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sae Baghdad Operations Center sf Hussein commented that in the most recent war with Iraq, the United States only ally was Britain. All other major countries, including France, China, Russia, and Germany, were against the war. The United States was "looking for a reason to do something." Now, the United States is here and did not find any weapons of mass destruction. Hussein pointed out to the interviewer that decisions were made by the Iraqi leadership and not just by Hussein. Iraqi leaders made decisions which gave the United States an "opening" and the reasons for the most recent war. PS Hussein remarked that, at times, people told Jesus Christ, the Prophet Muhammad, Moses, David, and all other prophets to give up their beliefs, teachings, and principles to save their own lives. Hussein stated, "If a man gives up his principles, his life has no value. In the case of the prophets, they would have been ignoring the orders of God." Hussein added, "If Iraq had given up its principles, we would have been worthless." Hussein stated that he was elected by the people, and not "brought in by some other country or companies." Thus, he was required to comply with the principles of the people. * The interviewer stressed to Hussein that Iraq's actions led to the implementation of UN sanctions. The Iraqi leadership's actions, and in some cases failure to act, compelled the UN to continue the sanctions. Hussein responded, "This is your opinion. I answered." He continued saying that it is difficult to give up "your nationality, your country, and your traditions." Hussein pointed out that perhaps the interviewer and another American might think differently on the subject of Iraq. Hussein said, "If I wanted to be a politician, I could. But, I do not like politicians or politics." When noted to Hussein that some people would state he played politics with the UN, Hussein stated, "We abided totally by all UN decisions." The United States should be blamed, not the UN. Hussein stated, "We are among the few remaining cavaliers." OK Upon any examination of blame, the interviewer pointed out one must first look at the origins of the discord between Iraq and the world, the invasion of Kuwait. Hussein responded, “America had a plan with Kuwait to attack Iraq. We had a copy of the plan in our hands. If I had the (prohibited) "SECRET b)