OT - Odd discovery at Saddam's hideout...

Dutch · 12-15-2003, 12:49 PM

When they discovered the hole, Saddam immediately gave himself up by telling soldiers, in English, who he was.

"We were about to clear that UGF (under-ground facility) in a military sort of way," Hickey said. "He was wise not to wait too long."

U.S. forces usually clear such holes with a hand grenade.

Saddam would have used his "spider hole" or "rat hole" -- as soldiers referred to it -- to hide in for short periods when U.S. troops were in the area, Hickey said.

The hut consisted of one room with two beds and a fridge containing a can of lemonade, a packet of hot dogs, an opened box of Belgian chocolates and a tube of ointment. Several new pairs of shoes lay in their boxes scattered around the floor.

Soldiers said it was unclear whether the food and other items belonged to Saddam.

The other room, open to the elements at one end, was a kitchen with a sink fed by water from a cistern on top of a chicken coop at the other end of a small yard.

Pinned to the outside wall of the hut was a cardboard box depicting biblical scenes such as the Last Supper and the Madonna (news - web sites) and child with the English inscription "God bless our home."

Inside the bedroom was a 2003 calendar in Arabic with a colorful depiction of Noah's Ark.

Soldiers were surprised at the Christian decorations, at the very basic nature of Saddam's final residence as a free man and, most of all, at the fact he gave up without a fight.

"My gunner said: 'Is that it? No shooting?"' said Capt. Desmond Bailey, a commander of troops that encircled Saddam.

"He's the best gunner in the troop, so he was a bit disappointed."

QuikSand · 12-15-2003, 01:10 PM

Belgian chocolates, eh? Who knew?

KWhit · 12-15-2003, 01:12 PM

I wonder what he uses that "ointment" for?

Getting ready for his stay in an Iraqi pound me in the ass prison, I guess.

RPI-Fan · 12-15-2003, 01:15 PM

Interesting... I heard it was bite-sized Mars bars...

Subby · 12-15-2003, 01:17 PM

Ointment on its own? Probably not.

Ointment AND hot dogs?

Survey says: "You Betcha!"

BishopMVP · 12-15-2003, 01:35 PM

From the Washington Post:

"Why didn't you fight?" one Governing Council member asked Hussein as their meeting ended. Hussein gestured toward the U.S. soldiers guarding him and asked his own question: "Would you fight them?"

rkmsuf · 12-15-2003, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BishopMVP
From the Washington Post:

"Why didn't you fight?" one Governing Council member asked Hussein as their meeting ended. Hussein gestured toward the U.S. soldiers guarding him and asked his own question: "Would you fight them?"

He was probably running low on hot dogs anyway...

panerd · 12-15-2003, 02:00 PM

He knows the ACLU and the Europian countries will make sure he lives a nicer life than the one he was apperently living when captured.

robbgmaier · 12-15-2003, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Subby
Ointment on its own? Probably not.

Ointment AND hot dogs?

Survey says: "You Betcha!"

I've never even thought about trying ointment and hot dogs. Really.

cuervo72 · 12-15-2003, 03:02 PM

I thought Muslims weren't supposed to eat hot dogs?

edit: I'm probably wrong here....

BishopMVP · 12-15-2003, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cuervo72
I thought Muslims weren't supposed to eat hot dogs?

They're not, but the Koran doesn't say anything about other orifices.

Dutch hates us all right now.

Passacaglia · 12-15-2003, 03:33 PM

Muslims don't eat pork. I hear that some hot dogs are being made with beef these days...

MrBug708 · 12-15-2003, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by panerd
He knows the ACLU and the Europian countries will make sure he lives a nicer life than the one he was apperently living when captured.

I second that

bbor · 12-15-2003, 03:37 PM

Hotdogs are generally made from left over lips and assholes.

Subby · 12-15-2003, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bbor
Hotdogs are generally made from left over lips and assholes.

