Hilarious-- Bush promises probe into Saddam underwear pictures

[spooked911]

Actual headline:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050520/ts_nm/iraq_britain_saddam_dc_7


"LONDON (Reuters) - Washington promised an investigation on Friday into how pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants were splashed across the front-page of Britain's biggest-selling daily newspaper.

The imprisoned former Iraqi leader appeared on the front of the Sun, naked except for a pair of white briefs and holding a pair of trousers in his hand.

The Sun quoted U.S. military sources as saying they had handed over the pictures "in the hope of dealing a body blow to the resistance in Iraq."

Other photographs showed Saddam, with short, dyed-black hair and a mustache, washing clothes by hand and asleep on his bed."


Oh, the humanity!

[FreedomAngel82]

1. I'm sure he is

:eyes:

[aden_nak]

2. So "Bush Probe in Saddam's Pants" is a possible headline?

I like it!

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. Exactly what The Sun in the UK have gone with for Saturday

With subtitle: 'Vows "I'll get to the Bottom of this"'

[BurtWorm]

3. He has a man date to probe Saddam's undies.

So I hear. :blush:

[WI_DEM]

4. He' s putting Jeff Gannon on it right away.

[spooked911]

6. Exactly!

[Minnesota_Lib]

12. Well, Gannon DOES have experience with being "probed" in the WH

[bunkerbuster1]

30. Although he claims to be the one wot does the probing

"Remember--it isn't gay, if you're the guy!"

--Jon Stewart

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Fair is fair. Let's send out a photo of Bush in his undies.

Not that I want to see either George or Saddam thus attired...

[Gunit_Sangh]

7. I do

inquiring minds want to know -- Boxers, briefs or cowboy style?

[DemonFighterLives]

13. Everyone knows dubbie wears a codpiece

And sometimes he uses a sock.

[MisterP]

26. briefs: he left his pants unzipped in South America and someone

snapped a photo. The other world leaders either avoided looking at him or stared in amusement (Koizumi) or bafflement at how such a deficient man could be president (Putin)

[ET Awful]

8. So let's see, he "promises a probe" of pictures of Saddam in his undies

but proudly proclaims victory while displaying the mutilated corpses of his sons.

[Frederik]

9. Perhaps he means a probe into Saddam's underwear?

:+

[spooked911]

10. I can't stop laughing over this-- it's so stupid!

Also this: "The Sun quoted U.S. military sources as saying they had handed over the pictures "in the hope of dealing a body blow to the resistance in Iraq.""

Yes, I'm sure suicide bombers are going to be detered by pictures of Saddam in his underwear!
:7 :silly: :crazy:

[rocktivity]

25. The pic is supposed to be "body blow" to Saddam supporters?

Doesn't it run the risk of, ah, "inspiring" Saddam's supporters to, uh, deliver a body blow of THEIR OWN???? And are those "military sources" aware of how well the Abu Grhaib prison photos went over?



:headbang:
rocknation

[LaPera]

11. Like the military investigating themselves...What a joke!

The military always comes up smelling like a rose, I wonder why?

[tmooses]

14. Let's see-maybe he'll blame it on the British press for leaking

Saddam's undie shots. After all, that nasty Scot, Galloway, dared to call him a liar and he's a British MP. Or maybe the photo will be claimed to be created by Photoshop by some Dem who hates America.
I know it all sounds so far fetched-but you never know these days.

[jobycom]

15. Anyone else see a Southpark sketch in this? nt

[Lannes]

17. More Beavis and Butthead

"Huh huh..he said Probe"

[Walt Starr]

16. So * is going to probe Saddam's underwear?

Will Jeff Gannon be appointed independent probe investigator?

[formerrepuke]

18. The Brits create the best headlines- just wait for it:

"Dubya in Saddam Undie-Pics Row"
"Bush in Twist Over Saddam Undie-Pics"
"Bush Knocked for Saddam Knicker-Pics"

....or something like that

[wicket]

19. LOL!

Oh man, too funny.

[Mojambo]

20. They're just screwing with us now. n/t

[Lerkfish]

21. an investigation? like, how many people have access to Saddam?

that has to be the shortest investigation in history.
Bush: who has access to Saddam?
them: the guards
Bush: who brought in cameras?
them: the guards
Bush how many guards are there?
them: 12.
Bush: dang, we'll never figure this out, let's blame newsweek!

[spooked911]

23. LOL!

[paineinthearse]

22. We need to get John Conyers and Henry Waxman on this!!!!

They can put it at the tail end of their lists of things to investigate in the 109th.

[rocktivity]

24. It IS hilarious

considering that he doesn't believe that not being told about the Georgian grenade or stray Cessna are a big problem. And would I be overdramatizing to describe Jeff Gannon's White House access as a security breach, too?

:headbang:
rocknation

[greenbriar]

27. Any Pictures???

My office blocks images from search.

[rocktivity]

29. Can you see this, Greenbriar?

I have a similar problem at work--I can't see pics that are on personal storage sites like Photobucket.

:headbang:
rocknation

[greenbriar]

33. That is too funny!!1

thanks!

[paula777]

28. Off topic, but are they planning a trial for him, or they just going to

hold him in that prison until he dies? I know we have laws about a speedy trial here - do they not apply in this case? Maybe his case was based on him having WMDs -

[spooked911]

34. Good point-- the lack of WMD IS embarrassing for the trial standpoint

though I'm sure they have him on major human rights violations.

I'm not sure what the hold-up is all about. Certainly his trial could be embarrassing for the US, since we supported him during the time when he did so many brutal things. They could basically be holding him in limbo.

[rocktivity]

31. "IF possible?"

A U.S. military statement said the pictures...contravened Saddam's rights as a prisoner and could have broken the Geneva Convention...
COULD HAVE broken the Geneva convention? What does the Bush empire care aboutr the Geneva convention? Isn't that the one they contravened by re-defining torture and sending prisoners to other countries in order to BE tortured?

"This lapse is being aggressively investigated to determine, if possible, who took the photos, and to ensure existing procedures and directives are complied with to prevent this from happening again,"...the statement said.
Like Abu Grhaib, this is a CRIME, not a "laspe." And why, pray tell, WOULDN'T it be "possible" to find the culprits? I'd like to think that the military is running a VERY tight ship in terms of securing Saddam--surely there are records of who guarded him and when!

:headbang:
rocknation

[slor]

32. Well, the * does like "mandates"

maybe that is why we went to war, after saddamn spurned his advances.