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	US stalling on Iraq executions

kkcapricorn

11-11-2007 10:12 PM

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iraq, executions, us, cia

kkcapricorn says:

It has been widely reported that he was in touch with the CIA during Saddam Hussein's rule and took part in plots to unseat him

Politics really disgusts me.

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11-12-2007 8:02 AM

tabsey

Maybe Dick'n'George have designs of their own for these three. Future leadership in Iraq could be a possibility if history repeats itself.

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