Report: Saddam has chronic prostate infection

[madinmaryland]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein suffers from a chronic prostate infection and has refused to have a biopsy to rule out any chance he has cancer, an Iraqi official said in an interview Thursday on Al-Jazeera television.

X-rays and blood tests carried out by U.S. military doctors did not show anything more serious than the infection and Saddam seemed to be in good health otherwise, Iraqi Human Rights Minister Bakhtiar Amin said.

He said blood tests came back negative for cancer, but officials wanted to take a biopsy to be safe.

Chronic prostate infections are common, occurring in about 35 percent of all men over 50, but are not linked to cancer. However, routine screening for prostate cancer, especially among older men, is becoming more common

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/29/saddam.ap/index.html

[swag]

1. Sounds like the work of Lynndie and her strap-on

[saigon68]

4. LOL

Yikes

[Kadie]

2. Didn't they say yesterday he had had a stroke?

And wasn't there a rumor of cancer before that?

[bmbmd]

8. Actually, a daily stroke

reduces one's likelihood of prostate infections.

[Rose Siding]

9. Right. I haven't been so confused since

Jessica Lynch had those disappearing/reappearing bullet wounds.

[struggle4progress]

10. Must be one a them translation problems. Ya know ...

... like "we wuz thinkin Zarqawi got his leg whacked off but fact is we's jest bad translators and he hadda mutha of a cold." So "we had done thunk ole Soddy was dying off a stroke but heck it turns out he's just got that middle-aged guy problem."

[thebigidea]

3. Report: Saddam must be disposed of. Lay the groundwork.

[kiahzero]

7. Are you familiar with Pinochet?

This could work out to Saddam's benefit - his lawyers could argue he's to sick to stand trial. Of course, if I recall correctly, it was a British court in the Pinochet case, so it's not exactly binding precedent on the Iraqi court.

[forgethell]

5. Serves him right

I've had that, and it was very unpleasant.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. So now not only is there no WMD's but Saddam had ...

one foot in the grave the whole time.

[Cocoa]

11. I hope he's ok

it would be a shame if he didn't make it to his trial...

[Walt Starr]

12. WOW, I had no idea they were holding Saddam

in Abu Ghraib.

Who woulda thunk it?

:shrug:

[montana_hazeleyes]

13. I wouldn't let them do anything

to me if I were him ,knowing they don't want me to get to trial.

What I'm wondering is why does he get to have a lawyer and "say so' on things while there are so many locked up with no representation and as if they fell off the face of the earth? Gitmo etc.?

[SoCalDem]

14. So.. did they put him into the scanner thingie...backwards???

Thought his prostate was his brain???

How bizarre..One day, he's chipper, eating muffins, writing poetry and gardening....next day he's knocking on death's door from a stroke, and the very NEXT day, he's got prostate problems..:eyes:.

Who is his DOCTOR??? Dr. No ????

[bobbyboucher]

15. Too many foreign objects shoved up his arse.

"Tell us where the WMDs are or I'll shove this grenade back up your ass!"

[NashVegas]

16. Almost Sounds Like Disinformation

Gotta emasculate him to the homeboys.