Saddam, generals have no way out of capital

National Post ^ | April 05 2003 | Matthew Fisher

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thanks for this post. Pray God it is true.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[Pharmboy]

Thanks to our Freeper in Holland monitoring the Euronews...

[knighthawk]

Indeed.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I hope the good guys have found and sealed off any possible rat holes and tunnels leading out of the city. There could be hundreds of them.

In fact, it is my supposition that if Saddam survived the missile attack of 23 March, he made use of such a tunnel and is likely in Iran or Afghanistan by now.

[Zebra]

But younger Marines are itching for a fight. Among them is Lance Corporal Daniel Glover who has been involved in three fights with Iraqi forces so far but has never got off a shot at them.

Finally, a Danny Glover Americans can be proud of.

[Zipporah]

Just reported on Fox.. there were reporters driven around Baghdad 'proving' that the coalition forces were not in Baghdad.. < sigh >

[DoctorMichael]

This article talked about south, east, and north...................

CNN a few minutes ago was saying that a large number of Baathist Party members were attempting to flee WEST towards Syria with suitcases full of cash. The info supposedly was provided by US forces..........nothing followed.

[knighthawk]

Thanks (but this one is from Canada. There are no such good newspapers in Europe, maybe for the Telegraph).

[knighthawk]

Yes, the other one is worth a 'barf alert' on every thing he says.

[sonofatpatcher2]

"What is it with your people? I am fine! We have kicked all the American infidels out of Iraq and have started invading Israel."

[knighthawk]

If the US sees them, it means they are on their route to another highway of death.

[vigilante2]

I think their giving us one last chance to surender

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

May God help our forces to find them and end their escape!

[Spunky]

"Just reported on Fox.. there were reporters driven around Baghdad 'proving' that the coalition forces were not in Baghdad.."

I don't know about that. I have been watching the Baghdad cam and all of a sudden there was lots and lots of horn honking and yelling.

It sounded to me like our men had arrived.

[DoctorMichael]

.......reporters driven around Baghdad.........

THIS is the height of stupidity!!!!!!!!

American forces have told noncombatants to stay inside.......Anything approaching US forces in a threatening manner will be destroyed.

In the past few days we have heard about 'suicide' attempts to kill US forces by crazed Republican Guards in vehicles and busses.

Ok, members of the international press....................Go Ahead, get into a vehicle DRIVEN by a loyal member of Saddam's Information Bureau for a 'sightseeing tour'. Just don't complain if you're found dead when a 50 caliber opens up on you.

Idjits.

[DoctorMichael]

This was just mentioned again on CNN............Except they added that they are being interspersed with vehicles of fleeing civilians!

Scum!

[per loin]

Hopefully, we have forces in the desert with roadblocks set up.

[alloysteel]

Isolating Saddam Hussein, or the Ba'ath party regime, from any exercise of power, is probably easier than actually finding them. There are, reportedly, some 100 miles or so of underground subway tunnels in and around the Baghdad area. Like sewer rats, paranoid sewer rats at that, they could hold out down there for years, considering that they probably laid in vast supplies and have cut numerous cubby holes and side exits. Like something out of a bad Saturday-morning adventure cartoon. The Hooded Claw, Dick Dastardly, his dog Mottley Hound, and the Ant Hill Mob.