Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2238-1001192966-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:12:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 6111 invoked by uid 510); 22 Sep 2001 21:10:31 -0000 Received: from n18.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.68) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 22 Sep 2001 21:10:31 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2238-1001192966-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by mr.egroups.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2001 21:10:07 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 22 Sep 2001 21:09:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 61582 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2001 21:09:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 22 Sep 2001 21:09:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 22 Sep 2001 21:10:06 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id OAA21444 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:10:06 -0700 Message-Id: <200109222110.OAA21444@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Saddam.says.Iraqis.could.have.saved.people.at.WTC] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Saddam says Iraqis could have saved people at WTC By Khaled Yacoub Oweis BAGHDAD, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein criticised U.S. rescue efforts at the devastated World Trade Center site in New York on Thursday, saying more experienced Iraqis would have found survivors in the rubble. "America has let down its people. Many who could have been saved died. They could have been saved if the mission had been given to Iraqis trained by the tragedies America inflicted on Iraq," Saddam told a group of officers. Saddam was referring to the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent Western air raids on Iraq, in which he said 200,000 tonnes of bombs had been dropped on the country. "They (the U.S. authorities) should have saved the living from day one and rescue work should have been carried out by ordinary people and not limited to rescue workers," Saddam said. U.S. officials say the chances of finding any more survivors in the ruins of the World Trade Center buildings are remote. Two aircraft commandeered by suicide hijackers crashed into the twin towers last week, killing thousands. "If this (attack) happened to Iraq then the residents of the area would be the first to save the living, remove the bodies and put out the fire before the firemen arrive," Saddam said in remarks carried by the Iraqi News Agency. He said American authorities should also have asked Iraq to help repair the devastating damage. "The Americans should have used Iraqi help to restore water, power and telephones to the area," Saddam said, citing what he described as the swift rehabilitation of infrastructure in Iraq after the U.S.-led bombardment during the 1991 Gulf War. The Iraqi president, who has already issued two long commentaries advising Washington to react wisely to the attacks on New York and Washington, said Iraq would have helped the U.S. rescue effort if it had been asked. "The Iraqis would have agreed for humanitarian reasons and not for the sake of the American government," he said. The military journal Jane's has reported that Israeli intelligence believes Iraq was a sponsor of the September 11 attacks. Iraq has denied separate reports that one of the hijackers of the first jet that crashed into the twin towers had met Iraqi intelligence agents. Iraqi officials have described the attacks as a consequence of U.S. foreign policy and cast doubt that those behind them were foreign, saying they could have been Americans outraged at rising "poverty and discrimination" in their country. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JNm9_D/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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