Iraq will demand return of Saddam's palace

[floda]

But will they get it back?


Baghdad, Iraq-AP -- Reopening under new management.

That's what Iraq's president (Ghazi al-Yawer) has planned for Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace in Baghdad.

Right now the palace is being used as the headquarters of the U-S run coalition. And U-S officials have said they plan to use the palace as an annex for a new American Embassy in Baghdad.

But the country's new president told reporters today as he returned from a U-S trip that there's been no discussion of inviting the U-S to keep control of the palace.

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http://www.arkansasnbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=1943986

[Tellurian]

1. "We're going to return FULL sovereignty to Iraq!" GWB

well, here we go..

strike one!

[Cocoa]

2. strike two, actually

they're asking for Saddam to be handed over to them, and Bush is balking.

[Tellurian]

18. Yes, of course, cocoa-

the fuse is lit...

what will be the spark for strike three?

[Cocoa]

19. my guess

it will have something to do with oil.

[tridim]

3. Gawd, Iraq is going to explode July 1st

Of course the Iraqis should make the decision who gets to use the palaces, but there's no way in hell we'll leave. How soon until our Iraqi puppet government turns on us?

[0007]

5. 'Tis a time bomb for sure -

Wanting Saddam's palace is a gas. It must be one hell of a strong hold.

[laylah]

13. Oh happy, happy

joy, joy...what a birthday present for me...GAWD, for the first time in my (almost but not yet) 53 years, I truly, with a venom, HATE (these people)...Dumbass and his minions have stolen MY country and now they are doing their best to steal another :mad:

Jenn

[Robbien]

4. We have some gall

We take possession of one of Iraqi's historical landmarks and do not even think there is anything wrong with that action. It would be equivalent to having some foreign occupier take over the White House.

[starroute]

7. Actually, it was built by the British after World War I

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/26/60II/main542166.shtml

It's still a bad move symbolically to decide to annex it to the US Embassy. But it's not exactly an equivalent of the White House.

[Eloriel]

11. it's still theirs, not ours, no matter what. n/t

[Larkspur]

6. Can call this "The Revolt of the US Puppets"

or how Iraqi exiles try to con the Iraqi people.

This demand by our puppets sure sounds like a "bait and switch" con game to try to fool the Iraqi people that the interim Iraqi government is independent of US control.

[Hand]

8. Heh heh heh....

Maybe the Iraqis should give Chimpy a taste of his own foul medicine and form mobs in the street outside chanting, "GET OUT OF SADDAM'S HOUSE!"

Umm... maybe not. Could lead to lead poisoning.

:evilgrin:

[sam sarrha]

9. Saddam will need the palace when they let him go, and make him president

for life.

[2Design]

10. this guy may just be able to get respect in his own country if he

stands up to Bush......I will pray that they can defeat Bush....because our congress and people don't seem to be able to control him and his minions from destroying this country and the world....

[kskiska]

12. Hrrrrumph…Next thing you know

they'll want the oil.

[laylah]

14. Good one! n/t

[Columbia]

15. Let em have it back

It's way too gaudy to be respectable as a part of the US embassy anyway. Plus the rooms really are not well fitted to be as offices. There are mostly just big ballrooms downstairs and small bedrooms upstairs. Definitely not embassy material.

[gulliver]

16. They'll rent it to us.

We'll pay them with their oil money.

[Just Me]

17. All I can say is,..."they" are NOT "thinking",...

,...about the human element which involves feeling. Of course, when it came to torture, they were very freakin' thoughtful about how to break the spirit of another human being.

What is the matter with these people? Do they know no only one path to another human being other than understanding and concern?

Damn.