[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[Timm]

Is it really so hard for Burns to say that the Iraqi leadership is desperate, pathetic, and lying?

[Reagan Man]

NBC News is reporting, that CentCom officials have said the Republican Guard have been virtually wiped out.

The end is near.

[VRWC_minion]

Is there a coincidence between this thrust and the bombing of Chemical Ali ? Was he one of the first folks who were called ?

[maestro]

Defiant Iraqis Say U.S. Advance Has Been Broken (NYT / John F. Burns)

'PRAVDA'....listen up U.N.,........'PRAVDA',....listen U.N., .....'PRAVDA'....

Hello,.....France,.....Germany,......Russia,......its 'PRAVDA'......LOL......for the record!!!

[KDD]

But there were other signs that something had happened in the area, and that the Iraqis were not eager for it to be known. An American photographer who reached the hospital this morning described large numbers of Iraqi casualties arriving on stretchers. When the busload of reporters arrived hours later, they were told the visit to the hospital was canceled, without explanation.

Delta, SF's and the other spooks were busy downtown during the night.

[thatdewd]

The Iraqi leadership has got to stop watching ABC and CNN or they'll just keep making fools of themselves.

[Rome2000]

Information Minister Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf

This guy is more full of crap than Terry McCauliffe.

Look for him to become the new DNC chairman after the war.

[UB355]

Cencom information on MSNBC is that the Republican Guard have been destroyed and are out of commission. Announcement made about 10.00 PM CST

[exDemMom]

Senior Iraqi officials remained defiant today in the face of American military might, asserting that Iraqi soldiers and suicide bombers had "crushed" American troops at Baghdad's international airport and broken the American advance on the capital into isolated pockets that were surrendering to relentless Iraqi attacks.

LOL, one of the funniest things I've seen all week.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Senior Iraqi officials remained defiant today in the face of American military might, asserting that Iraqi soldiers and suicide bombers had "crushed" American troops...

SHOULD READ: ...Iraqi soldiers and suicide bombers had "crushed" American bullets with their bodies...

[Russell Scott]

The "useful idiots" are becoming less useful and more idiotic with each passing day.

[surfer]

Yes they are also reporting the war is turning in favor of Iraq as the Republican Guard is employing new tactics...those tactics must be fall over and be dead!!!

[Semi Civil Servant]

Iraqis who saw the broadcast said they had no doubt that the man was indeed Mr. Hussein, not a double.

While questions lingered, including when the video was made, the effect on Mr. Hussein's most zealous loyalists was beyond doubt. At the Palestine Hotel, the mood among Iraqi officials brightened.

The mood on Network TeeVee and the cable nets (except Fox) also seem to be brighter once the news readers had convinced themselves that the great Saddam was indead still alive and there was still a chance of a crushing American defeat.

The left stream press coverage has generally been disgraceful (except for the embeddeds). The news readers and producers just can't stomach the thought of an American victory (at least with a Republican President in charge).

[Nick Danger]

[F16Fighter]

And the NY Times doesn't mind publishing these embarrassingly goofy "scoops"??

[watchin]

It's only a flesh wound.

[CommandoFrank]

Ah, this explains why our troops are cruisin around the streets of Baghdad... We've lost the airport!
/sarcasm

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I would love to see the media ask Baghdad Bob when's the trip to the airport he promised "in a few hours" yesterday morning.

[musicman]

If we catch "Baghdad Bob" alive, I have an early Christmas wish from Santa Claus....

I would like to see "Baghdad Bob" captured, handcuffed behind his back with those nylon ties, and brought into a room with a table and a chair, which faces camera's of every news organization wishing to attend, ESPECIALLY the new FREE IRAQI TV.

When he is seated at the table, he will notice there are VHS video tapes, which are stacked on a platter.Each tape contains one of "Baghdad Bob's" news conferences, one tape for each of his appearances since the "war" started, from the first one to the last. To the right of the platter will be the picture of Saddam that hung behind him while he gave his daily "speeches".It will be in a holder so the picture is facing him and well within his sight, but not blocking the cameras.

He would then be introduced to the attending "press".Since "Baghdad Bob" probably will not have any major war crimes to convict him with, he will be told that since his big, strong, loud, mouth was his "weapon", he will then be told that his hands will not be needed for his punishment. He will use his big strong mouth, to open and consume the contents of EVERY VHS cartridge on the platter in front of him.A beverage will be provided after a tape is opened, and TOTALLY consumed.

When all the tape cartridges are empty, the last thing he has to accomplish, to gain TOTAL amnesty , before he leaves the table, is to consume the contents of the picture frame. His hands can be used for this last objective.

If "Baghdad Bob" completes those tasks, it will then be announced to the Iraqi TV watchers, that "Baghdad Bob" is now a free man and is now being released.

The cameras will "follow" him as he is "escorted" from the place where this is held, and "deposited" into the now "free-from-Saddam" streets of the newly freed Iraqi people, with the address of his "return to society" scrolling (with updates from the cameras following him),until he is once again at his home, and tucked into his bed after his "busy" day....

.....(I've been good so far this year Santa,....PLEASE??)