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6th March 2003, 11:54 PM
Saddam tells troops to swim
- President Saddam Hussein has ordered Iraqi troops to go swimming as they wait for the long-threatened US attack, Iraqi newspapers said on Thursday.
Regular swimming would improve their physical condition ready for the fight ahead, said Saddam, who is noted as a keen amateur swimmer himself.
"Don't forget swimming," the president told a meeting of army officers and lower ranks, according to the reports.
"When we were like you, we did not limit our time swimming to one, two or three hours, but we swam as often as we could," he added.
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He noted that it was "easier to swim in the sea than in a river, because of the salinity".
Saddam has been seen several times on television swimming across the Tigris river, which runs through Baghdad.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Backpage/Offbeat/0,5583,2-1343-1347_1329605,00.html
A brilliant theoritician, and worth trillions to outsmart.
- President Saddam Hussein has ordered Iraqi troops to go swimming as they wait for the long-threatened US attack, Iraqi newspapers said on Thursday.
Regular swimming would improve their physical condition ready for the fight ahead, said Saddam, who is noted as a keen amateur swimmer himself.
"Don't forget swimming," the president told a meeting of army officers and lower ranks, according to the reports.
"When we were like you, we did not limit our time swimming to one, two or three hours, but we swam as often as we could," he added.
...
He noted that it was "easier to swim in the sea than in a river, because of the salinity".
Saddam has been seen several times on television swimming across the Tigris river, which runs through Baghdad.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Backpage/Offbeat/0,5583,2-1343-1347_1329605,00.html
A brilliant theoritician, and worth trillions to outsmart.