Only Saddam Hussein can run Iraq, says aide

[sabra]

Source: telegraph uk

A prominent figure in the Iraqi opposition movement that helped propel America and Britain to war in 2003 has said the country would be better off if Saddam Hussein was still in power.

Lufti Saber, once a key lieutenant of the first post-Saddam Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, has a ringside seat on the new Baghdad regime as an aide to the American-led military coalition.

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"None of these people trust each other," he said. "Everything comes down to that. The whole system is set up to ensure that nobody does anything that somebody else thinks is wrong.

"Saddam had a way of rising above that. As soon as he made a decision, it happened. People knew it had to be done. It didn't matter where they were in the country, they knew the floor at work had to be cleaned, just in case Saddam turned up. Now the country is engulfed in chaos and nobody does anything because they all refuse to take responsibility."

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Before his arrest, Mr Saber was instrumental in orchestrating a failed coup within the senior military ranks in 1996.

"I never thought I would say it given that he sentenced me to death," he said. "But I find myself wishing Saddam was still here. Only he had the knack of running this god-forsaken country."



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[Ian David]

1. Fortunately, The Bush Family is raising young clones of Saddam Hussein in Paraguay. n/t

[bushmeister0]

3. Is that the lab run by Reverand Moon? The Washington Times ought

to get on this. Where's Tony Blankley when you need him?

[bushmeister0]

2. Oh crap, I was afraid of this, I knew we shouldn't have killed him!

[Ian David]

4. Just set him up on the back porch with some dark sunglasses, and pretend he's still alive.

[grytpype]

12. Yeah, when they hanged him I said, "Damn, who are we going to give Iraq to when we leave?"

... and there still is no answer to that question!

[skyounkin]

5. Sorry

Only Saddam Hussein COULD run Iraq...........

[Bozita]

6. And only Tito could run the former Yugoslavia.

[David__77]

10. That's the truth.

But it wasn't Tito's brutality that helped him, because he wasn't all that brutal. It was that he wasn't a racist chauvinist like those who stepped in to fill his place.

[Arctic Dave]

7. How high has the shit stacked up

when you yearn for the better days of Saddam. Thats like saying you miss having cancer or being kicked in nads.

[Doctor_J]

8. The ship has sailed on that

better have a look at plan B

[blayne]

9. That is the sad, damn truth!

When Saddam was in power, if they found a terrorist they executed him. Those were the good old days.

[grytpype]

11. Of course this is only in the foreign press!!!!

Don't hold your breath until you see this on Fox or CNN.

[superconnected]

13. So a dead man is even better than now? Probably is. Let him run the place.

[sakabatou]

14. We left a vacuum

It would be only time before people began to say this.

[fshrink]

15. He was put there for a reason.

That's the whole post-colonialist scheme. And who put him there? The MI6. And who kept him there? The CIA. And who got rid of him? The Brits and the US.

[Supersedeas]

16. that's one heckuva constitution you've got there Bremer

[Boojatta]

17. Saddam Hussein would have died eventually anyway.

They don't have Saddam Hussein, but they still have some oil. Perhaps they should think about what they will do when the oil runs out.