Saddam Hussien is straight Edge... Also, seems like a guy you could invite over......

[XTC]

NEW YORK - Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was "OK" and considers both Presidents Bush "no good." He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq.

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Those and other details of the deposed Iraqi leader's life in U.S. military custody appear in the July issue of GQ magazine, based on interviews with five Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who went to Iraq in 2003 and were assigned to Saddam's guard detail for nearly 10 months.

The magazine, which reached newsstands Monday, said the GIs could not tell their families what they were doing and signed pledges not to reveal the location or other details of the U.S.-run compound where Saddam was an HVD, or "high value detainee," awaiting trial by Iraqi authorities for mass killings and other crimes.

However, the five soldiers told GQ of their personal interactions with Saddam, saying he spoke with them in rough English, was interested in their lives and even invited them back to Iraq when he returns to power.

"He'd always tell us he was still the president. That's what he thinks, 100 percent," said Spc. Jesse Dawson, 25, of Berwick, Pa.

A Pentagon spokesman had no comment on the article.

The GIs recalled that Saddam had harsh words for the Bushes, each of whom went to war against him.

"The Bush father, son, no good," Cpl. Jonathan "Paco" Reese, 22, of Millville, Pa., quoted Saddam as saying.

Spc. Sean O'Shea, then 19, of Minooka, Pa., said Saddam later mellowed in that view. "Towards the end, he was saying that he doesn't hold any hard feelings and he just wanted to talk to (George W.) Bush, to make friends with him," he told the magazine.

Dawson quoted Saddam as saying: "He knows I have nothing, no mass weapons. He knows he'll never find them."

Their description of the man who once lived in palaces and now occupies a cell with no personal privacy matched recently published photos, apparently smuggled out of prison, showing Saddam in his underwear and a long robe.

The story said that once, when Saddam fell during his twice-a-week shower, "panic ensued. No one wanted him to be hurt while being guarded by Americans." One GI had to help Saddam back to his cell, while another carried his underwear.

Saddam was friendly toward his young guards and sometimes offered fatherly advice. When O'Shea told him he was not married, Saddam "started telling me what to do," recalled the soldier. "He was like, `You gotta find a good woman. Not too smart, not too dumb. Not too old, not too young. One that can cook and clean.'"

Then he smiled, made what O'Shea interpreted as a "spanking" gesture, laughed and went back to doing his laundry in the sink.

The soldiers also said Saddam was a "clean freak" who washed after shaking hands and used diaper wipes to clean meal trays, utensils and table before eating. "He had germophobia or whatever you call it," Dawson said.

The article said Saddam preferred Raisin Bran Crunch for breakfast, telling O'Shea, "No Froot Loops." He ate fish and chicken but refused beef.

For a time his favorite snack was Cheetos, and when that ran out, Saddam would "get grumpy," the story said. One day, guards substituted Doritos corn chips, and Saddam forgot about Cheetos. "He'd eat a family size bag of Doritos in 10 minutes," Dawson said.

The magazine said Saddam told his guards that when the Americans invaded Iraq in March 2003, he "tried to flee in a taxicab as the tanks were rolling in," and U.S. planes struck the palace he was trying to reach instead of the one he was in.

"Then he started laughing," recalled Reese. "He goes, `America, they dumb. They bomb wrong palace.'"

Saddam also said his capture in an underground hideout on Dec. 13, 2003, resulted from betrayal by the only man who knew where he was, and had been paid to keep the secret.

"He was really mad about that," Dawson said. "He compared himself to Jesus, how Judas told on Jesus. He was like, `That's how it was for me.' If his Judas never said anything, nobody ever would have found him, he said."

U.S. officials said at the time that intelligence from several sources led to Saddam's capture.

The magazine said Saddam prayed five times a day and kept a Quran that he claimed to have found in rubble near his hideout. "He proudly showed (it) to the boys because it was burned around the edges and had a bullet hole in it," GQ said.

