October 28, 2005

Saddam Can Only Blame the Man He Sees in the Mirror

The United Arab Emirates and the U.S. agreed with Saddam weeks before the Iraq War to let him to go into exile in the UAE.

UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan made the proposal for Saddam to go into exile at an emergency Arab summit just weeks before the U.S.-led war began in March 2003.

But the 22-member Arab League, led by Secretary-General Amr Moussa, refused to consider the initiative.

"We had got the final agreement from the different parties, the main players in the world and the person concerned -- Saddam Hussein -- within 24 hours," Mohammed bin Zayed, deputy head of the UAE armed forces and crown prince of Abu Dhabi, told the UAE-based channel in a documentary.

"So we were coming to put facts on the table, and there would have been results had it been discussed," he said.

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak says in the documentary that the United States had signaled its support for the proposal.

The Arab states that refused to discuss the idea knew Saddam wouldn't remain quiet. This is the same man who invaded his neighbors and gave international weapons inspectors the run around for a decade. Saddam's weasely ways are what led to his deserved downfall.

"Saddam Accepted UAE Exile Plan to Avert Iraq War-TV"