Saddam Hussein, or Mighty Morphin’ Power Ranger? You decide:
… (UFO Roundup Middle East correspondent) Mohammed Daud al-Hayyat has a theory that the golden necklaces worn by Saddam and his son Qusay are protective devices given to them by the reputed Zarzi aliens. …
‘People say that when they wear these necklaces, Saddam and Qusay have only to clasp hands, and the circle of light will appear,’ Mohammed explained, ‘The alien vortex will instantly transport them to safety. In this manner, they can create the circle without the Zarzi aliens being present.’ …
‘The latest rumor is that Saddam will shortly address the people of Iraq from an alien base on the moon! They say this will happen in four or five days.’
Classic! Snipped from UFO Roundup, via the Forteana list; full extract here. (Link)
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UFO ROUNDUP Volume 8, Number 18 May 7, 2003
You missed the best segment – the one about Saddam and the UFO:
The Saddam video “is the talk of everyone in Baghdad,” reported Ayesha al-Khatabi, a UFO Roundup Middle East correspondent. “But what is most puzzling is the mysterious golden necklace Saddam was wearing when the Azamiyah video was made. Qusay was wearing one, as well. Since Saddam is not known for wearing jewelry with his uniforms, my sources in Iraq cannot understand why he chose to wear it that day.”
Fellow correspondent Mohammed Daud al-Hayyat has a theory that the golden necklaces worn by Saddam and his son Qusay are protective devices given to them by the reputed Zarzi aliens.
(Editor’s Note: According to an urban legend, a UFO crashed in Iraq either during 1991 or 1998. Saddam granted the surviving aliens sanctuary, allowing them to live in either an underground base at Zarzi or at the centuries-old citadel at Qalaat-e-Julundi in the As- Zab as-Saghir (Little Zab) river valley in northern Iraq.)
“People say that when they wear these necklaces, Saddam and Qusay have only to clasp hands, and the circle of light will appear,” Mohammed explained, “The alien vortex will instantly transport them to safety. In this manner, they can create the circle without the Zarzi aliens being present.”
Two days after Saddam’s appearance, “on April 11 (2003),” al- Azamiyah “was the site of a firefight between Iraqis holed up in a mosque and U.S. Marines hunting for leaders of Saddam’s regime.”
Ayesha noted that “al-Azamiyah is primarily a neighborhood of Sunni Muslims, so Saddam Hussein knew he would be among friends when he appeared there.”
Also on Wednesday, April 9, 2003, according to ufologist Jose Escamilla, a cylindrical UFO was seen dodging American anti-aircraft bursts while flying over Baghdad.
“I found a rod (cylindrical UFO) that zipped through anti-aircraft explosions over the city,” Escamilla reported, “And this rod flew effortlessly and was not hit nor affected by the explosions in the air. Clear shot and it was moving very fast.”
Ayesha speculated that this “may have been the UFO that brought Saddam Hussein to al-Azamiyah earlier. The Escamilla video may actually show Saddam and Qusay leaving the city after their surprise appearance.”
On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, the ousted dictator created another stir when “a London-based Arabic newspaper published a handwritten letter purportedly signed by Saddam Hussein that called on Iraqis to rise up against American forces.”
Saddam “urged Iraqis to rebel against the ‘infidel, criminal, murderous and cowardly occupier,’ promised that people who collaborated with American-led forces would be punished and predicted that ‘the day of liberation and victory will come.”‘
“Faxed to the offices of Al-Quds al-Arabi, the letter was dated April 28, the date of Saddam’s 66th birthday.”
“The newspaper’s editor, Abdel Bari Atwan…said he had seen Saddam’s signature before and believed the one on the letter was ‘definitely’ his.”
However, “U.S. officials were skeptical about the authenticity” of Saddam’s letter and “are unsure whether Saddam survived two bombings that targeted buildings where he was believed to be, one at the outset of the war and one at the closing days.”
President George W. Bush, “speaking Sunday (April 20, 2003) at Fort Hood in Texas, said that if Saddam was alive, ‘I would suggest he not pop his head up.”‘
“In the last week, Iraqis say they have seen Saddam emerging from an underground tunnel in his hometown of Tikrit, riding in a taxi in the southern city of Basra and living in a former Sheraton Hotel in Baghdad.”
“‘There have been more sightings of Saddam Hussein than of Elvis,’ Rick Wiles, editor of American Freedom News, said.”
“Opinion is equally divided. Some people say Saddam is at Zarzi with the aliens,” Mohammed Daud al-Hayyat added, “Others say he is at the underground base at al- Ouja, two kilometers (1.2 miles) north of Tikrit. The latest rumor is that Saddam will shortly address the people of Iraq from an alien base on the moon! They say this will happen in four or five days.”