Internet Rumors Fly ... Saddam Was Killed by American First Strike !

NewsPundit.net ^ | 3/20/2003 | Douglas Oliver

[MissAmericanPie]

Fox News reported that this has been determined to be an old file tape.

[eno_]

The voice on the radio was thin, "reedy," nervous. Also, no mention of recent events. No details.

It was fairly obviously a canned speech.

I wonder if the whole "use your swords" thing was a code phrase.

[js1138]

As a moustache wearer, I can tell you that anyone who grooms himself as fastidiously as Saddam would not allow the ends of his moustache to change shape. Saddam's come to a point. This is not a trivial thing.

[savedbygrace]

You might be right, but I've been a video pro for nearly 20 years and I saw definite evidence that the video piece was broadcast from tape. I was looking very closely and though I did see artifacts that result from satelitte transmission, I also saw tape dropouts and tape wrinkles.

That message was not broadcast live, I'm convinced.

[katana]

I agree it was most likely a tape, that it may have been a Saddam double, and I hope the SOB is deader than dead. There are technical means to do photo enhancements and evaluations that could confirm all or most of the above and somehow I think there are a few basement geeks at Langley working on that right now.

[savedbygrace]

As I said, you might be right. I think voice prints are more a more sure measure and I've heard that's what they are working on now.

Four 2K bunker busters and a few missiles targeted the place the CIA said SD was. If he and the others were still there, they are dead.

[savedbygrace]

SD = SH (Saddam Hussein)

Sheesh. Wake up, self.

[myprecious]

When you look at side by side photos of Saddam and last night's imposter, the diffences stand out. Use a ruler to compare the proportion between each man's eyes, then the distance from eye to top of head. There is no way that big forehead is under that hat!

[eno_]

It is an odd set of circumstances:

I believe the freepers who say it is a tape. That makes sense, double or no double, since a live broadcast would be suicidal. Even if doubles are disposable, having the broadcast studio bombed would not look good. A tape could be originated from a variety of locations, and copies of the tape could be run from multiple locations making the broadcast much more bomb-resistant.

The hat and glasses is just too convenient. What is the purpose except to minimize the differences between Saddam and a double?

The script, including the poem, and the repeated use of the phrase "use your swords" sounds like a code phrase or phrases. This indicates, at least, that this was used to signal a change in command and control authority/structure/comms.

Whether or not we got Saddam, his ability to control his forces is degraded to where it was neccessary to issue this broadcast. He is either dead or in a deep hole and can't readily communicate.

It should also be possible to extract a hi-res still image from multiple video frames. Our sigint people MUST know if it is Saddam or not.

[LaineyDee]

The ear on the left and the one on the right definitely look different.

Ears are always a dead giveaway to me. This can't be Saddam.