By Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog
April 12 was a black day for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In Mariupol, more than 1,000 marines surrendered in a day – the remnants of an abandoned and defeated marine brigade. Even Zelensky’s entourage, who did not react particularly painfully to the loss of life during the special operation of the Russian troops, became well aware that the prisoners needed to be pulled out. However, the Ukrainian president has one trump card up his sleeve, but whether he will be able to play it.
Recall, having silenced a major surrender of the Ukrainian military in the Ukrainian information field, Zelensky on April 12 demonstrated to the whole world the disgraced oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, captured by the SBU, who had escaped from house arrest at the beginning of the military campaign in Ukraine. Medvedchuk, a major businessman, leader of Ukraine’s largest opposition party “For Life“, now banned by the Ukrainian authorities. Like other politicians who advocated dialogue with Moscow and opposed the war, he was charged with treason back in 2020. However, the point here is not only in the political views of a politician. Medvedchuk is considered a close friend of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, with which the Kremlin wanted to democratize Ukraine and free it from fascism. Just imagine someone arresting the leader of the second strongest party in Germany, France or some other European country? It is on this basis that we can see what kind of state Ukraine is and that Ukraine needs denazification.
According to the statements of the Ukrainian security forces, Medvedchuk, captured in army-style clothes, tried to get into Russia, allegedly while trying to cross the front line. However, Medvedchuk was probably arrested, held and tortured a long time ago, and only now has it been made public in order to divert the attention of the Ukrainian public from the defeat of the Ukrainian army in Mariupol and to show to the Ukrainian public that Ukraine has someone to exchange for Ukrainian military prisoners in Mariupol.
But Vladimir Zelensky, at the wrong time, remembered his acting past and obviously played too much.
The Ukrainian leader took this detention as a personal victory and, with his usual emotions, began to brag about the professionalism of the SBU and to declare that the detention of Medvedchuk would allow the release of Ukrainian soldiers. Thus, the leader of Ukraine said that since Medvedchuk was captured in military uniform, it means that he is a soldier and will be exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. We will keep silent about the fact that half of Ukrainians now wear military-style clothes, which does not make them combatants, but the question arises, why is Vladimir Zelensky going to change Medvedchuk as a simple soldier? So it’s 1 for 1? Of course, this is beneficial for Moscow and they will agree to such a deal there, unless, of course, the former comic actor goes back on his words, which has happened more than once.
However, Zelensky has another opportunity to pull out the prisoners captured in Mariupol. According to reliable sources from Moscow, the Kremlin offered Kiev an unprecedented exchange of prisoners of war. Zelensky and the company were offered to change 500 marines (there are almost 1,500 of them now in Russian captivity) for 10 people. But not Medvedchuk and his relatives, not Russian officers, no! Russia wants to get 10 repulsed Nazis who tortured and killed its soldiers.
Recall that at the end of March, social networks spread around videos of torture and murder of Russian soldiers, which were quickly recognized as genuine. The investigation conducted by the Russians also revealed the authors of the savage videos, they turned out to be the militants of the “Kraken” unit of the “Azov” battalion, Sergey “Chili“ Velichko, Ruslan Oleynik and Konstantin Nemichev. The extreme cruelty of the video forced even Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the President of Ukraine, to recognize that as a war crime. However, the perpetrators themselves were not brought to justice.
By the way, for “Chili“ himself and his killer buddies, this is the only way to save lives – in Russia there is no death penalty even for war crimes, but in the war zone they are the prey. After all, the extradition of war criminals for a fair trial would show Ukraine’s European and overseas partners Kyiv’s readiness to comply with international law in any conditions.
However, not all is so simple. The main units of the volunteer nationalist regiment “Azov” are blocked in Mariupol. Some of its militants, including the “Kraken” unit, are fighting near Kharkov. There are other nationalist formations in Ukraine that are poorly subordinate to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As we can see, Kyiv cannot control them even enough to avoid public torture and murders, videos of which are circulating on the Internet. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Ukrainian military police or the SBU will be able to arrest war criminals and hand them over for exchange. Neo-Nazis will simply give an armed repulsion to those who try to arrest their colleagues.
