[Allan]

Final news from Batchelor Alexander.

John Loftus
who has many contacts in the CIA:

Special force operatives, CIA, on location in Baghdad
(280 he says)
with video cameras
photographed the leaders from a distance entering the bunker.

Photographed the earlobes
and got positive identification
from CIA Langley
that Saddam, his sons.
and most of the inner circle were there.

Two stealth bombers
each with 2 2000 pound bombs
Created a hole, a chimney.
Immediately the special ops put a laser beam on the hole
put the coordinates of the chimney
to headquarters
reprogrammed 30 tomahawk missiles
which have a 1 meter window
flew down the chimney
no one could possibly have survived
even if in a safe.

Got a video of the medical crew arriving
frantic digging in the rubble
after a considerable time retrieve Saddam
brought him out
with a gas mask over his face.
Video tapes made to confirm.

Everyone killed
sons, top generals
next morning
Tariq Aziz held an emergency meeting
frantic phone calls
all came
5 minutes later
20 cruise missiles came through the roof.
Baath party leadership eliminated.

Leaving electricity and telephone lines up
in order to monitor.
280 operatives in Baghdad
tapping phones
doing target surveillance.

Only two people known to have survived.
PR spokesman for Defence Department
and the Minister of Defence.

Haven't dug out the rest of the bodies.

John Loftus has known this story since Thursday.

(Disbelieve it if you want.
I believe it.)

[dixiechick2000]

YeeeeeeHaaaaaaw!

[Mitchell]

Thanks for posting the Loftus report. The basic story appears believable. A comment and a question:

1. no one could possibly have survived

That's not the same thing as the actual identification of bodies. We're all aware of horrendous accidents that no one could possibly have survived -- except that somebody does walk away unscathed.

In this case, the statement that "no one could possibly have survived" seems inconsistent with the retrieval of Saddam "with a gas mask over his face." That doesn't mean that he did survive, of course, but his body was apparently intact, so it does appear that somebody could, in fact, possibly have survived.

2. How would you square this with the mention of the timing of the bombing in Saddam's speech?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this tidbit from John Loftus, who has more than friends on the farm.

[Thud]

Thanks. I hope it's true.

[Grampa Dave]

[justa-hairyape]

Awesome report and awesome news. Looks credible. The fools where probably wearing hats and sunglasses. Not knowing that their ears were flapping in the wind. Kudos to the CIA and their operatives if true. Probably the best covert work this world has ever seen. The original hashassins themselves might be rolling in their graves making room for the Butchers of Baghdad. We must of had CIA/Delta operatives with video cameras on every single bunkered building in Baghdad. Again, if true, awesome !

[Petronski]

Thank you very much for the ping.

[Peach]

Oh, I believe this - would like to know the source so I can send to others in better format. Thanks.

[Illbay]

I'd love to believe it but it doesn't explain why the Iraqi VP is appearing on TV talking about American POWs:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872812/posts

[eno_]

The method is plausible. Laser designation can be done outside the visible spectrum, and so would go undetected to anyone not wearing night vision equipment. Video cameras these days are amazing, and post-processing (multi-frame super-resolution reconstruction) can extract images that would look like you took them with a still camera 10 feet away. The spotters would not have had to be very close.

[First_Salute]

The Tomahawk missile is not capable of making the turn to rapid descent at the necessary angle to comply with the story, when approaching the target at low altitude.

The Tomahawk missile might be launched from high altitude and then dives down upon its target, but that exposes it to anti-aircraft fire, and that approach is not permitted by the plan because of the potential for error and thousands of civilian casualties.

As you know, pilots are to return to base with their ordnance if they even slightly believe it to be undeliverable according to plan.

[swarthyguy]

Ping to Loftus story.