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SADDAM'S PIX CORNER MARKET
New York Post ^ | 8/28/03 | Post Wire Services

Posted on 08/28/2003 1:51:03 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:16:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

August 28, 2003 -- BAGHDAD - Iraq's U.S. occupiers had banned Saddam Hussein's image from public display - but yesterday, they began plastering pictures of him all over central Baghdad. Instead of the giant portraits on almost every street corner during his rule, Saddam is featured on wanted posters advertising the $25 million reward offered by Washington for information leading to his capture or proving he is dead.


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1 posted on 08/28/2003 1:51:04 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

$25 MILLION!!??

I'm on it!

2 posted on 08/28/2003 3:11:03 AM PDT by struwwelpeter (Do you have any idea how much vodka that would buy??)
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To: struwwelpeter
If the Medical Corps is on it, I can imagine the reaction of the Special Forces and Infantry!

Armor will only care if he's in a tank.

Seriously though, the reward SHOULD go to whoever it is that finds and/or kills him - to include US forces. Since he's most likely still in the Russian embassy in Baghdad, maybe this will give the Russians some incentive to push him out the gates.
3 posted on 08/28/2003 4:58:01 AM PDT by 11B3 (Looking for a belt-fed, multi-barreled 12 guage. It's Liberal season, no daily limit.)
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To: 11B3
I agree with you, but unfortunately it won't happen because the man hunt for Saddam, at least where the US military is concerned, is a mission that has been ordered, therefore no bucks for a military person who finds him.
4 posted on 08/28/2003 6:24:35 AM PDT by proud2serve (Sometimes you have to reconnect the brain stem to the vocal chords.... Think before you speak)
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