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| Iraq |
| Surrender Talks |
| 2003-03-12 |
| This is a part of a larger article Surrender talks U.S. officials said Wednesday that surrender negotiations have secretly begun with key Iraqi military officials in hopes that some military units will not fight in a possible war. One senior official said that some parts of the Iraqi military already may have agreed not to fight. These efforts underscore assessments by the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency that the leadership around Saddam Hussein is brittle. Officials have been making that view somewhat public as part of an effort to publicize what they say is Saddam's vulnerability. The officials said they could not give specifics, citing concern that Saddam would enact retribution. |
| Posted by:JDR |
| #3 Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Falafel eating surrender donkeys! But hey, if I was in their shorts facing down the business end of and M1-A1, I'd do the same thing. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-03-12 17:59:37 |
| #2 Special forces "buying out" local forces like Afghanistan (only without the heavy briefcases?) Bring it on!!! War done the common sense way. Are we dropping pre-fab PoW camps? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-03-12 17:19:37 |
| #1 Smells a bit like disinformation, to sow fear and confusion before the shooting starts. Or: Maybe we are talking to some Iraqi generals, and we've let the cat peek out of the bag to encourage a coup before the shooting starts. That is, some generals may get afraid that Saddam suspects them, and given his Stalin-esque way of thinking, they know they're dead if he does. So they get him before he gets them. We can only hope.... |
| Posted by: DougS 2003-03-12 17:16:46 |