
Original Music & Lyrics by Pink Floyd
Hello?
Is there anybody out there?
Hear me or I will kill you
Is there anyone home?
"Yes, O Leader.
I hear we're in a bind."
We need some money now
Let's invade Kuwait today.
"Relax.
I need some information first.
Just the basic facts,
Tell me, who do you want to hurt?"
There is no pain, we are retreating
The oil wells smoke on the horizon
Infidel missiles come in waves
George Bush talks, but I can't hear what he's sayin'
When I was a child I tried to shoot a general
Had to dig a bullet out of my leg.
Now I got that feeling once again.
I can't explain, you would not understand.
The new Saladin I am.
I have become comfortably numb.
"OK.
We've got Marines closing in [BANG!]
There's gonna be some ...AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
If we don't hightail it out of here
Take your "medicine"
I do believe it's working, sir.
That'll keep you going on the run
Come on, it's time to go."
There is no pain, you are retreating
"American troops are nowhere near Baghdad."
"Al-Qaeda is coming to our aid."
Osama's tapes play but I can't hear what he's sayin'.
When I ran away I lived in a taxi cab,
And grew my beard like ZZ Top
But those fucking infidels came
Though I hid like a little bitch
They found my hole, the dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
(Thief's lesson for the day...never mix tyranny and prog rock.)
Posted by Thief at February 26, 2004 11:25 AM