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2003-04-08 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-08 08:21 pm|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And worse, we killed a lot of locals who had nothing to do with the leadership, but who just happened in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Dammit.

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-04-08 20:32:13|| 2003-04-08 20:32:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn indeed. Still. All things considered, I'd rather he were strung up by irate Iraqis a la Mussolini than given the instant-whack-by-smartbomb, and the locals may yet have the chance. Saddam-as-strange-fruit is absolutely the *one* pic I most want to see from this war, the one I'll set as wallpaper on my computer and look at with satisfaction for weeks.

Posted by jrosevear 2003-04-08 20:44:49|| 2003-04-08 20:44:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I dunno. One un-named source in Al Grauniad makes it so? I'm still waiting.

I also seriously doubt the figure of 14 dead, but we'll never know if that's correct.

Posted by Parabellum 2003-04-08 20:55:06|| 2003-04-08 20:55:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Iraqi officials said they found two bodies in the rubble and were searching for another 14 they thought were still buried, but said no members of the leadership had been killed.

Take anything that "Iraqi officials" say with a grain of salt, until they prove they speak the truth.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-08 20:56:46|| 2003-04-08 20:56:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with Parabellum on both points.

Although I think it was probably a stupid idea for the administration to even do it in the first place the way that they did, I'm going to put my faith in them that they wouldn't bomb a civillian area with such mega-bombage on just a hunch. But damn if he wasn't in there that's really gonna suck!

Posted by g wiz 2003-04-08 21:04:11|| 2003-04-08 21:04:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Bill Gertz (WaPo) says "We'll know in one or two days".

(FOXNews, two minutes ago)

Posted by Parabellum 2003-04-08 21:58:59|| 2003-04-08 21:58:59|| Front Page Top

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