[Semper Paratus]

American special forces were reported to be in Baghdad last night

Interesting this is being leaked out.
Shock and Spook?

[TADSLOS]

They have been in there for quite awhile.

[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.

[TheAngryClam]

The dramatic developments came as details emerged of raids involving US Navy Seal in the battle for Iraq's vast oil empire

IT'S ALL ABOUT OIL!

Stupid media bias.

[houstonian]

We are coming up on the 88 hour mark in this campaign

As of 23 Mar 2003, 00:00 EST, Operation Iraqi Freedom is exactly 88 hours old. Timeline of commencement is:

19 Mar 2003 - 0800 EST - GWB at WH War Council orders commencement of Operation Iraqi Freedom

19 Mar 2003 - 1530 EST - CIA Dir Tenet calls Oval Office meeting to discuss surgical strike against Saddam's command bunker

19 Mar 2003 - 1912 EST - GWB decision for surgical strike against Saddam's command bunker

19 Mar 2003 - 2000 EST - Expiration of 48 hr ultimatum to Saddam.

19 Mar 2003 - 2130 EST - (approximate) bombs fall on Saddam's command bunker

19 Mar 2003 - 2200 EST - GWB address to the nation.

Ref: Bush OK'd War 12 Hours Before Launch

[doug from upland]

'international gang of criminal bastards'

That is a great term. Go pound sand, Achmed. After you have carnal knowledge with your goat, of course.

[truth_seeker]

With prisoner-of-war camps being built to house up to 200,000 Iraqi soldiers, senior Ministry of Defence officials said the 'lead scenario' now being worked on was that Saddam's special forces would retreat to one of his major palace complexes in Baghdad for a last-ditch battle.

If they retreat in GROUPS to facilities in Baghdad, it will be known where they are, for precision air strikes. The special resources operating under cover in Baghdad are there, to pinpoint such locations. Those include CIA, Delta, opposition Iraqis with guts to fight for something worth fighting for.