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Iraq
"I’m Not Dead Yet!"
2003-04-02
President Saddam Hussein has vowed in a letter that Iraqi forces will stop U.S.-led invaders advancing on Baghdad and will drive them out of Iraq, state television reported on Thursday. "Damn them, and by God, there will be thousands of soldiers fighting for what is right, virtue and faith in defense of the land of prophets and holy places, of belief and devotion," it quoted Saddam as writing in a letter to his niece on April 1.
That was April Fools' Day...
"They (Iraqi soldiers) will not let them reach Baghdad. They will cripple them until they return to their countries defeated, leaving our country for its people," Saddam was quoted as telling his niece, Thurayyah Barzan.
If he's not dead, you'd think he'd have more pressing issues than the need to write a letter to his niece.

SADDAM: "I think I'll go for a walk."
COALITION: "You're not fooling anyone, you know."
Posted by:growler

#7  Saddam sleeps with the fishes.
Posted by: Sgt.DT   2003-04-02 18:25:47  

#6  additional core Saddam supporters include Dennis Kuchinich, National Public Radio, Jacque Chirac, the faculty lounge of UC Berkeley, the Middle East Studies departments of about 20 'top' US universities, the Muslim Student Association, Pat Buchanan and Susan Surandon
Posted by: mhw   2003-04-02 18:15:15  

#5  "I am not dead yet!"

"You are so. Now shuddup and get on that slab!"
Posted by: Fred   2003-04-02 18:00:04  

#4  I wonder who is in Saddam's "Fuhrer bunker" writing this crap? Same mentality - talking about troops he no longer has, and offensives that are no longer possible, etc.

FYI 15 miles is an important distance: at that point, field artillery can range over the entire city. Very accurate - much more than aircraft. And the explosive load can be adjusted to destroy only what we want to destroy. Plus it reacts a hell of a lot faster: look up "counter battery" artillery if you want to learn more - its something the US Army has been the best in the world at since WW2.

It bascially can rubble any building without endangering a pilot or tearing up anthing except what it is supposed to, with less chance of n error than an aircraft delivered munition.
Posted by: OldSpook   2003-04-02 17:47:07  

#3  Oh he's alive alright - and as soon as we move these last 400 tons of rubble off him, he'll be walkin' around too!
Posted by: Nero   2003-04-02 17:44:52  

#2  I believe this chunk of turd is now at room temperature.
Posted by: Wills   2003-04-02 17:42:33  

#1  He still has the loyalty of his inner circle, those whose very survival depends on his continuing in power: Fisk, Pilger, Arnett, Al Guardian, Al Mirror, and the San Francisco Carbuncle.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2003-04-02 17:42:10  

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