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| Iraq |
| US forces can surround Baghdad in 5 to 10 days |
| 2003-03-28 |
| Iraqi Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed said on Thursday that US forces could surround the capital city of Baghdad within the next 5 to 10 days. The Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV quoted the minister as saying in a press conference that the US forces have settled in north of Iraq in order to reduce the current pressure on US and British troops in south of the country. He added that as the US and British forces were defeated in south of Iraq, they are doomed to failure in north of the country. Hashim Ahmed said that the longer the US forces stay in Iraq, the more they should pay. The part about having Baghdad surrounded is true. Normally, when forces are defeated they withdraw, and we haven't done that. I would agree with Hashim Ahmed that the longer we stay in country, the more we'll pay — until Hashim's wearing a striped suit and claiming he vasss only followinkk o-o-o-o-ordahsss... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Once Baghdad is surrounded, all the remaining Iraqi forces in the other cities will be tempted to attack coalition forces around Baghdad. If they do, they will be easy pickings for the air force, if they don't, all the less to deal with. Saddam prepared for a guerilla war, dispersing his thugs to keep the regular army "inspired". He may have sealed his own fate given Franks' strategy of avoiding unnecessary engagements and heading straight for Baghdad. As someone once said, Saddam is neither a strategist or tactician, but other than that he's a great military man. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-28 16:06:02 |
| #1 Why aren't we plunging Baghdad into electromagnetic darkness? TV, radio transmitters, newzies with sat phones. Do we need comm with plants and informers, or what? They need some war fog in that department, methinks.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-28 15:03:37 |