Iraq moving troops, artillery closer to Kuwaiti border

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

[Domestic Church]

"And Me thinks they're knee deep..."

I think you're on to something. Also they have been so heavily infiltrated that they know all their antiquities will be blown to smithereens if they don't kowtow.

They're going down the tubes either way they jump.

[prophetic]

"They are terrified," said one army captain, clad in a blue beret. "They won't surrender at the first shot. They will surrender when they hear the first American tank turn on its engine."

The only problem with that scenario is that our tanks are so amazingly quiet that you can barely hear it beyond a 'certain' distance. So those poor iraqi's draftees are in for another nasty surprise again....

[xsrdx]

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

Like ODS Part 1, we won't be targeting people. They have little to fear, unless they happen to be in close proximity to hardware.

We'll destroy what little equipment they have left in a day or two, after that they will have little choice but to surrender to us or go back to Bagdhad.

You can't die fighting when everything you have to fight with has been melted into a heap of slag.

[Travis McGee]

If the war takes more than a week many of these conscripts will be in the brand new uniforms of the Army of Free Iraq, riding in American trucks, with full bellies and sky high morale, rooting out the last of Saddam's henchmen who will be dressed as women and hiding in cellars.

[A2J]

Most of the Iraqi troops look ragged, and some complain that they are eating only bread and aren't being paid, said officers in the 32-nation U.N. Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission, based on the border.

Note to U.S. military: prepare for mass surrenders, again.

[Domestic Church]

"They have little to fear,"

They fear Saddam and his brutality...they might start surrendering before the battle actually starts just to escape.

[Destructor]

"KUWAIT CITY - Iraq is moving troops and artillery closer to its southern border with Kuwait and deploying them astride highways in preparation for U.S. attacks..."

Hope they've selected a spot that will make a nice cemetery!

[Rain-maker]

Wonder how many Baghdad apartment complexes he has filled with explosives, so he can kill off his people and blame the U.S.

The world best take a harder look at this serpent of the Tigris.

[b4its2late]

"They are terrified," said one army captain, clad in a blue beret. "They won't surrender at the first shot. They will surrender when they hear the first American tank turn on its engine."

LOL!

[legman]

I'm a little concerned with the expectations of the American public. We have come to expect wars with little collateral damage and few American casualties. If he uses something "he doesn't have," will the public have the resolve to win?

I know W. will, but the Dashole's and Kennedy's of the world are positioning themselves to say "I warned you." I pray that the scenarios that suggest a quick victory are right, but we need to be ready to circle the wagons around the President.

[Man of the Right]

This is the Iraqi army, who won't fight. Saddam has deployed the Special Republican Guard around Baghdad and Tikrit, with the Republican Guard on the outskirts. They may fight.

[Barnacle]

Soldiers have told visitors that they receive one pizza-like piece of bread at each meal and sometimes beg food from passing civilians and UNIKOM personnel.

Our Secret Weapon

[leftiesareloonie]

I agree with those who say these guys are just canon fodder. They are there to fight a little and die a lot.

SOme of them will fight. They will not fight effectively. But they will have to be dealt with somehow. Either they will be rounded up and imprisoned, or maybe just told to go free. Some of the surrendering ones could be plants or spies. So you have to be careful, I suppose.

But I think Saddam's basic strategy will be to let Coalition forces advance toward the cites relatively unimpeded. they will not fight us in the open desert. They will not launch frontal assaults. they will fights in the cities. They will come at us from every nook and cranny.

They will probably impose horrendous burdens on their own civilian population. Remember, food is centrally distributed in Iraq. The government is the sole provider of basic foods stuffs for 23 million Iraqis.

Suppose that distribution system is shut down as the coalition advances? Then what? Especially if the Iraqi's can represent the shutting down as our fault somehow. What do we do? We have to feed 23 million people and fight a war in the cities against what will essentially be a guerilla army.

[Camerican]

Excellent ROTFLAMO!!!

[txradioguy]

I've been up that Highway on the Kuwait side. I wsa there in June 1994 and a Kuwaiti soldier told me that they had finally gotten that mess cleaned up about six months before I got there. If we hit them this time, we better make Highway 8 look like a merciful act.

[txradioguy]

Well the Republican Guard found out that once you could see us (the tanks that is) we had them in our range and we were still outside their firing range.

[Happy2BMe]

"If we hit them this time, we better make Highway 8 look like a merciful act."

I had buddies doing post-damage reports at the site, but I didn't go to.

They had to do extensive photo coverage to determine damage effectiveness. Needless to say, the damage was quite "effective." Don't know how it happened, but quite a bit of the archives wound up for sale on the streets in Kuwait, Saudi, etc., and were packaged in compact little 4x6 photo albums. Looked like a family album - then you'd open it up and WHAM - unbelievable carnage. I remember the Saudis would sell them to the G.I.s in Saudi and loved watching the facial expressions as they scanned the photos.

Heard "Puff The Magic Dragon" came through a time or two over HWY 8 . .

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[Momaw Nadon]

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