[Sender]

I'll bet Saddam's pager has been going off all morning, and now he's scrambling to put everything from his scuds to his bottle rockets on hot standby. Can anyone say MOPP-4?

[fightinJAG]

AND I'll bet we have concentrated eyes and ears activity all over Iraq as Powell was speaking.

For example, as soon as Powell played that phone conversation, you know Saddam ordered the execution of those two officers and their families.

We probably caught the commotion--the giving of the orders, jumping in vehicles, etc.--on tape and can tie it precisely in time to Saddam learning of the officers through Powell's speech.