So, Zelensky will have to play up and bargain with Moscow, presenting Medvedchuk either as a military man or as the leader of the pro-Kremlin opposition in order to get more prisoners in exchange for his only trump card. But the Kremlin is unlikely to want to play by its rules.
Even the photo itself, especially his eyes (consider he used to be some kind of alpha male as oligarchs generally) show completely broken and tortured person. Here one can see what kind of monstruosity West has built in current Ukrainian state.
War crimes Trials are in order for our State and Pentagon types who trained and managed the Kiev Regime.
We should study the Argentine and South African War Crimes trials to learn what worked and what didn’t
Canada is part of this. Recent articles in Toronto papers discuss that Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies was outraged about Canada knowingly training Nazis in Ukraine. Military response in Canada dismissed this as its not their responsibility to deal with people’s political views. Understandable look at this connection between Freeland Canad’s minister of Finance formerly foreign affairs connection to Nazis. https://coat.ncf.ca/research/Chomiak-Freeland/C-F_2.htm
More specific information is being posted but in French in the Quebec press and it is not because they have all of a sudden, adopted a conscience. It is political with the attacks being launched at Trudeau by the competing Conservative party forces backing either Charest or Polliviere.
Freeland is disgusting, but unfortunately seems to be being groomed as Canada’s next Liberal (so-called) leader. Trudeau put her in place as he indicated he fully supports ‘America first’ intentions.
Actually she is certainly closer to the present regime, not the “America First” crowd they displaced by voter fraud accepted by a bent court system. In any event she is extremely disgusting. As you probably recall, she made a public appearance shilling for the war in a Wolfsangel scarf. Her role as finance minister confiscating opponents bank accounts definitely reveals her fascist provenance, as does her prominent role with the Soros-Schwab Davos crowd over a number of years. Lavrov’s ministry declared her persona non grata as a result of her support of Nazi elements at the time of the 2014 coup. If I’m not mistaken, she was named persona non grata as I recall. The first foreign minister of any significant country to serve in that position at any time under such a ban. As a Ukrainian she can speak Russian fluently. As Glazyev points out in his interview he lived in Zaporizhia (however it is spelled) and states correctly that Ukrainian could be classed as a dialect of Russian, giving all of this a usage of civil war aspects by the yankee-NATO power structure. Actually, I think that she is more the deus ex machina and is more intelligent than the soy boy shoe polish maharaja, and she is the next leader in waiting, unfortunately.
This woman is one of the most disgusting pieces of s**t walking the earth. At the Nuremberg trials, there were a few like her, they all hung. And that is what this bit’h should face, a fair trial (in a country with Death penalty) judgement and then execution on the verdict “crimes against humanity”. In a sense Iike the old soviet manner, tatoo on the underarm, withe numbers , ergo bullet in the head. They knew how to deal with nazi scum.
A bullet in the head is too humane for this walking evil.
Seems like a toss-up as to who is worse, Freeland or the US’s Nuland.
Depends how you look on it. Fact is, rich males are attractive to lot of women.
Yes that is often the case, but for me it says more about those women than rich males.
” We will keep silent about the fact that half of Ukrainians now wear military-style clothes, which does not make them combatants,”
The author must not have noticed that in the first days of March criminal president Zelenskiy signed a decrete that invalidated citizenship in the Ukraine and declared anyone in the country combatant. Including foreigners.
You should apply to the CIA, they’ll pay serious money for sonebody with your special kind of omniscience, as long as you can keep them fooled anyhow.
“Thus, the leader of Ukraine said that since Medvedchuk was captured in military uniform, it means that he is a soldier and will be exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. We will keep silent about the fact that half of Ukrainians now wear military-style clothes, which does not make them combatants…”
Indeed, I suspect that under the laws of war a civilian who wears military uniform is liable to be treated severely as a spy or terrorist in disguise. The first questions would be the traditional, “Name, rank, and serial number”. If the rank and serial number are not forthcoming – or invented – that individual could be in trouble.
Of course, since Russia did not declare war on Ukraine it is doubtful whether a state of war exists legally.
This is silly. A camouflage jacket and pants does not make a military uniform. What makes it a uniform are only the patches which identify the military affiliation, the soldier’s unit, etc.
I haven’ read the Geneva Convention covering POW”s in a while, but I don’t believe it requires any declaration of war for it to be enforced.
