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Bush Staged Saddam's Arrest: Congressman
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News Correspondent

WASHINGTON, 18 December 2003 - Arabs are not alone in believing US
conspiracy theories. Here at home, a US member of Congress has accused
President George W. Bush of timing Saddam Hussein's capture this Sunday for
Bush's own political advantage.

Congressman Jim McDermott, D-Washington, said during an interview on Seattle
radio Monday that American forces could have captured Saddam "a long time
ago if they wanted."

When the interviewer asked whether the capture of Iraq's dictator was timed
to help the president, Rep. McDermott replied: "Yeah. Oh, yeah. There's too
much by happenstance for it to be just a coincidental thing."

Asked if he meant that the timing of the capture was manipulated by
political aims, McDermott said: "I don't know that it was definitely planned
on this weekend, but I know they've been in contact with people all along
who knew basically where he was. It was just a matter of time till they'd
find him.

"It's funny, when they were having all this trouble, suddenly they have to
roll out something," said McDermott, who suggested that Bush used the timing
of Saddam's arrest to distract Americans from troubles at home.

But Norm Dicks, a fellow Democratic Congressman from Washington, slammed
McDermott for his comments about Saddam's capture.

"With all due respect to my colleague, that is a fantasy," Dicks told the
Associated Press. "That just is not right. It's one thing to criticize this
administration for having done this war. I mean, that's a fair question. But
to criticize them on the capture of Saddam, when it's such a big thing to
our troops, is just ridiculous."

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan shrugged off the congressman's
accusations: "I don't think I have to dignify every ridiculous comment that'
s made out there. I think that members of his own party adequately addressed
his comments."

McDermott traveled to Baghdad last year and said President Bush would lie to
the American people in order to justify the war.

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