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Saddam's sons are dead!!!
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Posted on 07/22/2003 12:36:10 PM PDT by Dog

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To: r9etb
News reported that one of Saddam's sons was never very far from his Father ...
The old "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" stragtegy."

Yeah, apples never fall far from the tree.
261 posted on 07/22/2003 1:56:48 PM PDT by jhw61
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To: ClearBlueSky
"And weren't they surprised to find out that it wasn't ALLAH?! "

Well, now they know that it is the LORD God, creator of heaven and earth, and men, Who by His grace and mercy, forgives sins through the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, that they must give account to.
262 posted on 07/22/2003 1:58:19 PM PDT by Gal.5:1 ("today is the day of salvation")
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To: deport

As usual, the Americans are lying about the true state of their failed attempted to conquer Iraq and enslave the Iraqi people. Udai and Qusai are alive and well, in fact I just spoke with them five minutes ago. This card I am holding is proof of the American lies. Qusai tells me he was in a fight with Zionist mercenaries, but he single-handedly killed them all, and now their stomachs are roasting in Hell. We are chopping off the head of the American snake.

263 posted on 07/22/2003 1:58:22 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: r9etb
Looks like a lot of us on this thread have watched the Godfather a lot!
264 posted on 07/22/2003 1:58:38 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
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To: jhw61

Parade the bodies!!!! Put their heads on stakes!!!!


265 posted on 07/22/2003 2:00:51 PM PDT by CurlyBill (Voter fraud is one of the primary campaign strategies of the Democrats!!!!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Uday and Qusay.....the PIG LATIN brothers!!!
266 posted on 07/22/2003 2:00:53 PM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: Rad_J
Cue the accordian...

Another one rides the bus
Another one rides the bus
And another gets on
And another gets on
And another one rides the bus
Hey! He's gonna sit by you
Another one rides the bus

-Weird Al
267 posted on 07/22/2003 2:01:11 PM PDT by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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To: Dog
John Gibson just described the sons as having "been taken out!" Now that is my kind of reporting.

268 posted on 07/22/2003 2:01:18 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
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To: NYC Republican

269 posted on 07/22/2003 2:01:29 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD with 4 Chickens)
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To: Dog
Saddam's sons are dead,

so he's adopted three daughters!


270 posted on 07/22/2003 2:01:38 PM PDT by drstevej
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To: ladysusan
Met their Maker! Left the Planet! Left the body! Shuffled off the mortal coil! Got taken by the Angel of Death! Got beat by their karma! Snatched by the Yamadutas! Met with their reward! Left toes up! Left feet first! Lost the lottery!
271 posted on 07/22/2003 2:02:46 PM PDT by First Amendment
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To: Dog
It's nice to wake up to good news! Especially this time they g ot em'! One to go!
272 posted on 07/22/2003 2:02:47 PM PDT by JustPiper (Am I going or are you coming? Socialist Democratic = Commie!)
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To: Dog
Betcha they're weeping over at DU...

After all, UDay is pig latin for DU.

273 posted on 07/22/2003 2:05:58 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (I had to give up jogging, the ice keeps falling out of my glass.)
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To: HamiltonJay
"Now we just need to put the head pig on a spit and then we can start focusing on killing the Syrians and Iranians coming over the border."

I LIKE the way you think!

274 posted on 07/22/2003 2:06:05 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: pram
But wait... I didn't even have any of the salmon mousse!
275 posted on 07/22/2003 2:07:12 PM PDT by kevkrom (If you can't say something nice, well, then you're probably talking about a Clinton)
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To: jriemer
Our President get's their shoes!
276 posted on 07/22/2003 2:08:37 PM PDT by JustPiper (Am I going or are you coming? Socialist Democratic = Commie!)
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To: 2Jedismom
Nothing shows up on my screen??
277 posted on 07/22/2003 2:09:54 PM PDT by NYC Republican
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To: cherry
Saddam's Two Sons Killed in U.S. Raid
27 minutes ago

By SARMAD JALAL, Associated Press Writer

MOSUL, Iraq - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s sons Odai and Qusai were killed in a six-hour firefight Tuesday when U.S. forces, acting on a tip from an Iraqi informant, surrounded and then stormed a palatial villa in this northern Iraqi town, a senior American general said.

Four coalition soldiers were wounded and two other Iraqis were killed in the raid, but Saddam was not among them. The house belonged to one of Saddam's cousins, a key tribal leader in the region.


"We are certain that Odai and Qusai were killed today," said Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez at a news conference in Baghdad. "The bodies were in such a condition where you could identify them."


The deaths of the sons could have a major impact on the Iraqi resistance, which has been mounting about a dozen attacks a day against U.S. occupation troops. The guerrillas are thought to be former military officers and Baath Party leaders loyal to Saddam and his family — especially the sons, who played primary roles in the military and feared security services.


Both Odai and Qusai ranked second only to their father in the deposed regime, officials have said. They were Nos. 2 and 3 on the U.S. list of 55 top former Iraqi officials wanted by Washington. The United States had offered a $25 million reward for information leading to Saddam's capture and $15 million each for his sons.


In Washington, L. Paul Bremer, Iraq (news - web sites)'s top civilian administrator, said he did not want to comment on how the deaths of Saddam's sons would affect security in Iraq.


However, Bremer said: "It certainly is good news for the Iraqi people."


"This will contribute significantly to reducing attacks on coalition soldiers," said Ahmad Chalabi, a delegate from the Coalition Provisional Authority, speaking at the United Nations (news - web sites).


Asked whether the killing of the sons would reduce the incessant attacks on American forces, Sanchez said he thought the security situation now would improve.


"I believe very firmly this will have an effect. This will prove to the Iraqi people that these two members of the Iraqi regime will never come to power again," Sanchez said.


Hours after the raid in Mosul, gunfire erupted throughout Baghdad, making travel very dangerous. The shooting was believed to be celebratory as news of the killing of the sons spread through the capital.


"It's probably very appropriate that they would be celebrating about now," Sanchez said.


Fighting broke out after soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division surrounded the stone, columned villa.


When troops approached the building, gunmen inside opened fire with small arms. The "suspects barricaded themselves in the house" and "resisted fiercely," Sanchez said.


"They died in a fierce gunbattle," Sanchez added.


He told reporters that soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were working on a tip from an Iraqi informant that the sons were present in the house.


Asked if the $15 million rewards would be paid, Sanchez said: "I would expect that it probably will happen."


According to witnesses in Mosul, a small force of American soldiers went to the house about 9 a.m. and asked permission to search it. The occupants refused, and the patrol withdrew until about 10 a.m., when 100 more soldiers arrived in 25 vehicles.

The Americans opened fire but received fierce return fire from inside the home, the witnesses said. Kiowa helicopters arrived and fired rockets into the villa. The interior of the house was destroyed and two adjacent homes were badly damaged.

Once the fighting died down, Iraqi police arrived to help the Americans search the building.

"When we saw the people in the house shooting back, we knew Odai and Qusai were there," said the 31-year-old Jamal.

Afterward, about 1,000 people gathered, some expressing delight, others cursing the Americans.

The soldiers removed four bodies and did not let photographers near enough to take pictures.

The building, in the al-Falah neighborhood, was left charred and smoldering, its high facade riddled with gaping holes from bullets and heavy weaponry. Kiowa helicopters roamed the sky.

Some Mosul civilians appeared to have been caught in the crossfire. It was not known how many people were injured, but several were taken to a hospital.

Officials gave conflicting reports on whether anyone was captured during the assault. The officials said they had no initial information that would suggest Saddam was present during the raid.

Experts conducted DNA tests after the bodies were flown from Mosul to another location, officials said.

Throughout the day, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld briefed President Bush (news - web sites) personally about the assault.

Qusai was probably intended as Saddam's successor, according to U.S. intelligence officials. He ran much of Iraq's security apparatus, controlling several militias, internal security services and the military forces of the once-vaunted Republican Guard.

He was described as quiet and level, particularly compared to Odai, Saddam's eldest son, who had a reputation for brutality and flamboyance. Odai controlled Saddam's Fedayeen, the paramilitary force that fought U.S. troops during the war; many of its survivors are thought to be part of the ongoing guerrilla campaign in Iraq.

Odai also controlled information and propaganda in Saddam's Iraq, and was chairman of the country's Olympic committee.

Saddam has a third, younger son, according to some reports, and three daughters. All kept a low profile in his regime.

Mosul, a town 240 miles northwest of Baghdad that housed Iraqi army bases, is outside the so-called "Sunni Triangle" in central Iraq — home to much of the remaining support for Saddam, a Sunni Muslim who used his Baathist Party to oppress the country's Shiite majority.

The triangle is also a center of anti-American resistance: In the latest attack, Tuesday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded in an ambush along a dangerous road north of Baghdad. His death brought to 153 the number of U.S. troops killed in action since the March 20 start of war, six more than during the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites).

The U.S. Central Command said the attackers used rocket-propelled grenades and small arms in the assault staged along the road between Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad, and Ramadi, 60 miles west of the capital. It gave no other details.

The U.S.-led coalition's military occupation of Iraq has been met by constant armed Iraqi resistance, resulting in almost daily deaths of American troops. Many recent assaults have been staged with remote-controlled roadside explosions.

Before the announcement, White House officials were cautious in their assessments of whether the raid was successful.

Asked about reports of that Saddam's sons had been killed, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said he was "not in a position to confirm anything."

Given a series of failed strikes against Iraqi leaders since the war began March 20, U.S. officials clearly did not want to make any public claims that later prove untrue.

On April 7, Rumsfeld announced the death of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam's first cousin and one of his bloodiest henchman, and showed reporters video of laser-guided bombs obliterating a house in Basra, Iraq's second city, where a tipster had told coalition forces he was staying.

But last month, U.S. military officials said that interrogations of Iraqi prisoners indicated al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" for his use of mustard gas and other poisonous gases to kill thousands of northern Kurds during a 1988 rebellion, might be alive.

Twice during the war, information on Saddam's whereabouts was deemed solid enough that an airstrike was sent to kill him. But despite optimistic statements in the hours after each raid, U.S. officials now believe he is alive.




278 posted on 07/22/2003 2:10:34 PM PDT by JustPiper (Am I going or are you coming? Socialist Democratic = Commie!)
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To: BibChr
LMAO - oh my, that is SAD that it could really happen.

Surely - there is a woman I know of that would think along those lines!

279 posted on 07/22/2003 2:12:23 PM PDT by mutejesseJ
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To: Miss Marple; FairOpinion
There was this post earlier:
Bush told Saddam's sons may have been killed. White House cautious in reaction-CNN Bump to Fair!
280 posted on 07/22/2003 2:13:24 PM PDT by JustPiper (Am I going or are you coming? Socialist Democratic = Commie!)
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