Rumsfeld Offered to Free Saddam in April'05

Geez! I knew, removing Saddam was a no-brainer to invade Iraq, just like the WMD's.

Its shocking to know, Bush/Rumsfeld are trying to cut a deal with their past buddy Saddam Hussein. Or is it shocking? Its expected. As long as insurgency goes on in the quagmire of Iraq, Bush cannot call back the troops. What a pathetic situation this president has put USA into!


Rumsfeld Tries To Cut A Deal With Saddm Hussein

Rumsfeld offered to free Saddam Hussein: Report

Press Trust of India

Jerusalem, May 1, 2005







US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld paid a secret visit to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and offered him freedom and possible return to public life if he made a televised request to armed groups for a ceasefire with allied forces, a media report said.

Saddam promptly rejected the offer, Ynetnews reported quoting a London based Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily.

The visit came during Rumsfeld's visit to Iraq about two weeks ago and was known only to a few Iraqi officials in Jordan, the Arab daily reported quoting sources.

Some two weeks ago the British Telegraph had reported that Iraqi gunmen were offered a "deal" to halt all terror attacks in return for a reduced sentence for Saddam, likely to be sentenced to death.

However, an Iraqi government official is said to believe that Saddam's Baath party will request to return to politics, the report said.