Baghad - Second of Saddam's Palaces Falls In As Many Days (Mother of All Palace Raids)

AP | 8 April, 2003

[Happy2BMe]

Tue Apr 8, 2:39 PM ET

U.S. Army PFC Derek Whitehead, from Moore Haven, Fla., takes down an piece of anti-American artwork from the wall of a presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second that soldiers from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment had secured in as many days, both lavish buildings heavily damaged by previous Air Force bombing. (AP Photo/John Moore)

Tue Apr 8, 3:17 PM ET

U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Butler, from Jackson, Mo., guards a blown-in window after helping secure a presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second that the soldiers of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regimenty had searched in as many days, both lavish buildings heavily damaged by previous Air Force bombing. (AP Photo/John Moore)

Tue Apr 8, 3:05 PM ET

U.S. Army soldiers from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment search a presidential palace in Baghdad Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second they had secured in as many days, both lavish buildings heavily damaged by previous Air Force bombing. (AP Photo/John Moore)

Tue Apr 8, 2:40 PM ET

U.S. Army soldiers from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment storm a presidential palace complex in Baghdad Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second they had secured in as many days, both lavish buildings heavily damaged by previous Air Force bombing. At top is a massive bust of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). (AP Photo/John Moore)

Tue Apr 8, 2:28 PM ET

A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen through the rubble of the command and control center of the headquarters of the Special Republican Guard, Hussein's most loyal troops, in this image from video, Tuesday, April 8, 2003, after U.S. troops of the 101st Airborne Division stormed the complex. (AP Photo/APTN)

Tue Apr 8, 2:20 PM ET

U.S. Army soldiers from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment storm a presidential palace complex in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second they had secured in as many days. At top is a massive bust of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).(AP Photo/John Moore)

Tue Apr 8, 2:18 PM ET

U.S. Army mortar platoon Sgt. James Verbowski, from Cocoa, Fla. cheers after a mortar fired from his squad hit the Baath Party headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Verbowski is with the 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment.(AP Photo/John Moore

[Happy2BMe]

Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty-Dumpty Had A GREAT . .

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Yeah, Hillary Rodham's ass is about that big...

[SaltyDog]

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[annyokie]

Thanks or the beautiful pictures of our boys!

[annyokie]

or=for, Jeez!

[Pete'sWife]

A question:

Do any of you believe that damning evidence regarding WMD's, connections to Usama, etc. will be found at these sites?

I tend to believe the paperwork has either been shredded, burned or, if we're lucky, buried in the underground shelters and bunkers.

What say you?

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[Yak]

Q: Do any of you believe that damning evidence regarding WMD's, connections to Usama, etc. will be found at these sites?

A: I think one of the most dangerous jobs in liberated Iraq will be backhoe operators . . . Imagine how many will be digging trying to restore utility service on the sites of demolished govt buildings and end up rupturing 50 gal drums of nerve gas.

Yes, WMDs will be found (the hard way) over the next dozen or so years.

[Lokibob]

I sincerely hope that the top picture isn't one of our troops looting the palaces.

The trooper in the background rolling up a picture really bothers me.

[Happy2BMe]

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[Happy2BMe]

Worried 'bout what the Frenchies will say are yaz?

[Happy2BMe]

Hillary Will Straighten This Mess Out . .

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[Happy2BMe]

Mon Apr 7, 6:20 PM ET

Soldiers with Charlie Company 2-7 Infantry, tasked with the 3-69 Task Force, prepare to enter and secure one of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s captured palaces as the Task Force took control of the palace complex Monday, April 7, 2003 in Baghdad. (Photo by Jack Gruber/USA Today)

		Posted by Happy2BMe to Newbomb Turk On News/Activism 04/07/2003 7:23 PM PDT #9 of 11 Mon Apr 7, 6:43 PM ET U.S. Army soldiers from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, search one of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s palaces damaged after a bombing, in Baghdad Monday, April 7, 2003. Coalition soldiers took over key buildings Monday, as gunfire and explosions thundered in many parts of the battered Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/John Moore)	Mon Apr 7, 7:51 PM ET Baghdad Presidential Palace, Baghdad, IRAQ (news - web sites)--4/7/03 -- Col. Grimsley, commanding officer of the 1st Brigade Combate Team and Lt. Col Rock Marcone, commanding officer of the 3-69 Task Force, look over an Iraqi flag taken off the captured palace after the Task Force took control of the palace complex. (AP Photo/USA Today, Jack Gruber) Mon Apr 7, 9:58 AM ET U.S. Army Spc. Harrison Grimes from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, walks past the damaged model of the Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) palace he is searching, after a bombing in Baghdad Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/John Moore)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Really nice work!

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We are starting to check out the underground:

U.S. Forces Explore Underground Bunker

[goose1]

Dont let it bother you he probably ran out of cigs and was just rolling a new one.

[Mixer]

The trooper in the background rolling up a picture really bothers me.

If our troops were doing anything wrong do you think they would let anyone film it?

[Lokibob]

That disturbs me even more.

Do they think they have the right to loot?

[Mixer]

Do they think they have the right to loot?

You should ask them that I do not think they have any right to but I was saying they doubtfully were looting because of the pictures. Or do you think they are smart enough to win the war in 3 weeks but dumb enough to allow pictures of them stealing? I am saying I doubt they were looting. But anyone has the right to translate the picture as they see fit I guess.