There can´t be Prisoners of War if there´s no war maybe? There exist other rules for the treatment of prisoners though, war or no war.
It does require affiliation to an organisation though. There are several Geneva Conventions btw.
Germany disapplied Geneva Conventions for Red Army POWs in WW@ because USSR had never ratified 1929 convention
America disallowed Geneva Convention privileges to almost two million genuine surrendered Prisoners of War by clerical warfare.
Eisenhower recategorized them as Disarmed Enemy Combatants. Typical Jewish chicanery.
They could then be left in barbed-wire enclosed fields on the banks of the Rhine to thirst, starve and rot in their own excrement and urine where they died of exposure to the elements and misery.
Želenský will either be done away with, jailed, or exiled. And if the first thing happens, it won’t be the Russians that do it. For them, it’d be a political disaster, and a poisoning of their victory, especially the political aspects of it.
Which is why I expect it to happen, rather than jail or exile. But we’ll see, in the end. Whichever way it turns out.
Zelensky will surely end up the same way as so many of the US’s appointed leaders. General Noriega of Panama comes to mind, or Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Once Zelensky is no longer useful, or breaks from his script, his fall will be swift and terrible.
No. He will be black flagged when the time is ripe.
You don’t think he’ll get a prime-time show in the new Oceania, but rather a pompous funeral somewhere – maybe the Mount of Olives?
Agree James.
However, consider the possibility of the murder being blamed on Moscow
He’s not escaping his Nazi captors, especially since he has billions in the bank, mansions all over, and only death for those Nazis.
Zelensky’s miscalculations are in the main America’s miscalculations.
I don’t see why the Kremlin would care about Medvedchuk. The more the ukies misstreat him, the more Ukraine’s image becomes tarnished. This stunt looks to me like total desperation.
Maybe he could be useful in the rebuilding process, as a political figure who is not neo nazi and has some legitimacy. But then again, you would expect Russia to have contingency plans in the (very likely) scenario where SBU starts killing all the opposition after the start of the SMO. From Russia’s perspective, ukie politicians are, at best, useful assets. But not something that is key to the operation.
I read somewhere that the Kremlin said they had no business with this man…
This is unfair. Medvedchuk helped with organising prisoners exchanges, so Moscow actually cares about the guy. But the problem is that Ukies have deliberatly taken him hostage and their demands are outlandish and unacceptable for Russia. If Ukies have just asked for couple officers to exchange with Medvedchuk I belive that Russia would agree on that.
You miss the point.
The guy never acted in the agency of Russia. He acted in his own agency. At least that is the narrative Russia – and Medvedchuk – have. The moment Russia will accept an exchange, HE is doomed as it will be interpreted as “admission of guilt” in his treason trial.
Also there is exactly zero reason for Russia to support the current Kiev narrative of Ukrainian opposition being working “on behalf of Russia” hence “they were justified in disbanding all opposition parties and banning all non-pro-gov media”. An exchange of Medvedchuk would be a huge propaganda coup for Ze. At the same time, he being kept in captivity is a problem for Ze. Should he be harmed, it would be a disaster for Ze team on the other hand. So he is – reasonably – safe at the moment. At least with his life.
Do not count for Russia exchanging ANY prisoners for ANY ukrainians captured by the Ukrainians. That would be a fatal mistake to begin – Ukraine has millions of its citens to “capture” while Russia can never compare with equivalent soldier quantities. It will also put all ethnic Russians in even a bigger danger. Not gonna happen. I would be stupid if Medvedchuk was an asset (unlikely) and even more so if he is not (likely).
Ze already knows what Medvedchuk knows, given he is post-torture by now. So he also knows he was no asset – if he was, Ze would be screaming that form the rooftops. Lack of such screaming is a sure sign they have effectively nothing on him so are hoping to indict him at least this indirect way.
“Ze already knows what Medvedchuk knows, given he is post-torture by now. So he also knows he was no asset – if he was, Ze would be screaming that form the rooftops. Lack of such screaming is a sure sign they have effectively nothing on him so are hoping to indict him at least this indirect way.”
There is also return on investment to consider, as will become an increasing consideration not restricted to Ukraine.
Putin would care for one, Medvedchuk is Putin’s friend and was his best man on Putin’s wedding.
