Saddam killed his top commander as Marines stormed Baghdad

The World Tribune ^ | 4 May, 2003

[Happy2BMe]

Saddam killed his top commander as Marines stormed Baghdad

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMSunday, May 4, 2003

LONDON — Iraqi President Saddam Hussein killed his leading military commander on charges of treason as U.S. forces captured Baghdad.

The London-based A-Sharq Al Awsat daily said Saddam and his younger son, Qusay, executed Gen. Seif Eddin Al Rawi on April 8. The newspaper said Al Rawi, commander of the elite Republican Guards, was accused of treason and shot in the head and back.

Al Rawi was summoned by Saddam and executed on the day U.S. marines captured the Iraqi capital. The newspaper said Al Rawi's body was sent to his family.

The newspaper report appeared to indicate that Saddam had not intended to allow the rapid advance of the U.S. military toward Baghdad. Saddam had deployed six Republican Guard divisions around the Iraqi capital, Middle East Newsline reported.

But two of the divisions, the Baghdad and Medina divisions, were neutralized by U.S. air attacks. The four other divisions were said to have failed to put up serious resistance.

On Friday, U.S. Central Command announced the capture of three Saddam aides. The command said two of them were members of the Revolutionary Command Council and the third was the director of Iraq's weapons development program. All three were captured on Thursday.

The captured aides were identified as Abdul Tawab Mullah Huwaysh, director of the Office of Military Industrialization. The Office of Military Industrialization was responsible for the development of Iraq's most lethal weapons. Huwaysh was listed as No. 16 on the U.S. most-wanted list.

The other two Iraqis were Taha Muhyl al Din Maruf, vice president and a member of the Revolutionary Command Council. Maruf was No. 42 on the U.S. list of 55 most wanted Iraqis.

The United States also captured Mizban Khadr Hadi, another Revolutionary Command Council member who had been an adviser to Saddam since the early 1980s. Hadi was No. 41 on the U.S. list.

[Rome2000]

[Happy2BMe]

"No wonder "Baghdad Bob" was so insistent that American forces were nowhere near Baghdad. He was just trying to keep his buddies from getting executed."

The Look On Baghdad Bob's Face. . As News Came In Of Another Dead General . .

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Maybe that's what drove him over the edge. He did a "muff dive" on old crusty#2. Left him insane. LOL!

[Grampa Dave]

If he did a muff dive on old crusty#2, he was all ready insane! Yuck!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Excellent post....please post those often.

[Brad’s Gramma]

How did he let that picture out!

Hey, maybe it's one of the BETTER ones and we need to be thankful!!!

[quietolong]

Saddam's idol was Joe Stalin Not Adolf Hitler.
He was following in Stalin's foot steps.

[yonif]

Saddam's idol was Joe Stalin Not Adolf Hitler. He was following in Stalin's foot steps.

True.

[WSGilcrest]

There goes the straight flush. Damn.

[MinuteGal]

Your # 20 just broke me up....completely!

Leni

[Grampa Dave]

I'm pinging Saber to ask him to post the pictures of Yo Kim Chia Head and Halfbright taken during their magic moments in N Korea.

After Saber posts the pictures, you will see the lust that these two losers had for each other.

[Sabertooth]

Happy to help!

[chance33_98]

[chance33_98]

[Bogey78O]

hehe...even if it's not right it's a beautiful theory.

[MinuteGal]

Ahhhh so.......a Chia Pet head that provides its own fertilizer.

Leni

[Diddle E. Squat]

Nice sweatsuit. The guy looks like an Asian Al Davis.

[chance33_98]

A photo of the corpse (trivia time - what TV series, now off the air, is this pic from?)

[chance33_98]

He looks like a janitor in an old folks home - must be one of the patients there next to him.

[Never2baCrat]

Anyone else notice, Shrillery and Halfbright share the same legs? Is that why we never see them together?