O/T Have the Americans gone totally mad ??

[REDLAND]

US show Saddam as Hollywood sex goddess

US soldiers have come up with a new bid to catch Saddam Hussein - by putting up posters portraying him as a Hollywood sex goddess.

Troops from the 4th Infantry brigade in Tikrit are getting prepared to put up pictures of Saddam's face superimposed on the body of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

It is one of a series of pictures which also show Saddam as Elvis Presley, Billy Idol and Veronica Lake in an attempt to enrage Saddam's followers.

The spoof pictures have been taken from the worth1000 website, says The Guardian.

However, senior US officers in Baghdad may not be so pleased by the plan. An army spokeswoman said some locals might find the pictures "offensive".

Story filed: 09:25 Monday 18th August 2003

 

[The Great Cornholio]

I'm sorry - I don't understand your use of the word gone in the thread title?

 

[elbowpatches]

I don't understand the use of have or the use of a question mark. Surely O/T Americans are totally mad.

V funny piccies though The picture of Saddam as Billy Idol on the Guardian yesterday was brilliant.

 

[bhaexpress]

I haven't seen this but there again, it may not have been on the national news anyway. It doesn't suirprise me one bit however. This has to be the most jingoistic country in the world.

In the 80s you could buy Ayotollah Komeni toilet paper for example.