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Saddam Signs Directive of War Against US Commandos & Kurds in N. Iraq
DEBKA Net Weekly ^ | 2 July 2002 | Emergency Email Bulletin

Posted on 07/02/2002 5:22:07 PM PDT by orrick

On June 11, Saddam Hussein signed Military Directive 531 odering commando units from the Republican guards and special military intelligence combat units to head into northern Iraq.

He had just recieved intelligence reports that the US special forces and CIA personnel he knew to have landed in the northern region of Iraq were making impressive strides in recruiting and training Kurdish fighters for their anti-Saddam combat units.

According to DEBKA Net Weekly military sources the presidential decree directed the commandos 'to wage a secret, tenacious and sustained war to destroy enemy forces that have invaded the Iraqi motherland' employing the following tatics:

1.Ambushes and night raids to attack and destroy Kurdish and US camps, communications bases, arms depots, and inflict heavy enemy casulties.

2.Seek the element of surprise

3.Each unit was on it sown in the field and must fight as though no outside help was available.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq
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Tick Tock..his days are numbered and he knows it
1 posted on 07/02/2002 5:22:07 PM PDT by orrick
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To: orrick
Let's Roll!!!

Saddam and his "awesome guard are toast against our boys!
2 posted on 07/02/2002 5:25:03 PM PDT by Gillmeister
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To: orrick
Goody - time to play cowboys and Iraqis
3 posted on 07/02/2002 5:26:43 PM PDT by Lexington Green
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To: orrick
The highly imaginative DEBKA scoops Weekly World News once more.
4 posted on 07/02/2002 5:29:27 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: Gillmeister
Saddam wouldn't send his elites from the Palace to do this dirty work, I expect this to be a massacre of these Iraqi 'commandos.'
5 posted on 07/02/2002 5:29:33 PM PDT by orrick
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To: orrick
I really like your Vacum Cleaner.....
6 posted on 07/02/2002 5:31:37 PM PDT by cmsgop
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To: cmsgop
LOL!
7 posted on 07/02/2002 5:34:58 PM PDT by terilyn
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To: orrick
Darnit, it's from Debka, I was hoping it was real. A declaration of war by the Iraqis qould make life easier.
8 posted on 07/02/2002 5:39:17 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: cmsgop
I really like your Vacum Cleaner.....

And it only weighs 8 pounds, is in use by most major hotels and comes with a money back guarantee!

9 posted on 07/02/2002 5:41:46 PM PDT by usconservative
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To: RightWhale
The highly imaginative DEBKA scoops Weekly World News once more.

Then again, didn't Debka talk about Al Qaueda in Lebanon months before the mainstream media?

10 posted on 07/02/2002 5:43:23 PM PDT by BrooklynGOP
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To: orrick
Well at least he has the guts to sign something before he starts a war. That's more than I can often say for Congress or Bubba.
11 posted on 07/02/2002 5:45:11 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
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To: orrick
Mr. 'Miscalculation' re-emerges after a decade.
12 posted on 07/02/2002 5:47:05 PM PDT by flamefront
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To: BrooklynGOP
They took the story from a week ago about American operatives being inside Iraq and made up a continuation story about it.
13 posted on 07/02/2002 5:52:33 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
I finally figured out "DEBKA" stands for.

DON'T EVER BELIEVE KRAPPY ANALYSIS!!

D.E.B.K.A.

14 posted on 07/02/2002 5:57:45 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: cmsgop
Jointritis, young man - Jointritis!
15 posted on 07/02/2002 6:01:55 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: RightWhale

"I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!"


16 posted on 07/02/2002 6:23:03 PM PDT by Redcloak
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To: Carry_Okie
It is better to let others assume you an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

17 posted on 07/02/2002 6:26:57 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: orrick
Don't tease me about Iraq. The Florida National Guard could take Iraq on a weekend and have Sunday left over. It will be nice to occupy the country, pay our entire defense budget out of the Oil CASH FLOW (lower our gas at the pumps to .25) and still make the lives of individual Iraqi 10 times better than it is now.
18 posted on 07/02/2002 6:38:45 PM PDT by agincourt1415
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(lower our gas at the pumps to .25)

Dream on, even if the front end worked and we took control of of the fields, between the federal and state governments they would tax the living s**t out of it and the price might go down 25 cents. Remember, there are deficits everywhere and spending only goes up.

19 posted on 07/02/2002 6:56:35 PM PDT by StriperSniper
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To: orrick
Duh duh duh duh Debka!

I'm still waiting for all those Chinese troops.
20 posted on 07/02/2002 6:57:32 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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