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| Axis of Evil |
| 100 allied aircraft bomb the crap out of Iraqi air defenses... |
| 2002-09-06 |
| The war of words over Iraq heated up with Saddam Hussein's press trumpeting boldly that the country is an "impregnable fortress" while his regime ignored claims that US and British warplanes have carried out a major strike on an Iraqi air defense facility. Don't want to dwell on it, huh? The press here was devoid of any reference to claims by London's Daily Telegraph that about 100 US and British aircraft raided an Iraqi air defense installation in the biggest operation over the country in four years. Instead, newspapers limited themselves to carrying an official announcement that warplanes had bombed civilian installations southwest of the capital, without causing any casualties. Gosh. That's too bad... The Telegraph said the attack appeared to be a prelude to possible special forces operations, with the aim apparently to remove air defenses to allow helicopters to fly easily into Iraq via Jordan or Saudi Arabia to hunt down Scud missiles before a possible war. If they go ahead and do this, it's not a good time to be an Iraqi air defense guy. Last Gulf War, rumor had it Sammy executed his AD commanders for their poor showing... Twelve warplanes dropped precision-guided bombs in the raid, but scores of other support aircraft also took part, the paper said, adding that it was the first time a target in western Iraq had been attacked during air patrols of the southern "no-fly" zone. Britain confirmed the raid but refused to reveal its scope. Despite news that Iraq's defenses had again been breached, the mouthpiece of the country's ruling party warned that "the little Bush must get it into his head that Iraq is united and stands as an impregnable fortress. Like, ummm... Nineveh was. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 jeez your archives go back a long way |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-06 15:42:37 |
| #2 Nineveh... Sammy is reconstructing it now. The fourteenth year [612-611]: The king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched... The king of the Medes marched towards the king of Babylonia. The king of Babylonia [and] Cyaxares marched along the bank of the Tigris and they encamped against Nineveh. From the month Sîmannu [June] until the month Abu [August] - for three months - they subjected the city to a heavy siege. On the [lacuna] day of the month Abu they inflicted a major defeat upon a great people. At that time Sin-šar-iškun, king of Assyria, died. They carried off the vast booty of the city and the temple and turned the city into a ruin heap. On the twentieth day of the month Ulûlu [August 15, 612] Cyaxares and his army went home. After he had gone, the king of Babylonia dispatched his army and they marched to Nasibin. They brought the people of Rusapu [modern Kirkuk] to the king of Babylonia at Nineveh. Aššur-uballit ascended to the throne in Harran to rule Assyria. The fifteenth year [611-610]: In the month Du'uzu [June/July] the king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched to Assyria victoriously. He captured Shu[lacuna], plundered it and carried of its vast booty. In the month Arahsamnu [November/December] the king of Babylonia took the lead of his army personally and marched against Ruggulitu. He did battle against the city and on the twenty-eighth day of the month Arahsamnu [December 8, 611] he captured it. He did not leave a single man alive. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-06 13:26:35 |
| #1 I think you mean Babylon. Nineveh was Assyrian. |
| Posted by: Ray 2002-09-06 12:04:54 |