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Saddam speaks for the first time

British newspaper News of the World claims to have the first interview with fallen dictator Saddam Hussein. In its Sunday, 4th of December issue, the newspaper claims that Saddam denies that he was caught in a hole, and that he was captured while getting ready to pray at dusk! Other highlights include:

• He hasn't seen sunlight in over a year
• Lives in a 12-square-meter room
• He is unhappy with the prison puddings
• He is not allowed to shave intentionally, so that he appears "ugly and mad" on tv
• He would have fought back when captured if only he had a gun nearby
• Refused to go under the knife and cleans his own clothes in fear of being poisoned
• He claimed to be behind the so-called insurgency
• His cigarettes are running out!
  

Kuwait Politics Database

Nebras E-zine interviewed Dr. Michael Herb from Georgia State University and highlighted his Kuwait Politics Database. It is a very interesting political breakdown of the Kuwaiti elections, and the politicians involved. Data is broken down by districts, sessions, candidates, and more. Further, you will find background information about politicians including members of parliament, ministers, and members of the ruling family. A very useful database indeed!

Random News Update

• LeadDog recently released new geospatial technology featuring the streets of Kuwait City.
• ESPN2 will air a documentary called "Operation Hardwood" chronicling Michigan State's basketball coach Tom Izzo to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. It is scheduled for Saturday, November 19, at 4 pm US Eastern Standard Time.
• Rigzone is looking for a pipeline design engineer for "long term residential conracts based in Kuwait."
• In its September/October 2005 issue, Foreign Affairs published an article titled "Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?" featuring survey data on several countries including Kuwait. The survey data was obtained from the 2003 Pew Global Attitudes Project.

Bird Flu Detected in Kuwait

The BBC confirmed today that two cases of avian (bird) flu were detected in Kuwait. These are the first detections in the region. The infected birds were culled last week.