Posted on 03/23/2003 11:10:24 AM PST by ewing
Special Force Operatives from CIA vidoetaped Saddam and his leaders entering the bunker.
Got positive ID from Langley that Saddam, his sons and most of the Military inner circle was there.
Stealth bombers dropped two 2,000 lb. bombs on the bunker chimney while special ops identified the target with lasers immediately to position 30 Tomahawk missiles on the complex.
No one could have survived the attack not even in a safe. Video was taken of Saddam with a gas mask over his face dug out of the complex. Everyone killed inside Saddams sons and all top generals.
Deputy Iraq Prime Minister Tarik Aziz holds emergency meeting the next day making frantic cell phone calls to remaining Saddam/Baath Party leaderhip officials. Minutes later they show up wanting to know what has happened.
Langley triangulates the desperate cell phone calls from Ambassador Aziz and sends 20 Cruise Missiles through the roof. Baath Party political Leadship terminated.
CIA is leaving electricity and telephone lines up for as long as there is surveillance advantage to be gained tapping their sources electronically.
Only two Iraqi top Military/Political officials known to have survived- Public Relations Spokesperson for the Defence Department and Minister of Defence Lt. General Sultan Hashem Ahmed.
The Iraqis have not dug out the rest of the bodies yet except for Saddams
(Excerpt) Read more at wabcradio.com ...
I'm not 100% convinced of the accuracy of this story. But I'm leaning that way. There is simply no indication whatsoever that Saddam is in any way still in command or even still alive. If we got him that first night, what a story to tell!
It really seems obvious now. We know he's dead, and fear the crazies running the show now. Get there ASAP.
It's deliberate. Hussein has been playing Stalin for 35 to 40 years, now. That photo op was staged to look like that poster of Stalin. Hussein loves to emulate tyrants and conquerors.
He's also fond of Saladin and Nebuchadnezzar....
Iraqi stamp issued on "Palestine Day," 1997 Saddam Hussein and Saladin, Islamic captor of Jerusalem
Behind them, is the Dome of the Rock, al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Born on April 28, 1937, in Tikrit, the seat of Saladdin Province.
Jerrold Post
Author of Political Paranoia: the Psychopolitics of Hatred
Statement of 12/1990, before the House Armed Services Committee
Inspired by his uncle's tales of heroism in the service of the Arab nation, Saddam has been consumed by dreams of glory since his earliest days. He identifies himself with Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylonia who conquered Jerusalem (586 B.C.) and Saladin who regained Jerusalem in 1187 by defeating the Crusaders .
In pursuit of his messianic dreams, there is no evidence he is constrained by conscience; his only loyalty is to Saddam Hussein
The Rise of Babylon,
by Charles H. Dyer with Angela Elwell HuntDyer points out Saddam Hussein's own plans to emulate King Nebuchadnezzar as evidenced in a commemorative medal he had cast with the ancient king's profile and his own side by side. In addition to the hanging gardens of Babylon and the unification of the surrounding nations, King Nebuchadnezzar is perhaps most noted for the sacking of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Jewish people.
The author reveals how Hussein's followers already recognize him as today's equivalent of that ancient king:
The tour guide at a reconstructed palace in Babylon described with enthusiasm the restored monument of the ancient city...she got to the throne room and pointed to the empty platform. "This is where the Saddam Hussein had his throne. This is where Saddam Hussein sat," she said, voice rising in pride.
The short, stout woman looked around at the quizzical faces, then caught herself with a nervous laugh. "I mean Nebuchadnezzar... Nebuchadnezzar had his throne here."
Occasionally, Saddam liked to dress up like Hitler, too.
What difference does it make, if I believe it? I'm not "parroting" anything.
Read up on Andersonville.Mankind is basically evil.
No thanks. I don't share your cynicism.
Maybe a strategy would be to wait until we got closer to Baghdad and then announce that Hussein is dead. The people might revolt and distract the Iraqi army from killing Americans. I can't see a downside in having all the members of the bloodbaath party killed though.
Parallels? Between Saddam, Hitler and Stalin?
Tyrant is too soft a word to describe the inhumanities and legacies these bastards inflicted on the world.
LOL, you're good. Thanks for the post.
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