Iraq moving troops, artillery closer to Kuwaiti border

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/5112890.htm ^

[mhking]

Heck - even these guys could beat the Iraqis!

[dixiechick2000]

"...lefty human shields?"

CIA? Special Forces?

[cake_crumb]

"Hard to do, I know, and maybe not at all practical. But if it were possible it would be a beautiful way to figuratively scream SHUT UP at the whole 'Americans just want to kill Iraqi's' crowd"

As soon as they know action is imminent, no doubt there will be a huge number of them slipping quietly across the border and even more quietly giving themselves up.

[happygrl]

Is this a reference to lefty human shields?

Crewcuts ?

Nah...

[adaven]

What would happen if the Iraqi militia and the French army faced each other?

A black hole would form instantly...

[Happy2BMe]

"If there's any way to give these and any other Iraqi troops an opportunity to save themselves before the shooting starts (without signing a death warrant for their familes...man this crap makes me want to wring Saddam's neck) it would be truly a mitzvah."

Walp . . stay tuned.

The Raqi commanders headed for Kuwait have only one thought pounding in the back of their minds . .

The Highway To Hell

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"After A Jihad Encounter With The Infidels"One of Saddam's Elite "Kuwaiti Scavenging" Guards

Another Victory For Saddam

Another Victory For Saddam

Baghdad - Next Right

Highway to Hell was when the Iraqi soldiers started to flee and were driving anything they could to get away. It was very brutal: over 1,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed on a two mile stretch of a highway.

"We flew over the Highway to Hell on the way out and from the air it was really spectacular," Olson says. "It's amazing to see the destruction that can be caused in such a short period of time."

After setting the oil wells on fire, the Iraqi soldiers fled Kuwait by the fastest means possible, the main highway back to Iraq. These soldiers took with them the goods they had looted from both private homes and businesses (appliances, TVs, VCR's, gold, cars anything of value). Their convoy was intercepted and the results of the firefight is shown above. Afterwards while checking for wounded, our soldiers found that every vehicle was packed with stolen goods from Kuwait.

[Poohbah]

What would happen if the Iraqi militia and the French army faced each other?

You'd need a slo-mo instant replay to see who got their hands up first :o)

[Tai_Chung]

What would happen if the Iraqi militia and the French army faced each other?

The French would want to do inspections.
The Iraqi would try to hide what they have.

[RayChuang88]

OPPORTUNITY: Recruit them to do the street fighting in Baghdad. Capture the troops and tanks, put special "friendly" markers on them, and send them in against Saddam's Guard units.

Actually, given how the general Iraqi population hates Saddam, these "friendly" troops will get back to Baghdad a bit too late to fight Saddam because I have a feeling a good fraction of the Iraqi military--knowing they're fighting for a loser--will turn on Saddam and before you know it Saddam Hussein, his inner circle of advisors and closest supporters will most likely be dead from gunfire or from a local mob more than happy to lynch them on the spot. Why do I have this feeling that Saddam will meet the same fate that befell Benito Mussolini? (For those who haven't read up on history, Mussolini was captured in northern Italy right at the end of the European phase of World War II by anti-fascist partisans, executed, and their bodies hung up in public square, where the local crowd jeered and desecrated his body.)

[ken5050]

How do you surrender to a UAV?....is the software programmed to recognize white flags?...actually, I believe it will happen..some NCO a thousand miles away, flying a Predator with a joystick, will "capture" a bunch of Iraquis...

[ken5050]

The Iraqi regime will have to be de-Nazified.....literally several thousand people will have to be removed from power..

[RightWhale]

Knight Ridder Newspapers

Are these people using DEBKA as their news source?

[cake_crumb]

Saddam's probably already ensconced in Libya, Syria or France.

[Poohbah]

The Iraqi regime will have to be de-Nazified.....literally several thousand people will have to be removed from power..

There are probably several MILLION Iraqis willing to remove those several thousand from this life, let alone just from power...

[legman]

I recommend a book called " Bullseye One"

Thanks for the recommendation. I understand that they have their interests in the Middle East, as do we. I also understand that circumstances change. One might buy a snake to help with a rat problem. But when the rats are gone, the snake might be the next problem. We cooperated with Iraq when was the greater danger was Iran.

I can't believe I'm defending the French. If anyone can remember what a facist dictator can do to a country, you would think it would be them. Who would surrender first? The French have already surrendered.

[berkeleybeej]

It's definitely a matter of weeks - perhaps only a matter of days.

Or a matter of hours...Prediction:

The war starts in less than 48 hours. God bless our troops. Start/Continue praying as hard as you can.

[Freebird Forever]

You'd need a slo-mo instant replay to see who got their hands up first :o)

My money's on the french. They're far more experienced.

[OPS4]

Lessons given by Mao and Marx. The peoples revolution is thier favorite past time.Communism is nothing more than an excuse to act up.
Hollywood is the prime example, of Actors acting up!

Its in the nature of the communist beast.
Ops4 God Bless America!

[Redleg Duke]

"Iraq also deployed a half-dozen 105 mm artillery pieces and several anti-aircraft guns in firebases surrounded by 15-foot-high sand berms on the northeast end of the border near the port of Umm Qasr, they said. "

How thoughtful. That will limit collateral damage when their ready ammo goes up!

[Domestic Church]

Maybe they will start surrendering to save their lives before it has officially begun.