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From the Radio Free Michigan archives
ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot
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On Saturday, January 16th, there was a day of special
programming, marking the second anniversary of the start of the
Persian Gulf War, broadcast by Pacifica Radio Network station
WBAI-FM (99.5)
505 Eighth Ave., 19th Fl.
New York, NY 10018 (212) 279-0707
During the prelude to Bush's Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert
Sham, I spoke with journalist/U.S. intelligence analyst Nita
Renfrew on the then-esoteric subject of Bush sucking Saddam
Hussein into Kuwait.
The following transcript presents, from her WBAI interview,
an excerpt spotlighting one facet of Nita Renfrew's latest
analysis: an explanation of the secret purpose underlying
Bush's current air assault upon the innocent People of Iraq.
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BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ:
Now, you have an interesting thought concerning the disposition of
three hundred U.S. Special Forces troops in the Persian Gulf now,
at this time in the crisis. Would you like to elaborate on that?
NITA RENFREW:
Yes, I certainly would. In talking to some of my intelligence
sources, there is a feeling within the intelligence community that
the reason for these Special Forces and for the Air Cavalry -- which
arrived yesterday in Kuwait, comprising (the newspaper says) twelve
hundred troops from Fort Hood [Texas] -- is not so much [part of] a
strike upon Iraq, in and of itself, but because the strikes are
being set up as a diversion to a kidnapping plan whereby the U.S.
Government would send in these forces to cross the line [into Iraq]
and they would bring back Saddam Hussein.
And the way that would work is ..... These Special Forces are not
troops that we send in to defend borders or anything of that nature.
They have nothing to do with that. And the [accompanying] Air
Cavalry means, basically, helicopters today, and you don't use
helicopters to defend borders either. What they were used for during
the Persian Gulf War was for tagging. The Special Forces were sent
behind the lines, and so were these special [Air Cavalry]
helicopters that were developed at Fort Hood that have very narrow
rotor blades, so they don't make any noise. And what they used them
for during the Gulf War was to go in and tag the [bombing] targets.
It improved our capability immensely because, apparently, we don't
have much capability of hitting targets unless they're tagged.
But, in addition to this, there is a sentiment that the bombing
strikes are being used as a diversion. And the reason for that is
that the more havoc that is created, the more need there is for
Saddam Hussein to meet with his cabinet, and it would be easier to
locate him because he has to surface. He has to speak on the radio.
Even though he tapes it, it makes it easier to see his movements.
It makes it easier to track the cabinet because they have to make
decisions. So there is a sentiment that in the following days, what
Bush is attempting to do is to pull off a capture of Saddam Hussein
and his key cabinet members and to bring them back to the United
States before he leaves office.
Obviously, if this fails -- which it likely will because Saddam is
pretty well organized -- we WON'T hear about it because they will
try to cover it up. They'll say that they [Special Forces and Air
Cavalry] were just used to tag targets.
But that's what's in the air, according to some of my intelligence
sources.
BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ:
Well, indeed, we should be following that. It's a new angle which
really bears some examination. Now, presumably, the Iraqi president
is aware that he might be entrapped, physically. What do you think
he might be doing to guard himself against that? I mean, this is
not a new situation.
NITA RENFREW:
Well, even though he's aware, I think that what happens when you
put a leader under a great deal of stress, he begins to get worn
down. I mean, the man probably hasn't had much sleep, if any, in
the past few days. All it takes is one security lapse. So, when
you're bone-tired, you start making mistakes. And I think that's
the purpose of the diversions [air raids].
BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ:
Let me introduce Phyllis Bennis, who is here with us in the studio,
Nita. I'll tell our audience that we're speaking with Nita Renfrew
who is the author of a book: "SADDAM HUSSEIN", and a long-time
political observer of the area.
PHYLLIS BENNIS:
You know, one of the issues that has emerged lately is this question
of the comparison between the situation of Saddam Hussein and that
of Manuel Noriega in Panama. And, of course, this issue of the
possibility, or even the consideration of kidnapping Saddam Hussein
raises that parallel even further. I wonder, Nita, what your idea
is of what you think U.S. forces, U.S. intelligence operatives, are
looking at in terms of the people around Saddam Hussein, who could
be seen as potential replacements. If they did succeed, for example,
at pulling off some sort of a kidnapping -- presumably, they
wouldn't be too concerned about the casualties of that operation --
but if they managed to kidnap Saddam Hussein out of Iraq, what do
they anticipate would be the kind of government, and led by who,
that would replace him?
NITA RENFREW:
I think it's obvious from listening, in the past few days, on
television, just to people like Vernon Walters, who is former CIA,
former head of the U.S. Delegation to the U.N., and recently, to
Germany (he was interviewed last night on NIGHTLINE), and other
analysts. They keep saying that they're hoping that the military
will take over. And we know [this] through some of the opposition
people and through some of the people inside Iraq (they have made
contact with high-level military officers). So, I would say that
what they're hoping for is a military coup by some of the people
whom they have made contact with. And we'll have some kind of a
puppet military government in Iraq because even the United States
doesn't think it can handle a Shiite Fundamentalist government,
which is what we would probably have if the Shiites in the south
could vote at the moment.
(end of excerpt)
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Feel free to post this transcript to computer bulletin boards
and to post hardcopies in public places, both on and off campus.
John DiNardo
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Radio Free Michigan site by the archive maintainer.
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