Secret war that undermined Saddam

The Scotsman ^ | April 26, 2003 | ALEX MASSIE

[green team 1999]

bump,good posting.

[CapandBall]

Ping

"flooded earth" policy... launch the ground war 36 hours ahead of schedule... allied signal intelligence... "Speed kills the enemy"

good stuff.

[MeekMom]

OH my word! LOL!
I can barely tell which one that is. Is that Eric?

[PJ-Comix]

Rummy IS a genious!

Dowdy (Maureen Dowd) IS an idiot!

[bootyist-monk]

It's Michael.

Best,
Bootyist

[MeekMom]

Palin? Man, their disguises were tops!
They sure did like to put the dresses on didn't they?
...Chapman: "I don't like SPAM!"

[FairOpinion]

"I'm very proud of him and saddened by his death. "
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My condolences to you and your friend.

Special ops are indeed the unsung heroes. Most of their deeds will never been known by anyone, but a very few, but the results of their heroism is obvious: a major contributor to winning wars and reducing casualties.

[FairOpinion]

"The SAS is approximately 250 men."

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I thought there were more of them. But few as they are, they accomplished great things, I've read about it a bit here and there.

Hopefully the UK will also decide to increase their numbers.

[jennyp]

Inside the capital itself, CIA and small groups of secret military troops scouted targets, acting as pathfinders to the circling bombers overhead. When Saddam appeared to be filmed strolling the streets of his capital in an act of bravado, CIA agents were quick to identify the streets as being part of the Mansour residential district. The area was quickly flooded with agents, searching for fresh information on Saddam’s possible location.

Sure enough, that brought information suggesting that Saddam was holed up in a private house in the city. Within an hour that house had been flattened by a brace of 2,000lb bunker busting bombs. This was joined-up warfare for the 21st century.

Oooh, I was hoping somebody was alert enough to figure out exactly where that scene was taped. IIRC that was the day the troops were making their first runs into Baghdad, and I was hoping a unit with an embed would get sent to that spot to film a live spot from there. But using the info instead to figure out where to call in the airstrike later on worked too. :-)

[Liberal Classic]

LOL

[Lawgvr1955]

I love Spam. I'll have the Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans and Spam.

[Grampa Dave]

PsyOps with the Islamokazis from the vaunted Arab Streets must have been an absolute blast.

The idiots have been programmed to hate since they started to walk and talk. Just push their hate buttons, and you have 1,000 driving a 4 wheel Pickup at a well armed tank.

Never bring a pickup to a fight with a tank.

[MeekMom]

LOL!
In that sketch Terry's vocal chords had to ache!

[happygrl]

Special forces teams, many composed either of American Arabs or Hispanics disguised to look like Arabs, moved into Iraq.

Kudos to our loyal SFs of Arab parentage. I have been suspicious and critical of those in the military, but they have earned my repect and gratitude.

Their story needs to be told, just as the story of the loyal and fierce-fighting of the Japanese-parentage American troops during WWII.

[El Sordo]

Quite a contrast with the previous administration where SpecOps soldiers were used as waiters....