[Fury]

Indeed, it is good news that Majid is not around to cause trouble. He was in Saddam's trusted circle and was one of the people that Hussein had confidence in to carry out his wishes. With Majid gone, a large part of the WMD wildcard is not an issue.

[oceanview]

Batchelor and Alexander are focusing on this story tonight on their show. There take on this is this:

- this story was sourced from the CIA, not the defense dept. since this strike on the bunker was a CIA operation, they would be in the best position to know what happened.

- the three men killed were all in the second tier of the command structure, just below Saddam and his sons. what are the odds that these 3 would be conducting a leadership meeting alone, without Saddam and his sons?

- why is the CIA saying anything about this? B&A are saying that the CIA could never source a story that Saddam and his sons are dead, such a story just would not be able to come from them. so instead, the CIA pops up and tell us that these 3 guys are dead, 3 guys that nobody even knew were in the bunker.

So, they are putting these points together, plus the apparent lack of command and control, and you can guess what that their conclusion is. The point they are making is that BOTH the tier 1 and tier 2 command structure appears to be silent. Take it for what its worth.