Which begs the question...what product do they make out of lips and assholes in the first place?

rkmsuf · 12-15-2003, 03:48 PM

spam?

Franklinnoble · 12-15-2003, 04:20 PM

Chicken McNuggets

cartman · 12-15-2003, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bbor
Hotdogs are generally made from left over lips and assholes.

Yep, why do you think the ends of hot dogs look the way they do???

Draft Dodger · 12-15-2003, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Subby
Ointment on its own? Probably not.

Ointment AND hot dogs?

Survey says: "You Betcha!"

perhaps the greatest post ever here at the FOFC

Dutch · 12-15-2003, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Dutch hates us all right now.

No, just Quiksand for daring folks to be cocky and funny. It's about as sick as an oitment caked hotdog if you ask me.

tucker342 · 12-15-2003, 07:35 PM

ummm wow this thread has gone downhill fast

Drake · 12-15-2003, 09:47 PM

On a serious note, if you really believed that the US invasion of Iraq was a Crusade (with all the religious connotations), it would make sense to hide out in a house with blatantly Xian religious paraphernalia and non-Muslim foods. From that perspective, it would make sense to assume that Xian-American soldiers would be less likely to search a Xian Iraqi house with the same intensity that they would search a Muslim house.

Thank God this country has turned into a bunch of pagan athiests, no?

bbor · 12-16-2003, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Subby
Which begs the question...what product do they make out of lips and assholes in the first place?

Sausages

Airhog · 12-16-2003, 01:50 AM

This question just begs to be anwsered. How do they grade lips and assholes? Does size matter? All hotdogs taste the same to me, but do all assholes? Someone needs to find this out, inquiring minds want to know.

Dutch · 12-16-2003, 07:22 AM

worst.thread.ever.

cuervo72 · 12-16-2003, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Airhog
This question just begs to be anwsered. How do they grade lips and assholes?

Don't know exactly how, but I do know there are some Grade-A assholes on this board

Drake · 12-16-2003, 08:02 AM

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Originally posted by Dutch
worst.thread.ever.

What? I tried.

WussGawd · 12-16-2003, 08:04 AM

Not that I had high hopes for this thread to start, but I believe it has suffered from multiple Fritzing.

Dutch · 12-16-2003, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Drake
What? I tried.

Drake, my thread was doomed from the start. You were throwing good brain cells after bad, I'm afraid....

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BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	From the Washington Post: "Why didn't you fight?" one Governing Council member asked Hussein as their meeting ended. Hussein gestured toward the U.S. soldiers guarding him and asked his own question: "Would you fight them?" Last edited by BishopMVP : 12-15-2003 at 01:35 PM.

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bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Hotdogs are generally made from left over lips and assholes. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

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QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Belgian chocolates, eh? Who knew?

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KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	I wonder what he uses that "ointment" for? Getting ready for his stay in an Iraqi pound me in the ass prison, I guess.

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panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	He knows the ACLU and the Europian countries will make sure he lives a nicer life than the one he was apperently living when captured.

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Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Muslims don't eat pork. I hear that some hot dogs are being made with beef these days...

12-15-2003, 03:48 PM	#16
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	spam? __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

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Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Chicken McNuggets

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tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	ummm wow this thread has gone downhill fast

12-15-2003, 09:47 PM	#22
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	On a serious note, if you really believed that the US invasion of Iraq was a Crusade (with all the religious connotations), it would make sense to hide out in a house with blatantly Xian religious paraphernalia and non-Muslim foods. From that perspective, it would make sense to assume that Xian-American soldiers would be less likely to search a Xian Iraqi house with the same intensity that they would search a Muslim house. Thank God this country has turned into a bunch of pagan athiests, no?

12-16-2003, 01:50 AM	#24
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	This question just begs to be anwsered. How do they grade lips and assholes? Does size matter? All hotdogs taste the same to me, but do all assholes? Someone needs to find this out, inquiring minds want to know. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

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Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	worst.thread.ever.

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