"We think Hussein is dead" (Bachelor & Alexander breaking)

http://www.wabc.com ^ | March 24, 2003 | Bachelor & Alexander

[zook]

John Bachelor says his sources say no resistance reported from Baghdad. US is keeping lid on story for fear of mass revolts. Picking this up from their pre-show WABC feed.

[6ppc]

Surrender pool?

[dila813]

Germans, the french gave them the WMDs.

[error99]

Is this story actually contained in your link (I don't see it)?
Or is it just something you heard?
Or what?

[Age of Reason]

Can you give some examples of their wrong facts?

Easy.

The weekend before 911, those two clowns were saying that Osama bin Laden was no longer a threat because it had been so long since he last attacked us.

[Nita Nuprez]

This news can't be made public yet because the Iraqi commanders are insisting that their families back in Baghdad be saved from certain death BEFORE they surrender. Once the news is out, it'll be too late.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :-)

[Semper Paratus]

You all know Qusay.

Isn't that the one who heads the NAACP?

[mombonn]

If the Iraqi Army begins to collapse within the next 48 hours, by God, the folks over at DU will have apoplexy.

From your keyboard to God's ears! I really enjoy your posts; though I rarely, if ever, reply. Thanks so much for your insights.

[Right_in_Virginia]

If Sadaam is down, we want peace in the streets.

This is why the formal surrender and pictures of the Republican Guard with their hands up won't come until our forces reach Baghdad.

[Nita Nuprez]

Rummy just came out of a briefing with Congress with a smile on his face, btw. He had his humor back, so it must be looking good.

[kosciuszko]

Your right about mass revolts, but it's not time yet. The US hasn't yet established itself at all key points. Imagine world reaction if we declared Saddam dead. People would be screaming that hostilities should stop. And hostilities cannot stop until the Republican Guard is destroyed.

It's better to continue with the plan, and assume/pretend that Hussein is alive.

[P.O.E.]

Speaking of which, who won the War with Iraq pool?

[zook]

I heard it over the live WABC feed. The hosts were doing a pre-show meeting. Bachelor was on the phone from Kennedy Airport, apparently in an effort to get to Baghdad. He referred to this major story that would not be announced until tomorrow morning. He said "they all believe he's dead...no resistance out of Baghdad."

[Nita Nuprez]

I spent 20 minutes looking for that feed but couldn't find it. You have it handy?

[Allan]

Batchelor and Alexander have very trustworthy sources
within the US military.

[zook]

It was a live feed, not something in an archive. Every day, here in my office in Taiwan, I turn on the WABC live stream. Often (like now) it goes for long periods of time with nothing on it at all.

I had been listening to Michael Savage. His show cut out. Then after about 15 minutes I hear Alexander, Bachelor, and Crowley's voices doing a pre-show meeting. I've been getting this every day lately. That's where the information came from.

[snickeroon]

Just a moment to daydream.... consider the irony of it all.... an entire country liberated in less time than it took to prove our President REALLY won, despite chads and dimples.

As far as the pool, how about having the war extend through Sunday evening, then at Oscar time it would be great to have them preempted for a live broadcast of freedom celebrations from Iraq.

[js1138]

I'm already in.

[TommyDale]

Batchelor and Alexander didn't even have a program until AFTER 9/11. They did guest appearances on Steve Malzberg's program on WABC (770 AM) in New York City. So what if even they reported an erroneous item back then? Their record has been nothing short of stellar since they have been regulars on the WABC schedule. Their Pentagon sources and their Afghanistan, Khazhakstan, Moscow, and Israeli sources
are to be envied in the news world.

[Unknowing]

"Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." -- Sun Tzu

[restornu]

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