XTC Reviewed by XTC on 06-21-2005. Saddam Hussien is straight Edge... Also, seems like a guy you could invite over...... NEW YORK - Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was "OK" and considers both Presidents Bush "no good." He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq. ADVERTISEMENT Those and other details of the deposed Iraqi leader's life in U.S. military custody appear in the July issue of GQ magazine, based on interviews with five Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who went to Iraq in 2003 and were assigned to Rating: 5

[XTC]

Ahh. nevermind I thought it said He Refused Beer, instead it says refuses Beef.

[Button Basher]

Do they give every mass killer in prison their choice of cheesy snacks?

[Torog]

Do they give every mass killer in prison their choice of cheesy snacks?

Howdy BB,

They do,if the liberals have anything to do with it. The Left,views saddam as a poor,picked-upon, under-dog and as a hero,for standing up to America for so long. Which is also why,the prisoners at Gitmo,live and eat better,than their guards do. Which is also why,the guards were nervous about saddam being injured in the shower,because they know,that the supporters and appeasers of terrorists,the liberal,main-steam-media in America,would lie and say that it was deliberate.

Have a good one ...

[Torog]

Ahh. nevermind I thought it said He Refused Beer, instead it says refuses Beef.

Howdy XTC,

So...are you or are you not,an admirer of saddam ? Do you really admire a man,who personally tortured and brutally murdered,thousands of his own people,by his own hand ?

President Bush,has never tortured or killed anyone,with his own hands,yet y'all claim everyday,that he has.

Have a good one....

[pisshead]

george bush is the red paint on a coke can, a front man, a puppet, he's not making decisions torog.

geroge bush is very liberal.

[Torog]

george bush is the red paint on a coke can, a front man, a puppet, he's not making decisions torog.

geroge bush is very liberal.

Howdy pisshead,

If Bush ain't making the decisions,then who do you think is ?

Have a good one...

[pisshead]

it's a consortium of global corporate heads, heads of state, royalty, incredibly wealthy 'old money' elites (rockefeller, rothschild, onassis, kennedy, freeman, dupont, collins, krupp, reynolds, russell - wealth you can't even begin to imagine and keep it hidden in tax free foundations and trusts)...

those who attend the bilderberg group meetings yearly, every may or june usually...there are people who report from there, even though fox and cnn don't even so much as acknolwedge it...bush was in germany around the time it took place this year...

there are credible reports that come out yearly from realy investigative journalists and reporters, and there are a couple that are really accurate, they're clearly setting world policy at these meetings that get implemented...bill clinton attended before he became president, john edwards went before he was announced as kerry's vp...republicans go too...only a handful of Americans go every year...it's a select couple hundred from around the world deciding what's going to happen.

those who attend bohemian grove where policy speeches and plans are made. it's very christian and conservative to worship a giant owl and burn an effigy to it.

none of this really matters, tomorrow you're going to be praising lord bush as if he's a christian conservative. he's the opposite.

[Torog]

Howdy pisshead,

Ultimately,God will triumph over the bad guys..and if Bush is amongst them...so be it.

I will not take the mark of the beast and I will always fight against a global goverment.

Have a good one...

[Button Basher]

The Left,views saddam as a poor,picked-upon, under-dog and as a hero,for standing up to America for so long

We both know that's not true. You can make a good point without over exaggerating you know.

Obviously no one see's Saddam as a hero. You can't deny that, morals aside, liberals admit to the apprehension of Saddam being a very positive outcome of the Iraq war. There's no proof to suggest that it is liberals that allow Saddam this special treatment. I wouldn't be surprised if George W himself sent over a nice bag of cheetos for him to munch on , perhaps with a note attached: "we had fun didn't we?"

It doesn't bother me that much, it makes sense to give an HVD like Saddam exceptional treatment, it just seems so densely American the way their offering him chips and such.

"Yo el presidente! You want a coke with that?"

Give him bread and nothing else I say.