[Radix]

If we crumble it they will accept it!

[Rockiesrider]

" Mohammed al-Sahhaf, the Iraqi information minister, and gave prominence to his assertion that it would be "hard for the American marines to get out of the Baghdad airport area alive"."

Oh they get out of the airport soon enough. Only you won't like the direction they'll be traveling. Be sure and let them know where your staying so they can say hello camel breath.

[COBOL2Java]

This just in: Arab newspapers announce that Gamal Abdel-Nasser "may not be feeling well."

[xJones]

But some Gulf papers continued to play down the developments. The lead item of al-Ittihad in the United Arab Emirates was Baghdad's denial that coalition forces controlled any town in Iraq. Al-Bayan carried Iraqi claims that the allies were nowhere near the capital. In Yemen, the daily al-Gumhoriya made no mention of the impending battle for Baghdad, concentrating instead on Iraqi resistance within Basra.

Reality is so hard to accept, particularly for Muslims, it would seem. But at least they have Al-Jazeera on their side, whipping the brush fires.

[PatrickHenry]

The bigger question is -- when will the American media accept the truth of the situation? According to them, we're still stuck in a quagmire with a failed battle plan.