CBS: 'Senior Officials' Think Saddam May Not Have Survived

CBS c/o Drudge

[Bigfish_2002]

CBS: 'Senior Officials' Think Saddam May Not Have Survived Thu Mar 20 2003 10:33:00 ET

"I am being told by several senior officials not to take that taped speech Saddam gave last night as proof that he survived the attack," CBS NEWS reporter David Martin said on air.

"They say the evidence that put him in the bunker last night was very reliable, and they are confident that the cruise missiles and bunker-busting bombs that were fired at that bunker last night hit the target. So now, intelligence experts are studying the tape to determine if it is really Saddam, or a body double which he is known to use from time to time. And they are running a computerized voice analysis, comparing that speech with known recordings of Saddam's voice. But that's a process that takes awhile. So we may not have a quick answer."

CBS adds that there is "is considerable belief in this government that they may, in fact, have gotten Saddam."

Developing...

[Monty22]

That talking-head saddam they played looked like something out of sig and marty kroft.

Disturbing.

[oceanview]

they could blend into the society very easily with a minor change in appearance. just like most of the nazis after WWII. many were caught in Germany, some made it all the way to south america, and the truth is that very few of the leadership committed suicide with hitler in the bunker.

[Thane_Banquo]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darksheare]

Some of those palaces are going to have to be deep excavavted with HE do ensure maximal damage.
They have tunnels and bunkers under them. there's one place that covers almost 3 square miles with tunnels and bunkers.
And it's just ONE palace of many.

[cmak9]

Hell, party of 1...

Party of 2...

Don't forget the French. Anyone ever seen the "Mr. Bean" where he was acting like Satan greeting people arriving in hell?

Hitler...? (looks around)

Genghis Khan (or some other evil doer)....? (looks around)

the French...?

It's classic.

[Beck_isright]

Very true. So we must shoot them ourselves or catch them asap. God forbid he figures out how to escape to France. Sadman could easily be elected President of that yellow bellied cheese eating surrender monkey nation.

[Daus]

If he had been killed...there would have been SURRENDER by now...he is still alive.

There is this assumption that the people directly below Saddam are somehow really good chaps who are just forced to run the country the way they do because of the big guy... I don't buy it.

These is a Gore/Reno/DNC to that Clinton. It will take a while for them all to sell out.

[NittanyLion]

If he had been killed...there would have been SURRENDER by now...he is still alive.

If he has been killed, I question how many Iraqis will even know. I think the inner circle could keep a dead Saddam "alive" for quite a long time.

[Salgak]

Actually, if you recall the X-files, the Men in Black originally found Saddam Hussein doing Summer Stock in Iowa (g)

[Pinetop]

When I watched it last night, I suspected that it was a double. The moustache was much too gray, the face heavier and jowlier. Also, the glasses obstructed his face so you really couldn't see the eyes and brow clearly. Unlike the usual Saddam, the speaker was reading from a passel of assorted notes and note pads. The setting looked very gerry-rigged with the blue curtain. It just didn't have Saddam's mark on it.

[Congressman Billybob]

What a morning pleasure, someone who remembers with fondness the Krofts -- and their amusement park where the CNN headquarters are now located. The Krofts were far better comedians than the CNN people, methinks.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, now up on UPI, and FR, "Once, Twice, Three Times a Moron"

Latest book(let), "to Restore Trust in America."

[two23]

LOL...you may be right, but I think most sources are pretty sure it wasn't a live broadcast. I can't keep up with all the reports! Gonna be a LONG day.

[WillVoteForFood]

So if Saddam is no more, will ChIraq declare a day of mourning and hold a memorial service?

[oyez]

The Krofts are geniuses. I understand they raising funds to do a full length movie. Good luck, guys.

[xp38]

So..."Weekend at Saddams" or "Moon Over Baghdad"

[Beck_isright]

And just to remind everyone, some postings from the enemy within..you know the website and what we are facing with the b*st*rd liberals (WARNING: DUCT TAPE YOUR HEAD B4 READING THESE):

jchild (62 posts) Mar-20-03, 10:21 AM (ET)
Babies injured in BaghdadBlast last night

I am crying. CNN just showed little children in hospital beds--these must be some of the casualties of the decapitative strike last night. Great job, CIA. Those 3-year-olds look really scary!

fundyclown Donating Member (594 posts)
Mar-20-03, 11:11 AM (ET)
6. This government is a huge collection

It's got to be the biggest collection of evil, soulless assholes to ever gather on the face of the earth.

I look at these guys and wonder, are we going into Syria next or Iran?

UpInArms (1123 posts) Mar-18-03, 01:22 PM (ET)
6. how handy!

maybe Saddam can give Liar the keys to Iraq on his way out -

not that I am advocating for SH, but taking over another country without a shot fired (either in greed or anger) is beyond the pale

but the * junta knows only greed and avarice

You've been warned. We have three major enemies in our nation and out: Terrorists, the regimes which support them, and the liberals in our nation.

[NYFriend]

"I imagine this scenario:

Saddam: "If I get killed--PLAY this tape."

If you hear a loud noise, play this tape. The guy who hit play may not know if Saddam's dead or alive.

[The PeteMan]

I think Saddam is dead and that was a tape that aired that was made ahead of time.

[China Clipper]

TAriq Aziz' shades? Dude, I thought they were Harry Carey's shades!!

[TankerKC]

Yeah, he's dead just like Osama...