***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 20 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 8, 2003 | Various

[Dawgmeister]

Is there a nonsurgical cure for 'rrhoiders?

[Wyatt's Torch]

All I want is to be able to be able to parade his head on a stake around Baghdad.

[pitinkie]

Who ever made up the name..I love it! Can't stand her reporting..the only good thing was Arafat yelling at her live!!!

[Severa]

Got cable modem over here. (No DSL close enough to be worth anything) Can't seem to find a cam that is consistent.

[Tree of Liberty]

Just read the thread in Breaking News. It's a Brit intelligence source saying this. They likely didn't have boots on the ground watching the building. We did (Delta's been widely rumored to have been given a search-and-destroy mission re:Saddam). I'll wait for confirmation comes from us, one way or the other.

[pitinkie]

There has been no audio on any Cam for a while now.

[retrokitten]

LOL!

[SoldiersGirl]

Col Hunt said the other night that the war will be won once we have his head in a blanket.
I love Col Hunt. I want to invite him for dinner, give him a few beers and just let him have at it.

[pitinkie]

when in doubt cut it out!

[AppyPappy]

Now on CNN Abu Dhabi guy saying there was no sniper or fire at the tanks.

Someone tell Abu Dhabi that you can't prove a negative.

[Fast5]

Anyone watching '24' tonight?

[steveegg]

The source is on 2 other FRee Republic Threads.

And their source is The (UK) Guardian, not known for reliability.

[spectr17]

whats everyones opinion on the saddam dead or alive thing?

My two theories.

1) Sodomy is testing out our intel to find a way out or to find out who is ratting him out.

2) We moved some bricks around to say he was history to flush him out.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

My one war report for the day is an Ollie opinion piece. (^:

FN: Ollie North: w/ 1st Marine Exp. Force: Sandstorm going on..."There are fewer and fewer targets...almost nothing left for people to shoot at...a few Fedayeen....there are credible reports that I have seen that indicate uprisings in a variety of cities....a little like what happened to Mussolini....Marines...when they hear a story that Saddam and sons went to lunch as their palace was being sacked...they (are skeptical...think he's in Tikrit)...I watched little kids walking up to US Marines in Saddam City and hand them flowers...that's the kind of thing that gets you choked up...I've seen this kind of thing several times...we've had locals show up at the Marine position and tell us where Fedayeen were hiding....they're warning us about Fedayeen (fettucini (^:)...some of these uprisings aren't just against Ba'ath Party officials...(they're angry at Fedayeen)..."if Saddam Hussein has any following at all it's a very narrow group of people...probably living in Tikrit...there's nobody holding up Saddam Hussein's picture in Baghdad..." "This guy is finished...there is retribution occuring...against the Baathist regime, leaders of it, and against the Fedayeen...the people doing this are the common people....beating people to death...you can't stop it all...I think we're waiting for some of that to subside (before installing new local gov)...it happened w/ Mussolini, Ceaucescu...(Our guys) - they're rested up...ready to go to Tikrit if that's what they have to do...they want to get their job done and go home. Nobody wants to occupy this country. The Iraqis are going to rebuild this country...there were more Marines injured and killed by accidents than by the enemy...no other (military has gone this far..)....it's a very well educated country...this country had a democracy back in the 50s until it was interfered with and mucked up...all different kinds of religions...this country has a Christian population...I can see a multi-party system working here...if (it's) happening in Basrah it can happen anywhere...give them a chance to do the right thing, I think they will.."

[Wyatt's Torch]

Yeah - nice typical slur of the South (Atlanta).

[Dawgmeister]

Would that be where the Brits get the term "bloody a-- h---?

[retrokitten]

I want to invite him for dinner, give him a few beers and just let him have at it.

Don't you think he'd have the best stories? I swear since the war has started he's gotten younger looking. I don't know if he's using Hope In A Jar or what, but to me it looks like he's de-aging.

[SoldiersGirl]

I like option 1...I think option two is no good for one reason...if we think he's dead..he's free to run off to another country without us following him. so why would it flush him out?

[smokeyjon]

I'm on a T3 :)

Oops, I'm an idiot and can't read. It's the BagCam I currently have open. Thanks :)

[pitinkie]

Surgeons motto!