Iran
Media Leaks Secret Deal Behind Demise Of
Baghdad
Apr 15, 2003
Source: Gulf News
AN Iranian news agency close to top conservative military figures attributed the fall of Baghdad to a secret tripartite agreement between Saddam
Hussein, Russia and the US.
According to the Baztab agency, 13 days after the start of the war, Saddam and
Russian intelligence allegedly pledged to hand over Baghdad with minimal resistance to allied forces provided they spared the lives of Saddam and a hundred of his close relatives. The US, for its part, promised to safely send Saddam and his entourage to a third country.
Baztab added that Mohammed Saeed Al
Sahaf, Iraqi Information Minister, was instructed to stay in Baghdad until the very last moments to lend the impression that everything in Saddam’s camp was under control. The agency also claimed that
Russia gained $5 billion to orchestrate this agreement.
Iran’s state TV, which is under the supervision of the supreme leader, also attributed the fall of Baghdad to a secret deal between coalition forces and the deposed Iraqi president. It aired the fall of Baghdad without showing scenes of
Iraqis dancing in the streets. Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said there are serious questions surrounding
Saddam’s demise.
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The source site, http://www.jihadunspun.com
is an independent News website operated by expatriate muslims based in British
Columbia, Canada, complete with their own reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan.