It sounds like our lads were indeed executed. I hope that some of the people in the pack of cards will have strips torn out of their hide in response.
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 04/20/2003 5:06:59 PM PDT by MadIvan
THE CAPTURE of two of the coalition’s most wanted members of the former Iraqi regime could lead to the capture of Saddam Hussein, say opposition groups.
Jamal Mustafa Sultan Abdullah al-Tikriti, Saddam’s son-in-law, who surrendered in Damascus last night, was one of the Iraqi leader’s trusted inner circle.
Married to Hala, Saddam’s younger daughter, he is listed as the nine of clubs in a pack of cards handed out to United States troops showing the 55 most wanted figures of Saddam’s regime. The former Iraqi dictator is the ace of spades.
Moments after Jamal gave himself up, US Central Command announced that Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafar, the minister of higher education and scientific research, was in custody.
Yasser Alaskary, the media affairs director of the pro-democracy group Iraqi Prospect Organisation, said: “Jamal’s bound to know where Saddam could be because he’s married to Saddam’s daughter and it’s very likely that she knows where he is.”
Jamal’s surrender means that six of the men featured in the “most wanted” deck of cards have been caught.
Syria’s role in the discovery of the two was unclear, but George Bush, the US president, said yesterday he thought Damascus was responding to demands it deny sanctuary to members of the former regime’s administration.
However, there are signs the US is determined to maintain its military pressure in the region. The New York Times reported that military chiefs want a long-term presence, with four strategically-placed airbases to “frighten” Syria and Iran.
Meanwhile, the bodies of two soldiers found in a shallow grave near Basra were confirmed last night as those of Sapper Luke Allsopp and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, of the 33 (EOD) Engineer Regiment.
Last month, a row broke out over the deaths when Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, said the men had been “executed”.
It sounds like our lads were indeed executed. I hope that some of the people in the pack of cards will have strips torn out of their hide in response.
Regards, Ivan
Thought Syria didn't have any of these guys ....
First Iraq, then France!
PS. When are we doing a reprise of Moran's?
God rest their souls, and comfort their families.
I doubt Saddam or Uday are still amongst us, but at this point I really would like them to be captured alive. The trials, with ALL the Iraqi witnesses, would be fun to watch, with Al-Jezzara and other Arabic media AND French, German, and Russian media trying to spin like hell.
I'd like to know just how many of the gang of 55 were in that restaurant when it was bombed. Perhaps when we get the DNA back we'll find out that there's only 20 or so left.
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