This aside, Medvedchuk is Ukrainian citizen and MP of Ukrainian parliament – Verhovna Rada. Arresting, torturing and trying to exchange with a foreign state one of your own citizens and a MP of your own parliament, this needs to be addressed by UN, Council of Europe and International court.
The war is getting close to a dramatic end in the last Azov bunker in Mariupol, thank God finally! And quick, send dozens of GoPro and Drones, get the best cam one could provide, so we will get clear recording seeing Azov crushed by Chechen the way IDF-Child killer were getting their azz kicked by Hezbollah in 2006, the only different now is that nowhere to run for those Nazis, this is their last breath.
It would be a mistake to trade for medvedchuk because it would by implicate him as a Russian asset and ruin whatever legitimacy he may have to be part of a new government once this puppet government falls. Let them keep him. If Ze kills him it would just further damage his regime’s own already near nonexistent legitimacy.
At this point I think the Kremlin needs to finish this war asap. If not they may use the fact Russia is distracted to sneak Finland and Sweden into nato. On the other hand if Russia has fully won and forces are freed up to roll into Finland and Sweden they’d think twice about evening talking about joining.
Putting those 10 Nazis in Russian prisons will be worse than a quick death through the death penalty and execution.
Their eternity under the wrath of God exceeds anything man can possibly do to them. Public trial and hanging are what should happen to them. They should know through the whole ordeal that they are going to hang and it should be the slow hanging, not the broken neck. Their last days outside eternal hell knowing they are going to hell will be a terror to them. I expect lots of tears and peeing in their pants and that is exactly what the entire world needs to see. For far too long Satan’s servants have gotten away with murder and torture and sadism. We’ll never see Obama, Bush, the Clintons, Comey, the FBI, CIA, MOSSAD, et al., hang for war crimes, but at least these lesser demons should not escape an earthly justice before being relegated to the real Supreme Court.
Batko, with all due respect. It beggars belief to believe that Medvedchuk, already under house arrest was not taken away immediately by the Zelensky government and hidden away until the opportune moment arose to bring him out in public. They have been torturing him for weeks since the start of the special military operations. No, this was clearly an attempt to prevent the public from knowing who is caught with the Azoz Battalion troops in the Avovstav building in Mariupol.
“Zelensky’s miscalculation regarding Medvedchuk”
Perhaps it would prove more illuminating to edit the title to read
“Mr. Biden’s projection in regard to Mr. Medvedchuk, which Mr. Zelensky was convinced to deliver”?
thereby relying on different assumptions, but still assumptions, to the ones incorporated within “Zelensky’s miscalculation regarding Medvedchuk”
More and more people understand by now that “Biden” and “Zelinsky” are just euphemisms.
The vast ignorance of the American public who sees the UniParty as two distinct political parties explains why some think the euphemism stands for “democrats.” Naturally, Mark Levine and Ari Fleisher agree.
For some the Zelinsky euphemism stands for the brave Ukrainian patriot leading the fight against the ‘brutal Russian invasion that would have never happened under Trump.’ Naturally, Mark Levine and Ari Fleisher agree.
For others both stand for NWO globalism. Naturally, Mark Levine and Ari Fleisher would not agree
“For others both stand for NWO globalism. Naturally, Mark Levine and Ari Fleisher would not agree”
For those believing that Russia lost the propaganda war this may come as a surprise so they might consider sitting down – if they aren’t already sitting down.
Representatives and much of the people within the Russian Federation are not concerned if “The United States of America” and their populations agree or not.
That informed the sending of notices of intent by The People’s Republic of China and The Russian Federation in December 2021 to “The United States of America” and its component “NATO”, who would both interpret them as ultimata as a function of assigning significance to themselves not shared by others, and we-the-people-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evidentness.
These “attributes” have been useful vectors for at least the last 50 years, and a component of the reasons why in 1991 some went across the road to Children’s World to buy mirrors.
Canada is part of this. Recent articles in Toronto papers discuss that Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies was outraged about Canada knowingly training Nazis in Ukraine. Military response in Canada dismissed this as its not their responsibility to deal with people’s political views. Understandable look at this connection between Freeland Canad’s minister of Finance formerly foreign affairs connection to Nazis. https://coat.ncf.ca/research/Chomiak-Freeland/C-F_2.htm
I see a news headline about “Mariupol officials” complaining about Russian atrocities. The obvious lies aside, who are these “officials”? My understanding is that only a handful of Azov Nazis are left in Mariupol, so it’s puzzling that there are any Ukrainian “officials” left in the city in any position of power.
