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2006/1/26-27 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:41543 Activity:nil 67%like:41539
1/26    http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/26/115712.shtml?s=ic
        Former #2 Iraq air force general Georges Sada (also thrown in jail by
        Saddam for his refusal to execute 40 American POWs during the Gulf War)
        says two pilots ("know them very well", "very good friends of mine")
        told him that Saddam flew (chemical) WMDs to Syria in the months
        preceding and in anticipation of the 2003 Iraq invasion.  Sada, in an
        interview with Hannity & Combes last night, also says Iraq's nuclear
        capability has long since been destroyed.  Sada also pushed his new
        book:  "Saddam's Secrets".
        \_ The name reminds me of the Conan skits. My question is will Sada
           have to apologize to Oprah later?
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