ST. LOUIS - A military nurse who cared for Saddam Hussein in jail said the deposed dictator saved bread crusts to feed birds and seldom complained to his captors, except when he had legitimate gripes...
Ellis, 56, an operating room nurse in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, said he was ordered to do whatever was needed to keep Saddam alive. "That was my job: to keep him alive and healthy, so they could kill him at a later date," he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for a story published Sunday. ...
Saddam told Ellis that cigars and coffee kept his blood pressure down, and it seemed to work. Saddam would insist that Ellis smoke with him. Ellis said Saddam did not complain much, and, when he did, his complaint was usually legitimate. "He had very good coping skills," Ellis said.
Saddam shared with Ellis memories of happier times when his children were young. The former dictator described telling the youngsters bedtime stories and giving his daughter half a Tums tablet when she had a stomachache.
When he was allowed short visits outside, Saddam would feed the birds crusts of bread saved from his meals. He also watered a dusty plot of weeds. "He said he was a farmer when he was young and he never forgot where he came from," Ellis said.
When Ellis told Saddam he had to leave for America because his brother was dying, Saddam hugged him and said he would be Ellis' brother. "I was there to help him, and he respected that," Ellis said...
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*May 12*
940: Sixty-two-year-old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote *Nazm
al-Jauhar*, a history, of what some may consider of dubious accuracy ...
7 comments:
... pastra' firimituri de paine ca sa dea la pasarele... eh, cat a fost de bestie cu oamenii, avea si el un dram de omenie. Multi bastarzi aparent fara mila, in subconstientul lor au un dram de omenie fatza de animale, pana si Hitler isi adora cainele, nimic surprinzator.
E statistic, paznicilor, asistentilor, etc a detinutilor, condamnati la moarte, li se moaie sufletul, compasiunea e un sentiment natural, pana si mie mi s-a facut mila de satrapul irakian, cand am vazut filmatul integral cum il batjocoreau mascatii care asistau la executia lui. Cu asta nu sa nu se subinteleaga ca l-as fi salvat, asta ii era sfarsitul just, cunoscandu-i toate nemerniciile.
Am citit ca a fost batalie mare intre americani si irakieni, si pt. ziua executiei, prima zi de Eid islamic, decisa de triburile shi'ite de la Najaf.
Pacat de atatia americani ce si-au lasat pielea ca sa salveze Irakul de Saddam, si infine Irakul sa ajunga in labele clerului shi'it.
Da, stii cum s-a sinucis Goering?
Se pare ca a primit fiola de la paznicul lui cu care se facuse bun prieten.
Simpatiile intre gardieni si detinuti nu sunt un lucru neobisnuit. S-au infiripat chiar povesti de dragoste intre prizoneri si paznici. A tinut capul ziarelor nu demult in SUA cazul unei domane gardian care si-a ajutat iubitul sa evadeze. Asa ca nu ma mira atitudinea umanizata a lui Saddam din ultimele lui zile.
Uite, s-a gasit cine sa planga la mormant... Ileana Cornea.
Dupa ce a epuizat in doua cuvinte istoria crimelor lui Saddam, se revolta ca a fost ucis "ritual"? in timp ce striga lozinci anti-americane (atat de dragi stimatei ziariste).
Iar la urma a condimentat-o cu povestea "figurii umane" a calaului. A uitat doar sa scrie ca hranea pasarelele cu firimituri de paine. Ce dragutz!
Ileana Cornea a reluat tamburul mediatic stangist din Europa, astia care nu vor un tiran spanzurat, dar stau cu coada-ntre picioare cand e vorba de sharia pana si pe teritoriul european.
Chestia cu asistentul american e doar praf in ochi, un pretext ca sa-i machieze biografia, si pe aceea a intors-o cum o duce capul. Sunt convinsa ca n-a citit nici o biografier din cele iesite despre toata viata satrapului.
Stiam de fiola lui Goering si paznicul, pare ca nu-i chiar o legenda, am vazut recent un dossier, in tema cu bastarzii si sfarsitul lor.
A avut noroc Saddam de omenia americanilor, ca de nimerea in vreo puscarie irakiana, dadea firimituri de paine... la sobolani !
Roy am citit si eu articolul Ilenei Cornea. Nu am inteles ce traducere a vazut ea pentru ca eu nu am citit nicaieri lozincile antiamericane ale lui Saddam. In rest nimic nou:americanii cei rai, Saddam cel bun, drept si curajos.
Stai sa apara Miruna cu urmatorul comentariu si atunci sa vezi ditirabe antiamericane la greu.
"eu nu am citit nicaieri lozincile antiamericane ale lui Saddam".
Exact. A fost deja tradus mot à mot fiecare cuvintel din filmatul acela, pe toate blogurile din lume. Nici un cuvant adresat Americii, dar si mai surprinzator, nici relativ la Israel, ci la tradatorii lui, la Iran, la Sadr.
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