In my country they are now concerned with the starving Mariupol people
like this one , I assume
https://www.bitchute.com/video/MK8noS2v1QBA/
Medvedchuk likely next Ukraine president – if survives.
Just imagine someone arresting the leader of the second strongest party in Germany,
I can well imagine the leader of AfD being arrested by German State and ‘disappeared’
Not sure this Medvedchuk character is that fragrant. His father was of interest to SMERSH and involved with OUN. Medvedchuk himself seems to have been a lawyer whose activities failed to benefit his clients against the State.
I doubt he is of any value to Putin or Stavka
The original photo of the man shows a clean military garb that doesn’t look like it fits him. It doesn’t look like he was recently apprehended ‘on the run’. I think he was dressed for the story.
Bingo, larry! This is a pure and simple hostage situation. Medvedchuk has been, essentially, kidnapped by the US (“Zelensky”), dressed up in fresh, ill-fitting military camouflage, declared to be a de facto member of the Russian army and, therefore, a POW available for POW exchange; and now the ransom demanded is the rescue and release of, possibly, US (“NATO”) soliders in the steel complex in Mariupol.
Considering recent revelations by a French journalist that the US (“NATO”) is directly controlling its mercenary-military of “Ukraine” (now, that was a real scoop, wasn’t it? — right up there with me “reporting” a similar “scoop” that the sun is still shining brightly this morning), I think it’s reasonable to consider the entire civilian population of Ukraine as literal kidnap victims/hostages of the US’s (“Ukraine’s”) military force — for example, to be used has human shields in cities of various sizes; killed for whatever political photo-op purpose, etc..
With this in mind, who would be surprised if the US (“Zelensky”) were to attempt to “exchange” one million Ukrainian hostages (“cililians”) in Kiev for those relatively few American soldiers in that steel facility, or else the US will execute those hostages? That seems like a very reasonable deal, doesn’t it? No doubt the western MSM propaganda machine could either cover up this latest proposed atrocity or spin it in such as way that the Z.-A bewlidered herds would go right along with it. Don’t lol just yet. What would Mr. Putin do if he actually believed that that exchange would in fact prevent the US from murdering a million, or two million, or “whatever it takes” civilians? The US (“Zelensky”) could prove to Mr. Putin its sincerity by starting off with killing, say, “only” a few hundred civilians in Maidan.
After all, isn’t this murdering-Ukrainian-cvilians-and-soldiers-equals-everybody strategy what the US has been doing ever since Maidan?! — shelling/killing innocent civilians in the Donbass; not fulfilling its (“Urkaine’s”) obligations under Minsk; operating bio-weapons labs; shooting civilans attempting to excape cities; attacking a rail station with a missile, etc., etc. etc. right up to today’s overall US strategy of fighting Russia to the last drop of Ukrainian blood?
You seem to forget: If you do not have a legitimate, valid military ID card, you are not a POW, you are an insurgent caught maybe with weapon in hand.
Nato soldiers have the old style American “dog-tag” and are issued a military laminated ID card with barcode, which they must at all times carry.
The difference is as follows:
Civies clothing and weapon: you can be executed on the spot. no problemo.
Military clothing and weapon but no ID: You are in big trouble and W and ILL end in prison awaiting trial.
Military uniform (with flag on upper arm) and ID, wit weapon in hand: POW camp.
Why do you refer to him as a “disgraced oligarch?” As far as I understand he was by far the most popular politician in Ukraine prior to February 24, and well ahead of Zelensky. No idea about where he stands now, but I have never heard anyone other than Zelensky regime and its backers calling him “disgraced.”
Zelensky, (probably Greenberg) will stay alive, somebody needs to sign capitulation papers.
Greenberg !!!
Yes of course
Medcedchuk is best known for his failure to actually represent several poets and writers brought up on charges during the Soviet days, actually once telling the judge he should INCREASE the sentence of the poor poet Vasyl Stus who Medcedchuk had been appointed to represent (against Stus’s wishes, he knew Medvedchuk would function as part of his prosecution, not his defender!). His two most famous clients died in forced labor camps, both mentioned his uselessness as a lawyer, cowardice and complicity with their prosecution.
