An open letter to the World via www.keralamonitor.com Middle East's popular explosive website : This is my 12th Email message to President Bush and PM Blair on Iraq War - Respective Embassies, kindly forward this Email to President Bush, PM Blair, CNN & BBC please ! ! Dear KM, Since the capture of Saddam few days ago, though I feel along with the entire wolrd, much relief, looking at the events that took place recently, I am thinking of reversing my views and our KM readers may kindly correct me if my new thinking is wrong or inaccurate. I was very much supporting Iraq War and Saddam's regieme change till Saddam was captured few days ago. But, looking at the later part of events, I felt that Saddam should not be held entirely responsible for all the crimes committed in that country for the past 32 years or so. A Chienese proverb says to consult atleast 3 elderly people if you would like to conclude a decision and when I spoke Saddam's issue with more than 3 senor citizens of this world, they all agreed with my views and points which I append below : When Saddam was captured like a rat, in that hole underground, according to BBC World TV reports, Saddam said to one of the American soldiers these worlds - I AM THE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ AND I WANT TO NEGOTIATE. This clearly shows that Saddam was even unaware of his own regieme's collapse almost 8 months ago. When Mr. Bush gave Saddam an ultimatum to leave Iraq for exile prior to the commencement of the Iraq War, Saddam might not have even got that news or message. What I feel now is that all the 7 or 8 doubles of Saddam were only ruling the country all these years and none of them are to be seen now. All the video clips showed those doubles to be very young and energetic where as the real Saddam whom we see now is a real old man (?) I wonder if the real Saddam is that tough to kill or shoot his people in thousands. If he is, then why he did not resist atleast by firing a few shots inspite of having two AK-47 riffles and one pistol in his possession (which were given to him and not kept by him it appears). This gives us a benefit of doubt if Saddam knows to fire a riffle or pistol at all as the pictures on TV we always saw him firing into the air, an outdated barrel-gun only. Another theory says that Americans have drugged him in the hole with gas so that he could not offer any resistance. The rumour also goes around that Saddam was captured many days before and to be more precise, around the thanksgiving day when President Bush paid a flying surprise visit to Iraq for a couple of hours. But the initial reports also said Saddam was very talkative and cooperative after his capture which might not have been possible if he was really drugged. My conclusion is that Saddam must have given certain blanket instructions/orders only to his (Baath party) people under him which is a common practice in this Gulf/Arabic nations and the people around him must have taken the advantage and the law into their own hands and in the name of Saddam they started ruling the country with all the attrocities committed. Saddam must have also told his followers and so called loyalists including his 2 sons to get rid of any resistance in the regieme. Accordingly, they must have kept Saddam like a "photo frame" in the underground and his informants must be giving all good news only to him. That's why, even now, after his capture, Saddam is still defiant and refuses to accept that he has done any unjust to his people. Even in this country, the so called Sheikhs etc., having given blanket instrucitons/orders to their management does not know what attrocities are taking place in their respective groups. Such management staff (mostly expats) do not even allow people to directly approach those Sheikhs as they are afraid, their follies will be exposed. So, matters go up to courts yet, no proper justice is given as they influence with these big Sheikhs names to get away as they like. Atleast, one case is now heading for a serious legal battle and our KM readers please watch this space. It appears to me that Saddam was asked to hide simply in that hole and the selfish Baath party figures must have assured Saddam that they will fight the war. That is how, Saddam was not having any rations or bodyguards and much weapons even. He had American (Mars) Chocklets with him which proves, he was not an anti-American. Even the issue of WMD may not be clear or known to Saddam himself. His ministers including the Comical Ali must have been acting on middle men's directives only as if they were coming from Saddam himself. If Saddam was guilty like any other criminal leaders of the world, he would have been well prepared to end up his life with cynide capsules or other just like the Indian Prime Minister Late Rajiv Gandhi's assassination plotters without getting captured LIVE by Americans. I feel Saddam's name only was used to terrorise his regieme Iraq and it still continues even after his capture. In normal course, once the leader is captured, all his loyalists and followers usually surrender or disappear into the thin air. But they are still continuing the fight means, they have much more powers than Saddam ever had. The KM's report elsewhere shows that these figures are now eliminating top leaders of Saddam's regieme just to destroy evidences. Having learnt bitter lessons from Gulf War (Kuwait-Iraq) Saddam might not have opted for the Iraq War but his illeterate Baath party showing full support for Saddam must have dragged him into the consequences he is facing today. I feel a worldwide survey must be now conducted to get peoples comments and points of thinking based on the above facts. Any comments or justification for Saddam's fate may please be posted on this site which I would like to forward to President Bush and PM Tony Blair to help them take right decisions in this issue. Winex-the-Pen