Mudslinging begins in earnest as War with Iraq gets closer

Monday September 09, 2002 16:06

by Blisset (slight return)

From Drudgereport - front page so link will die within hours

More than we strictly need to know: Lampsos says Saddam swims almost every day, drinks milk and honey in the morning and his favorite food for dinner is fresh gazelle. She says he raises and nurtures the gazelles -- and then handpicks each one to be slaughtered for his meal. Full article below

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY SEPT 08, 2002 19:58:02 ET XXXXX

ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: SADDAM SEX, USES VIAGRA, SAYS MISTRESS

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein needs help in the bedroom, ABC NEWS is set to report in an exclusive interview with his alleged mistress.

The Dictator of Baghdad may not be all the man he's cracked up to be, reporter Claire Shipman will reveal -- he uses Viagra for sex sessions!

The provocative interview is to be aired nationally this week.

SHIPMAN EXPLORES SADDAM SEX

Shipman traveled to a safe house in the hills of Lebanon for the big exclusive with Parisoula Lampsos.

Lampsos says she saw Hussein on almost a daily basis for years and is able to provide unique insight into what the dictator was saying, thinking and feeling behind closed doors.

Not to mention his physical prowess in bed.

Claire Shipman goes where few network reporters have gone before -- and zeros in on Saddam's sexual appetites.

On Saddam's use of Viagra:

LAMPSOS:

He took sometime.

SHIPMAN:

He took Viagra.

LAMPSOS:

Yeah, sometimes, yes.

SHIPMAN:

And did it help? Did he think it helped him?

LAMPSOS:

Yes, of course...

SHIPMAN:

Was he affectionate?

LAMPSOS:

Yeah. He was tender, he was warm, he was nice.

SHIPMAN:

Did he force you to have sex with him?

LAMPSOS:

Saddam, he don't need to force anybody. Because...you are afraid, you are afraid to say no.... I was with him because I was afraid of him...

SHIPMAN:

What is Saddam Hussein's favorite drink?

LAMPSOS:

Whiskey...on the rocks with ice.

Lampsos claims Saddam uses an herbal relaxation mask to try to reduce wrinkles, dyes his hair and likes to wear suits by Pierre Cardin.

Lampsos now wears a veil to disguise herself on the street because she fears retribution for telling her story, which will air Thursday on ABC's PRIMETIME [10 PM ET/9 PM CT].

Shipman tells Howard Kurtz in Monday's WASHINGTON POST: "This may be the hardest interview I've ever done."

Her interview is more than Sex Journalism.

Lampsos, 54, who left Iraq a year ago, not only offers stories of the Iraqi dictator's personal life that she says few others know, but tells of his alleged effort to have his oldest son killed, his take on President George W. Bush, his extreme vanity and love of American films and music.

Lampsos tells Shipman how Saddam's favorite movie is the GODFATHER. And his favorite song is "Strangers in the Night."

SHIPMAN:

He likes Frank Sinatra?

LAMPSOS:

Yeah

SHIPMAN:

And would he play it, would he dance to that?

LAMPSOS:

Sometimes.

Lampsos says Saddam swims almost every day, drinks milk and honey in the morning and his favorite food for dinner is fresh gazelle. She says he raises and nurtures the gazelles -- and then handpicks each one to be slaughtered for his meal.

Hussein met Osama bin Laden on two occasions and gave money to the al Qaeda leader in 1996, Lampos explains to the cameras.

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