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lk
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Saddam Hussein Captured
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Dec 14 10:24 UTC 2003 |
ABC and BBC are now reporting that Iran is reporting that Saddam Hussein
has been captured. (Nothing yet on CNN)
From Ha'aretz:
11:57 Iraqi Kurdish ruler: Saddam Hussein captured in Tikrit
12:04 Al-Arabiya television reports widespread celebrations in north
Iraq city of Kirkuk, after report of Saddam`s capture
12:12 After reports of SADDAM'S CAPTURE, U.S. administration in Iraq will
convene press conference on `important matter`
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scott
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response 1 of 140:
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Dec 14 13:37 UTC 2003 |
It's been officially announced now.
I wonder if/how this will affect the guerilla resistance?
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bru
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response 2 of 140:
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Dec 14 14:03 UTC 2003 |
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him!"
My guess is the loyalists will become disheartened, but the terrorists will
be unaffected. We may see an upsurge in attackes in the short term, and
possible suicede attacks to kill him and make him a martyr, but it will break
the back of resistance in the long run.
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jmsaul
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response 3 of 140:
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Dec 14 15:08 UTC 2003 |
"We?"
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twenex
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response 4 of 140:
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Dec 14 15:21 UTC 2003 |
I disagree that it will "break the back of resistance". EWe've seen no
evidence of links between saddaam and al-Qaida or other terrorist
groups beyond his own loyalists ( a small number), other than that
which has been presented to the weorld by the Bush and Blair regime,
but never indpendently verified; It isw also the case that the
terrorist activity no wtakijng place has bveen against co-alition
forces, and that the oportunity for them to fight has come because of
the lack of securiry in Iraq and the presence of Western (presumably
particularly because of hte presence of American) troops.
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jp2
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response 5 of 140:
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Dec 14 16:01 UTC 2003 |
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gull
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response 6 of 140:
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Dec 14 16:20 UTC 2003 |
It's true 'cause jp2 sez so. ;>
I think this will greatly reduce the reluctance of people on the street
to support the Americans. There was always fear that Saddam would come
back.
Now, can we find Osama Bin Forgotten?
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happyboy
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response 7 of 140:
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Dec 14 18:37 UTC 2003 |
as i keep saying "big deal."
WHERE ARE THE GUYS THAT HELPED THOSE SAUDIS BLOW UP THE WTC?
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gull
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response 8 of 140:
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Dec 14 19:20 UTC 2003 |
In my more cynical moments I think we went after Saddam because getting
a bad guy that would be relatively easy to capture would make people
forget about the fact that we've never found Osama.
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twenex
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response 9 of 140:
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Dec 14 19:20 UTC 2003 |
s/Saudis/Renegade Saudis/
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twenex
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response 10 of 140:
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Dec 14 19:21 UTC 2003 |
Re: 8: Yeah, and now they've captured him people are already asking,
"What about Osama Bin Laden"? I wonder how long they can get away with
not answering that one.
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jmsaul
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response 11 of 140:
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Dec 14 19:27 UTC 2003 |
Re #5: Like they needed money from Saddam, when they had all that Saudi
cash.
Re #9: The Saudi government systematically promoted Wahhabism, and funded
even the radical clerics. They're partially responsible.
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scott
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response 12 of 140:
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Dec 14 20:22 UTC 2003 |
(That's one hell of beard to grow in less than a year...)
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tpryan
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response 13 of 140:
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Dec 14 21:18 UTC 2003 |
What I said in last new item.
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lk
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response 14 of 140:
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Dec 14 21:44 UTC 2003 |
Saddam was much easier to capture because he was hiding in an urban
area (rather than a mountain wilderness) and because (according to
some reports) someone squealed.
While I'm sure that some of the guerrilla and terrorist attacks in
Iraq were by "me too" copy-cats, I think their focus was by Saddam
loyalists hoping to make the US quit and restore their leader.
That now cannot happen. So their will be some more spoiler attacks,
but I suspect they'll peter out.
On the other hand, the new danger is that groups within Iraq will
attempt to move in and gain greater power for themselves. In this
sense it's good that Saddam was loose for this time because it gave
a chance for the ruling coalition to gel. But will it now hold?
I sure hope so.
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jp2
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Dec 14 22:21 UTC 2003 |
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eprom
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response 16 of 140:
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Dec 14 22:48 UTC 2003 |
hmmm....
from the video footage on the major networks, I could have swore I saw
the iraqi's waving red flags with a yellow hammer and sickle logo.
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jmsaul
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response 17 of 140:
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Dec 15 01:04 UTC 2003 |
Re #15: Various Saudis, including their government, have been pouring money
into Wahhabi outreach programs and related Islamic charities for
decades. I'm sure a lot of that money wound up with Al Qaeda.
Re #16: We can only hope. At least Communism is secular, and intolerant
of religious radicals.
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richard
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response 18 of 140:
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Dec 15 01:40 UTC 2003 |
Saddam's trial is going to make O.J Simpson's trial seem like it got little
coverage in comparison. I hope they put it off until after next year's
electon, so it doesn't get politicized. Saddam will need OJ's Dream Team of
JOhnny Cochran, F. Lee Bailey and Robert Shapiro, plus Alan Derschwitz and
the guy defending Michael Jackson and every other great defense lawyer to
avoid execution
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other
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response 19 of 140:
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Dec 15 02:49 UTC 2003 |
Saddam will be executed, and no great lawyers will be able to do
anything about it, even if they do turn out to be qualified to
represent clients under the system that will try him.
You sound like you're rather gleefully anticipating the spectacle.
Personally, I'm dreading the gargantuan effort it will take to avoid
being sickened by it.
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