F*ck having any sympathy for him, he at least walked out of his captivity alive- More than poor Yuriy Lytvyn or Vasyl Stus got to do.
I doubt Zelensky has the morality to do anything reasonable and decent.
From what I have observed and way he and his people looks and act its likely they are drug addicts to start with. GangJunkies – as Putin called them in February – is an accurate description.
The whole thing reminds me of Colombia and the war against drug dealers in the 1989-1993 period with Pablo Escabar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar
The Azos Kraken criminals when caught Russians should get a big tub of boiling water and put them in it.
Or in water and bring it to the boil. And Russia troops should be using flame throwers on the radical elements fighting positions if they continue to fight on after requests to surrender prolonging the war.
There must be a point when Russia must say to Z & UKN that youve had enough time to see the light and surrender. No deals at the last minute – like a negotiation on Russian demands when there are only 100 or 1000 UKN troops left fighting. Set deadline date.
In this tho we must realize that Z is not his own man and is being controlled by Obama, EU and Soros.
And they don’t care what happens to UKN POWs that Russians have captured. Or the damage being down to UKN.
The wife of Medvedchuk – Oksana Marchenko who was on all Russian TV programs for the last 24 hrs send an open letter to the British prime minister Boris Johnson and the families of the captured British mercenaries in Mariupol. She asks that her husband be exchanged for those British nationals. As if she herself captured them and is in charge of them. What an arrogancy! Those British mercenaries are not even in the hands of the Russian military but in custody of DNR militia, which is not Russia (yet). Russians are outraged and give as an example Stalin, who refused to exchange Fieldmarshal Paulus for his own (Stalin’s) son. Putin will make a grave mistake if he goes for that.
Westerners are soooo judgemental and usually while not in possession of the judgement God gave a soda cracker.
If the bad guys had me in their clutches I’d hope to hell my ol’ lady was pulling half as many levers as Medvedchuk’s to save my sorry carcass, no matter how arrogant it appeared from a clueless distance More power to her. It’s a war, and in a war as the old saying goes, “all’s fair”. The goal is singular, to survive. Niceties and acceptable means fall by the wayside. Something that even Mr. Putin might benefit from taking into account.
2 things, firstly Zelensky may have wanted to take the Ukraine into a better place and stop the war in the east, full of good intentions, he stepped into a hole surrounded by just bad people who were and are destroying the Ukraine people as a whole along with the countries economy and infrastucture, and yes the US has trapped Zelensky along with the other western powers, for Zelensky there is no way out, you could see that in his face while talking to that black reporter about been in touch with that Macron, I wonder when Zelensky relised the enormity of what he has got himself and his country into, and unlike a bad film scripe he is unable to walk away from this movie which is real and involves all the Ukraine people whether they like it or not, it is a bloody shame that it has come to this for no real reason other than certain groups and power brokers pushing their wheelbarrows full of shit and hate. Secondly if you look at the photo of Medvedchuk the pants he is wearing are to big, a man of power like him would have a tailor made uniform to enhance his power and status, welcome to the war of photos and videos, but even more frighting a war that is becoming crowdfunded, is the Ukraine to become the new Roman colosseum and the soldiers the new gladiators while the masses watch from the comfort of their homes.
Putin should do exactly like the CIA and US Government. He should set up FSB black sites outside of Russia like the CIA set up their black sites outside of the US and then pay a foreign governments to torture their prisoners. The US used Syria until they decided to turn on Assad. I am sure Assad would do for Putin what he did for the US. In Serbia the US hit a morning commuter train to terrorize Serbians. How is it that the US calls foul on Putin after the US bombed radio stations, schools, water plants, hospitals, weddings and funerals? The morons brainwashed by the media suddenly forget about the 500,000 Iraqi children killed by US sanctions, the trashing of Iraq and the slaughter of 1,000,000 Iraqis over WMDs that did not exist and the 9/11 terrorist attacks that the enemy of Iraq and Saddam perpetrated with the help of the Saudis who proved to be Bush’s benefactors and buyers of Bush’s stock shares in his worthless Harkin oil company.