[ArneFufkin]

That Apache was NOT shot down, those guys dancing around the landed Longbow were NOT farmers - the official Iraqi explanation of the AH-64 downing (mechanical no doubt) was crafted to jibe with the tape that Saddam made before his death.

[chuckles]

Israel web site www.debka.com reports that he is in a 1600 room hotel on the Mediteranian in Syria.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"That Apache was NOT shot down, those guys dancing around the landed Longbow were NOT farmers - the official Iraqi explanation of the AH-64 downing (mechanical no doubt) was crafted to jibe with the tape that Saddam made before his death."

All facts that escaped Simon Marks' reporting of this event.

[eseales]

Yeah, I thought that Apache went down because of mechanical difficulties. It looked fully intact in the footage on television. I heard that the recent Black Hawk crash was not brought down by hostile fire either. It's hard to keep track when news comes out so quickly from embedded reporters.

[BaghdadBarney]

"The official Iraqi explanation of the AH-64 downing (mechanical no doubt) was crafted to jibe with the tape that Saddam made before his death..."

I think you're right on about that. Has the same sort of stench that the supposed "errant tomahawk" strikes on the eastern edges of Baghdad (Shiite neighborhoods) that killed some 20 civilians. It's like everything about this war - form the Iraqi side - was scripted and is playing out like a bad B-movie from the 1930s...

[A_Niceguy_in_CA]

That Apache was NOT shot down, those guys dancing around the landed Longbow were NOT farmers - the official Iraqi explanation of the AH-64 downing (mechanical no doubt) was crafted to jibe with the tape that Saddam made before his death.

All part of the Iraqi dog and pony show. The Iraqi Infomation Minister brings me laughter everytime he speaks. Never have I been too upset or feared anything he has said about Iraqi Operation Freedom.