[DoughtyOne]

Saddam Hussein is caught in public for the first time since 03/23/03.

Iraqi leadership has yet to confirm the identity.

[AFPhys]

But there was nothing to defend them against the bombardment. Monday night was the worst, they said. High-flying jets were quickly reinforced by what the Iraqi soldiers said were Apache helicopters firing rockets at their bunkers and foxholes.

''We didn't expect it to be so heavy,''

THIS is the real meaning of "Shock and Awe". Regardless of the effect on any of the dense politicos safely esconsed in Baghdad, the troops in the field are feeling the effects, and as was said otherwise in the article, "...official state radio in Baghdad. It was telling us that everything was normal, even though we could see that it was not"