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[maica]

I'd say it is not only proof, it was a coded message from Tony to us.

[JLS]

"One would have to assume that he spent hours and hours making all sorts of statements just in case he was dead and his people needed them."

Or worried that he might at some point be cut off from his communications, he made one tape with a really outlandish claim, ie a farmer with an old gun shot down a chopper, that the Iraqis could claim was true and then later play the tape. It is pretty clear that that farmer did NOT shoot down that chopper according to the coalition side.

Another way this could have come back was that this was set up as a signal. Thus the plan even before the pre-emptive strike was to use this statement to signal some move. After he was killed/badly injured they decided to use it to "prove" he is still alive and in control.

I guess time will tell.

[knak]

from Ha'aretz a truly funny one!

02:57 Iraq denies reports that coalition forces invaded Baghdad, claims that invasion pictures were staged

[retrokitten]

IMPORTANT TIDBIT: Yesterday at FreeRepublic, in this thread there was discussion about Tony's pic in his FOX bio looking like a High School picture. He just announced that he updated the pic in his bio.

Get right out of town!! That was me and two23 who were complaining about that! How funny is that??

[umbagi]

All you remote viewers tell us what you see.

Sorry... Busy trying to channel Achmed to get the cams fixed.

[oceanview]

his survival strategy is not based on conventional warfare, he knows he has no chance to win that. its based on WMD use, WMDs inside the united states, lobbing a few mustard gas shells in Iraq isn't going to save him either. but an anthrax attack on DC might. if he is still there, and he's got a plan to survive, that's what it is.

[pitinkie]

Iraqi TV is available!

[ztiworoh]

With the bag-cam out ive been entertaining myself with this - http://www.addictinggames.com/skeleton.html

Tons of Fun! And REALLY REALLY COOL

[TomGuy]

How the heck did he take over and hold the country for 30 years if he's that militarily stupid?

You start with gun control--to disarm the populace. Then you create a band of thugs (feydaheen/gestapo) to enforce order. Then you can starve the people and use the nation's oil wealth for your personal use. Make the people dependent on you for even their daily food.

[AFPhys]

Been catchin' up... hi all... Saw this reading the earlier thread: Anyone, anywhere who thinks the guys in charge of this operation or the troops in the field have at any time been overconfident has not been paying attention to this war. These lazy worry-wart pundits and armchair quarterbacks with their worse case scenarios help no one, don't come off as clever - just the opposite. (rant over)

Absolutely right... I'll just add to their faults "... their total lack of knowledge of our present capability" ... then say (rant over)

[JLS]

And you reward you tribe/sect the Sunni and they help you against the Kurds and Shiite.

[glock rocks]

i've tried all the links i can think of... all dead currently. bummer.

too bad abu dhabi's link isn't active. hmmmmm.

hmmmmm.

[TigersEye]

Achmed, fix cams ,,,Achmed, fix cams ,,,Achmed, fix cams ,,,

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

IRAQ SHAVE

Lol! The Baghdad Airport signs went up fast. Or, perhaps Saddam thought the signs said Saddam Int'l. (^:

[Scott from the Left Coast]

claims that invasion pictures were staged

The real problem with the Saddam regime is that they are fixated on their friend in Hollywood.

THEY base their entire defense strategy on a Hollywood movie (Blackhawk Down) and their propoganda claims that our entire war effort is based on another movie (Wag the Dog).

Saddam's been watching way many movies. He's become obsessed. Maybe he just want to date Nicole Kidman or somethin'.

[ztiworoh]

Beret Boy tomorrow: Those booms you hear are not bombs, and to continue with our movie motif, I will claim they are the footsteps of the T-rex from Jurassic Park.

[TomGuy]

Sorry... Busy trying to channel Achmed to get the cams fixed.

Maybe, if we all yell at our monitors in synch it will wake Achmed up!

[Lauratealeaf]

Kirk: Bones, What about Ensign George W. Bush?
McCoy: He led, Jim.

[Bulldogs22]

"I make my beds with hospital corners...

Is there any other way?"


I had a feeling you were exact!!!!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I'm expecting in his next video he'll come out bald as billiard ball, pouring water over his head and patting his dome with his hands. All while uttering the same gobbledy-gook.