Saddam's bunker under allied bombing

Agence France-Presse | April 3, 2003

[Aeronaut]

Two underground passages lead directly to the Tigris.

I bet they aren't all that hardened. A flood is good, too.

[6ppc]

I think we should stage a contest between the SeaBees and the Army Corp of Engineers to see which side can crack this nut first.

[ko_kyi]

I am rereading my copy of Cornelius Ryan's "The Last Battle" about the fall of Berlin. Talk about history repeating itself.

[Beck_isright]

" Hope his running water has a good septic system beneath it."

I think he would rather have Depends.

V

[chainsaw]

When this clyner designed the bunker, the US didn't have bunker busters that could go through 100 feet of solid dirt or 20 feet of solid concrete before exploding. If that's not enough how aqbout three bunker busters placed into the same bunker. for good measure you lob in 3 dozen tomahawk missiles. Saddam and his two psychopath sons are dead, and have been from the get-go.

[Admin Moderator]

The picture you linked in post 15 requires a password.

[camle]

then change him - he ought to be pretty ripe by now!

[WorkingClassFilth]

Here's a link:

http://www.sheltex.de/sheltex/0_germany.htm

[linear]

Indeed. Generals ordering tank divisions that no longer exist to points 80 miles on the wrong side of the front. The dynamics of a dying organization.

[ko_kyi]

It is similar down to eerie details.

Right now I bet they are saying "We would have won if it weren't for the Jews."

[WorkingClassFilth]

One difference...Hitler didn't have the possible use of nuclear weaponry. His swan song was to flood the subways to kill German civilians he felt weren't worthy of him and to kill himself. The SS faithfully roamed the theater killing any 'disloyal' Germans. Saddam faces a similar end, but he may possess the ablity to take his enemies with him and become a martyr.

This is a concern I see scant attention being paid to.

[Michael.SF.]

Herr Esser plant seit 1980 weltweit Bunkeranlagen. Er führt damit eine alte Familientradition seit 1939 im Festungsbau weiter. Weitere Referenzen nennen wir ihnen auf Anfrage.

The above is from the Shelltex website. Translated: A family tradition since 1939

References furnised upon request.

mmmm, I wonder who their reference might be:

Disclaimer: Bunkers are not guaranteed to prevent suicides of egomanical despots.

[JRjr]

If the exit is under water maybe we could hook up a huge vaccuum pump to one of the air vents.

[WorkingClassFilth]

This guy, Esser, claims his grandmother designed Hitler's bunker. Seems to me he considers such information to be an asset seeing how his site is under construction in three languages: German, English and...Arabic.

[WorkingClassFilth]

In an interview a few days ago, Esser went on about the shielding he built into this crib. He sheathed it with lead in addition to 10 meters of reinforced concrete and who knows what.

Seems to me, that it would be an ideal place to secrete a blackmarket Soviet nuke if Sadddam had one. Hans Blix and the UN imbeciles couldn't find their *sses with both hands so I fail to see how Saddam could fail to put one over on that crowd.

I hope like hell that NEST teams there know what they are doing and have effective means of detecting errant nukes.

This worries me a great deal and I won't be jubilant until long after the mop-up.

[VadeRetro]

People in the bunker were celebrating the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, saying it was an omen for their victory.

It's a nasty Fascist-Nazi rumor that FDR is dead. He's alive. I've seen him on TV, heard his voice telling us that all we have to fear is fear itself. If that doesn't mean he's alive, I don't know what does. He's on TV so he's alive. He still meets regularly with Churchill and Stalin on the History Channel.

[Servant of the Nine]

Any chance this guy coughed up the blueprints?

Yeah, they gave up the blueprints during Gulf War I, when they were on our side.

SO9

[b4its2late]

Apart from his bunker, Saddam is said to have ordered the construction of two others in Baghdad that should enable his army command to resist up to six months.

Do they have an internal air supply? Even then, how long would it last? If not, we should plug up the one they have.

[AgThorn]

I don't think they will find him here ... last rumor I heard, that I will personally check out this weekend, is that Saddam has made it to the desert sands in the west of our own country ... picture of recent sighting ---- >>

[LS]

"Two underground passages lead directly to the Tigris."

Notice that the Marines decided to come up the EAST side of the Tigris??