Basra's Defenders Are Said to Be Desperate and Fearful

New York Times ^ | 4 April 2003 | CRAIG S. SMITH

[11th_VA]

Nothing like being between Iraq and a hard place ...

[Textide]

They have no one to support them

Well tough sh*t. Should've thought of that before.

[freedomlover]

I dont know why the a pickup truck with two middle-aged, burly mustachioed men didnt turn into a pickup truck with two dead middle-aged, burly mustachioed men.

[gov_bean_ counter]

President Saddam Hussein's Baath Party officials in the city are desperate and ready to surrender.

Well, he!!, they could have used the raised hands and white flag thing if some of their buds hadn't screwed it up for them.

[TimPatriot]

The problem, he said, is that the widely hated party needs protection from mob violence if its members decide to give up

awwww, so sad, those poor butchers are scared.

[Reagan is King]

The sad thing is if these thugs are taken as POW's they will probably just be released when the war is over. I say wait and let the crowds have them and decide what to do with them.

[teletech]

I bet these Baath party members are desperate! They have 2 choices. Either surrender or die!

[Stopislamnow]

Give em to the mobs.

A "freedom" present.

If they jail and try them, Iraq is on the way to recovery.

If they get lynched, well, why waste money on a trial and stuff.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Actually their two choices are die or die.

[rolling_stone]

What goes around comes around, payback is a mf...they don't get any sympathy from me, I might give them a blindfold and a cigarette which is more than they deserve...they could have stopped this crap many times over but didn't..

[McGavin999]

This doesn't sound like a very trustworthy cleric to me. This is not a good man.

[Abcdefg]

I can imagine how difficult it must have been for the anti-American NYT to print an article that shows a military success by our side.

[11th_VA]

Give em to the mobs.

LOL !!! I can hear them screaming to the Brits' "Please save us" LOL !!!

[Natural Law]

I believe that this is an Iraqi civil issue. We should turn them over to the new Iraqi regional authorities.

(Hopefully they acquired the Guillotine along with the other French technology)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"What worries them is that there are no means for mediation and no plan for their future," he said.

I'm sure the locals have a few plans for their future.

It would be insensitive of us to interfere.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Let them reap what they have sown.

[Kevin Curry]

The problem, he said, is that the widely hated party needs protection from mob violence if its members decide to give up.

Boy howdy, ya just gotta admit, that is a problem.

What to do . . . what to do . . . .

[bart99]

" Meanwhile, he said gangs of young paramilitary troops, known as fedayeen, are roaming Basra, killing those deemed disloyal to the government. "

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This is the real problem..... not the Baath party officials. And that's why the Brits are there..... trying to quell the thugs. I think this cleric has been a bit brainwashed himself. *sigh*

[Quick Shot]

"What goes around comes around, payback is a mf...they don't get any sympathy from me, I might give them a blindfold and a cigarette which is more than they deserve...they could have stopped this crap many times over but didn't.."

Wish people would remember that smoking shortens ones life span.

[Southack]

"The problem, he said, is that the widely hated party needs protection from mob violence if its members decide to give up." ...
" Meanwhile, he said gangs of young paramilitary troops, known as fedayeen, are roaming Basra, killing those deemed disloyal to the government."

These are simply *not* clever people.