Even on the run, Hussein has Iraqis under his 'spell' ("occult" powers)

BAGHDAD – As US forces rolled into Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, the Ace of Spades in the US Army's deck of cards of wanted Iraqis, did a spectacular vanishing act. Many Iraqis believe their former leader, a lifelong dabbler in the occult, will never be found by coalition troops scouring the country. His trick, they say, is a magic stone that protects him from harm.

Mr. Hussein and his inner circle were obsessed with the dark arts: his son Uday even advertised on his own television channel for those with supernatural powers to come forward and serve the ruling family. In a country where decades of isolation and repression have cut people off from the modern world, belief in the occult is commonplace, and Iraqis regularly consult soothsayers to find stolen cars or tackle mental illness. Many believe Hussein has shrouded himself in his dark powers.

"Saddam never takes any step unless he consults with his magician advisers. I'm sure he has two or three with him now," says Qassem Ali, an electrician in Baghdad.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0806/p01s04-woiq.html

that is priceless, Saddam is Rasputin now :D

We should hook him up with Mel Gibson, maybe there
is a movie in it.

Like the one that gawd has told to attack foreign countries.

...Or can he smite the British with lightning bolts coming out of his ass, like William Wallace? Hussein's what -- about 9 1/2 feet tall, right?

FIFTH month of war....over $60 Billion dollars of OUR hard earned taxes spent...not only aren't the Iraqis HAPPY, we aren't either...

and bush* minions announce that this war will go on forever, at a cost of at least a soldier KILLED every day, and $ 4 BILLION MORE every month.....

when will America stand up and object ????

Can you see him with his voodoo dolls?

Ouch!!!

"Saddam never takes any step unless he consults with his magician advisers. I'm sure he has two or three with him now," says Qassem Ali, an electrician in Baghdad.

Because, as we all know, the ones who ALWAYS have the most knowledge about leaders are the electricians. They have ALL the inside knowledge.

By the way, wouldn't there have to be electricity in order for there to be electricians????

Don't worry, Saddam will get his just deserts, but imagine... getting Saddam is Shrub's biggest, wildest, wettest dream. Oh, that he could be deprived of it!

The longer without finding him the better. Just wonder how long it will take before Saddam disappears down the same memory hole that Bin Laden is now relegated to?

and it is a fact that Reagan acted on her advice in Presidential
decisions--scary as that may be :0)

They can't catch him so they call him the boogy man. Good for scaring young kids.

Evil = Excuses for Violating Individual's Liberties

Or will we have to get an exorcism performed on Iraq?

Can't they at least get creative for once? Nothing like the accult to appeal to the american people's sense of fear and loathing. The occult itself is neither good nor bad, it all depends on the intentions of those involved. It's like the force.

You who doubt this don't know what you are talking about. He may meet his end at the guns of the U.S., but without a doubt he has been helped to his fate by whatever powers he is tapping into, IMHO.

Those who know can't tell. Those who tell, well, who knows?

Evil never triumphs, unless you read Norse mythos.

The Chimp is Skull and Bones.

Bush and Powell and neocons visit. Creepy--burning efigies of
dead babies---I don't know what the truth about it is because
nobody really says.