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Saddam's Henchmen Are Confirmed To Be In Syria
National Review Online ^ | April 9, 2003 | Jed Babbin

Posted on 04/10/2003 6:54:53 AM PDT by KriegerGeist

Latakia
April 9, 2003

Jed Babbin
NRO Contributor

There is too much to report, and most of it will have to wait for the morning. But now, as I write this, many of the most senior of Saddam's henchmen are confirmed to be in Syria. The resort city of Latakia, with its beautiful beaches, now hosts them. And Syrian banks hold many millions that were looted from Iraq. Intelligence sources--the best of them--report that the Saddam regime's top people and their families are now in Syria. It may be the top five or the top ten, but the traffic into Latakia from Baghdad over the past week or two has been very heavy. Beach? Someone needs to dial 1-800-SEALS and 011-44-207-SBS.

All are not smiling in Baghdad. Especially those who were members of the Baath party. At least one of them is dead, hanged by an angry mob. There is some popular revenge, and we may not be able to stop it. Our guys only hold about twenty-five percent of Baghdad securely.Consider one fact: Oliver North confirms that of the "Saddam fedayeen" encountered so far, none--zero--have been identified as Iraqis. Among the ones who engaged the Marines, which means among the dead, there are Jordanians, Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians, Sudanese, Afghanis, and some from the UAE. But no Iraqis. Imported terrorists, not home grown. More tomorrow morning.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baath; baghdad; fedayeen; henchmen; hussein; iraq; latakia; saddam; syria
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To: Camerican
It would be better to snatch them quietly by dark of night if possible. Their disappearance would speak volumes to the other potential terrorists.
21 posted on 04/10/2003 7:22:40 AM PDT by Sender
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To: Geist Krieger
Looks like they need a place to stay after listing their last residence for sale!


22 posted on 04/10/2003 7:23:31 AM PDT by hripka (There are a lot of smart people out there in FReeperLand)
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To: Geist Krieger
WooHoo! Bashar, you're toast :))).
23 posted on 04/10/2003 7:25:01 AM PDT by Cachelot (~ In waters near you ~)
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To: notorious vrc
Perhaps, but if they are stupid enough to be on the beach a seaborne raid might enable a mass arrest and not actually ruffle any Syrian feathers. They get the money, we get the people.

We can then fight over the real issues between USA and Syria.

The way to deal wit Syria is to say "Ariel! Damascus!"

24 posted on 04/10/2003 7:25:47 AM PDT by bert (Don't Panic !)
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To: Geist Krieger
*Bump* !!
25 posted on 04/10/2003 7:27:49 AM PDT by ex-Texan (primates capitulards toujours en quete de fromage!)
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To: Geist Krieger
DEBKA reported this over a week ago. I loathe to admit it, but DEBKA scooped the world on this one.
26 posted on 04/10/2003 7:30:27 AM PDT by Mister Magoo
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To: Geist Krieger
Syria might just want to think REAL, REAL hard about harboring these criminals......
27 posted on 04/10/2003 7:38:50 AM PDT by b4its2late (I know what's best for you.)
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
High speed pursuit.

29 posted on 04/10/2003 7:44:44 AM PDT by tomball
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To: doug from upland
Yes doug, His henchmen must be tried for their war crimes, and they will be.
30 posted on 04/10/2003 7:48:51 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
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To: doug from upland
Shades of Afghanistan.

So anyone want to start a pool about when Bush will deliver the "Fork them over," speech?

31 posted on 04/10/2003 7:58:10 AM PDT by SodiumWarthog (There's the proper colloqialisim...)
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To: SodiumWarthog
maybe today??????
32 posted on 04/10/2003 7:59:32 AM PDT by rrrod
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Shi'ite Terrorists Cross County Line: 'We'll never catch those Farouk boys now,' says sheriff
33 posted on 04/10/2003 8:02:56 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod (Deus Lo Volt!)
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To: maeng
As Jackie Gleason would say (Smokey and the Bandit) "We are in Hot pursuit!"....

After we drop a MOAB on Damascus, "Now that's an attention getter."

34 posted on 04/10/2003 8:04:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
"The US Air Force is moving several 21,000-pound MOAB bombs, the largest US conventional bomb, to the Gulf region, a US defense official said. It was not clear what the air force intends to do with the bombs, which are most effective against troops or tanks in open areas. "What we were told today is that they are on the way," said the defense official, who asked not to be identified. He said several were being shipped to the Gulf region." Sooooo, maybe a little hotter pursuit than originally thought!!!!!
35 posted on 04/10/2003 8:08:25 AM PDT by maeng
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To: Geist Krieger
Over the past year there have been reports that Saddam moved many of his palace treasures and weapons out of Iraq into Syria and other places. I believe that in the first Gulf War some of them went to Sudan, and Saddam's air force was flown to fields in Iran.

A lot of this stuff cross the borders months ago.

Now the question is, do we want to do a hot pursuit, or a deliberate pursuit. Any way you slice it, Syria and Iran are next on the list. Although I simply can't imagine that they would be stupid enough not to surrender Saddam's henchmen if Bush asks, after seeing what happened to the Taliban under similar circumstances.
36 posted on 04/10/2003 10:25:37 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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