from lucianne http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010920/80/c4quq.html

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has criticised U.S. rescue efforts at the devastated World Trade Centre site in New York, saying more experienced Iraqis would have found survivors in the rubble.

"America has let down its people. Many who could have been saved died. They could have been saved if the mission was given to Iraqis trained by the tragedies America inflicted on Iraq," Saddam told a group of officers on Thursday.

Saddam was referring to the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent Western air raids on Iraq, in which he said 200,000 tonnes of bombs had been dropped on the country.

U.S. officials say the chances of finding any more survivors in the ruins of the World Trade Centre buildings are remote. Two aircraft commandeered by suicide hijackers crashed into the twin towers last week, killing thousands of people.

"If this (attack) happened to Iraq then the residents of the area would be the first to save the living, remove the bodies and put out the fire before the firemen arrive," Saddam said in remarks carried by the Iraqi News Agency.

The Iraqi president, who has already issued two long commentaries advising Washington to react wisely to the attacks on New York and Washington, said Iraq would have helped in the U.S rescue effort if it had been asked.

"The Iraqis would have agreed for humanitarian reasons and not for the sake of the American government," he said.

Iraq has denied reports that one of the hijackers of the first jet that crashed into the World Trade Centre had met Iraqi intelligence agents

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2001

Answers

Saddam,

I just have one finger for you. Can you guess which one it is?

Most realize that there wouldn't be many survivors to this event (which I am sure you had your fingers in in some way shape form or fashion), but we/they wanted to hope.

I, myself, and surprised that they found the couple that they did.

again, I think you can guess which lard covered finger I'm showing you.

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2001

Yeah, well, the WTC was constructed of materials a bit stronger then dried camel shit and straw. Sorry. No, I'm not.

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2001