|
Sammy goes to a meeting...
Source is Jazeera. Make of it what you will...Amid the battles, President Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of top military and political brass including his son Qussay, head of the elite Republican Guard, state-run television said, showing pictures. Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, Defence Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmed and army chief Ibrahim Abdul Sattar attended. Director general of the Iraqi presidency, Ahmed Hussein Khudayer, and Latif Nuseif Jasem, a member of the ruling Baath party's leadership, were also present. Wearing military uniform, Saddam was shown sitting behind a desk in a large room with a bay window and drawn curtains. The location was not disclosed. A large map of Iraq was stuck on the wall behind the Iraqi leader. Sounds to me like they trotted out some more stock footage. If I was an Iraqi, and I saw U.S. troops tromping around Baghdad blowing up Sammy's statues and whiting out the moustaches on his portraits, and the information minister self-destructing on the teevee, I'd be wondering why Sammy's not at a division CP, conducting the defense, instead of in the office, receiving memos. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-07 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=12662 |