Special Forces in Baghdad as Saddam's army crumbles

The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 03/23/03 | Ed Vulliamy, Kamal Ahmed, Paul Harris, James Meek, and Rory McCarthy

[Semper Paratus]

American special forces were reported to be in Baghdad last night

Interesting this is being leaked out.
Shock and Spook?

[billorites]

I'm shocked and I'm in awe of this whole thing.

Think what it's like for the average Iraqi puke.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[TADSLOS]

They have been in there for quite awhile.

[Cicero]

Sure. The Saddam regime is paranoid as it is. Nobody trusts anybody. Say the wrong thing and you're thrown into a torture cell. Telling them that there are secret agents all over the city will only make them even more nervous and unable to coordinate the defense.

Even if Saddam is alive, he doesn't trust anybody to get near him. So communications and organization of the defense are bound to suffer.

[Guillermo]

If you listened closely to what Franks said this morning, he admitted such. I was surprised there was no follow up by the 'reporters' there.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ping!

[stboz]

Psssst! Hey! Saddam!

What's that crawling up your leg?

Got ants in yo' pants, bro?

[Nita Nuprez]

The source said that the paramilitary forces were from the CIA, and 'may be' involved in talks between the US, represented by Iraqi dissidents and Kurdish leaders, and Saddam's Republican Guard.

State Department sources said contacts had 'intensified' over the past 24 hours 'with regard to mass surrenders and surrenders higher up the chain of command'.

It looks like Gen. Nizar al-Khazraji has been very busy since he was kidnapped. ;-)

[Terry Mross]

I hope they retreat to one of Saddam's palaces for one last stand. Oh, how I hope.

[Terry Mross]

Saddam? I'm watching you.......

[woofie]

I think special forces has been ther for the last year or two

[jws3sticks]

Here is the secret weapon and why we are advancing so quickly to Badburp(sic):

[P.O.E.]

According to a story from NYT on another thread Iraqis are pulling missles from Basra northwest to Qurnah, which is on the way to Baghdad.

A retreat underway, perhaps?

[Mr.Clark]

A clever idea might be to concentrate bombing almost exclusively on certain RG divisions. Might get people thinking, "How come General Abdul's division isn't getting hit?" Just a thought.

[Future Useless Eater]

Besides heavy TV coverage for the anti-war crowd,
MSNBC is showing clips from IRAQI TV every 12 minutes.
Repeating Baghdad's claims that injured civilians were
targeted by Allied forces.

Why is Baghdad still broadcasting anything???
Why is treasonous MSNBC not yet out of business?

[Future Useless Eater]

MSNBC's primary news sites:
* Iraqi TV
* Reuters
* Al Jizzera TV

[chuknospam]

The infiltration dovetails with US concerns that Saddam is preparing what it calls the 'Stalingrad Factor' to defend the capital, seeking to establish an iron ring of defences, possibly involving the deployment of chemical and biological weapons.

I have a funny feeling that this is what Sadaam has been doing all along, his defenses have been limited since '91, difficult to rebuild them & buy new SCUDS etc. So perhaps he has pooled all his resources and hidden them in residential areas, mosques etc. and is staging his own Alamo with the last ditch effort being chem weapons, so if he can't win he'll take the popultion of Bagdhad with him. If he did that, it would likly be seen by the world as a catastrophic event brought about by the actions of the U.S. Not a good thing, we would win the battle but lose the war so to speak. I'm really hoping that we bagged him in the initial attack.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

That's VERY clever. Even might try to do other things to make it look like we are working with certain Officers.