Saddam urges Arab summit to aid insurgency

Saddam Hussein urged Arab leaders to support Iraqi insurgents, warning that an “American-Israeli conspiracy” aims to split Iraq into pieces, according to a Sunday posting on the Internet of a letter purportedly written by the former Iraqi leader.

The Internet letter advises Arab leaders to support the insurgency, calling it “the bulwark to stave off waves of U.S., Zionist and Iranian conspiracies.” It said the resistance had “impeded the establishment of a global dictatorship led by the United States.”

A former member of Saddam’s defense team said the item was written in the deposed leader’s style. “The tone of the letter, the language used and the substance ... all point to the letter being Saddam’s,” Ziad Khasawneh told The Associated Press.

The letter said the turmoil in Iraq “is not an accident or the result of mistakes made by the U.S. administration ... These are interconnected steps whose final goal is to split Iraq into three states” — Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12027733/

Has internet in his cell. Uh huh.

Sure.

The last time Sadaam spoke in court he urged Iraqis to stop fighting each other - to end sectarian violence - and to fight the occupiers instead. The evening news blurb I heard that night said he told the Iraqis to keep fighting. Subtle difference, I know, but can we trust any translation of a missive he managed to get out to Arab leaders? I'm not even going to comment on the likelihood of him having pen pals...