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World Leaders React to Killing of Saddam’s Sons | |||
2003-07-23 | |||
Looks like the receiving line at the wake is going to be mighty short. Several world leaders expressed relief Wednesday over the deaths of Saddam Hussein’s sons with some saying they hoped it would help end sporadic fighting in Iraq and speed its progress toward democracy. Most countries across Asia awoke to TV reports that Saddam’s two eldest sons Odai and Qusai had been killed Tuesday by U.S. forces in Mosul, Iraq.
That would have been okay too.
Reaction in the Iraqi city of Mosul, site of the gunfight, was divided. At least 1,000 people shouted in delight or cursed the Americans outside the mansion of the tribal sheik Nawaf al-Zaydan Muhhamad, where Odai and Qusai had been holed up. ``How can they do this?’’ a man in the crowd shouted Tuesday, apparently more concerned with the property damage. ``What are the Americans doing destroying a house like this?’’
Some Iraqis were delighted while others cursed U.S. soldiers who milled about as smoke wafted from the blown-out windows as the six-hour siege ended. Still others stood silently and appeared in mourning.
Saddam has a third, younger son, according to some reports, and three daughters. The four kept a low profile. This son had better turn himself in real soon now. | |||
Posted by:Steve White |
#16 and most of all ... Gil Hodges |
Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-7-23 2:18:34 PM |
#15 LH, How about Jerry Grote, Kenny Boswell, Ed (Glider) Charles, Donn Clendenon (thank you, Pittsburgh), Art Shamsky, Amos Otis (talk about bad trades), Bud Harrelson and Al (TWO homers in 1 game, Cubbies!) Weis. |
Posted by: Hodadenon 2003-7-23 2:08:26 PM |
#14 Liberalhawk: You suck. You probably were the one who let the black cat onto the field at Shea Stadium. BTW, Randy Hundley DID tag out that guy at the plate. And Swaboda never caught another fly ball after the '69 series. Shot his wad, so to speak, just like Ed Kranepool did. It was their year. Thank God Mets lost to Oakland in '73. A .500 team should never win the series. Good stuff yesterday, LH. Shed a few tears for the Kurds, Shiites, and the rest of the downtrodden myself yesterday despite the glow I felt. A great day in a long struggle in the fight, folks. Let's get back to work now. |
Posted by: Michael 2003-7-23 1:52:27 PM |
#13 Re: 69 Cubs Cleon Jones. Tommy Agee. Jerry Koosman. Tug McGraw. Tom Seaver. Nolan Ryan (yes, Nolan Ryan) Nyah, nyah, nyah. |
Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-7-23 12:57:29 PM |
#12 Greatly paraphrasing the great Ernie Banks: "Let's kill two!" |
Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-7-23 12:45:54 PM |
#11 Michael-I still remember Ernie Banks Slogan for that year: The Cubs will Shine in '69 |
Posted by: Don Kessinger 2003-7-23 12:22:00 PM |
#10 Following up on the first poster's comments: "Ding Dong the witch is dead." Here's what David Frum, my favorite conservative Canadian, wrote on the subject today (http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/diary072303.asp) "For Iraqis, the weeks since Saddam’s overthrow have been like those frames in the Wizard of Oz in which the Munchkins hesitate before deciding that the Witch of the East has indeed been crushed to death. The extinction of the future of the Saddam regime will dishearten the Baathist thugs who have been hired to fight on. It’s significant that Uday and Qusay seem to have been sold out by a member of their inner circle, who decided to place more credence in the rewards offered by the Americans than the threats of the Baathists. And wisely so." Well said Mr. Frum. |
Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-7-23 11:37:10 AM |
#9 Well, this is really a great day! We find $60 million in cash in the house and pay a $30 million reward. HELLS BELLS MEN, we made a PROFIT!!!!!!! Won't the OMB be happy about this!!!! I can see the commander of the operation getting the silver star with dollar sign cluster on this one. And if we auction off either body parts or autopsy photos we might make even more profit. |
Posted by: SOG475 2003-7-23 11:30:25 AM |
#8 Tell that asshat that the owner of said destroyed mansion is the informant who collected $30 million and is never coming back! "You've turned in Uday and Qusay Hussein, had your house shot up, and collected $30 million. What are you going to do now?" "I'm going to Disneyland!" Micheal--As for Lofton and Ramirez, you're welcome! The Pirates are having a fire sale--anybody with talent must go! |
Posted by: Dar 2003-7-23 10:24:22 AM |
#7 Just imagine how they will react when they go up for sale on EBay to cover the $30 million we owe... |
Posted by: flash91 2003-7-23 10:00:08 AM |
#6 Besides Uday and Qusay, I suspect the only people upset at the news were the Democrat pretenders for the nomination next year. |
Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2003-7-23 9:21:37 AM |
#5 Michael - ChiTrib headline: "Cubs Quagmire Looms" |
Posted by: PD 2003-7-23 9:20:44 AM |
#4 CENTCOM briefing this morning reporting that #11, commander of Special Republican Gaurd captured. Developing.. |
Posted by: Anonymous 2003-7-23 9:08:41 AM |
#3 "Still, SOME in the US had hoped..." "SOME Iraqis were delighted while others..." " 'How can they do this?'" A man in the crowd (the 1,000?)... Such hard-hitting imagery from, I'm sure, a J-school grad with no axe to grind. Meanwhile, in my fantasy newspaper, it is reported that SOME Cub fans are happy about the acquisition of Lofton and Ramirez WHILE OTHERS question the wisdom of giving up promising minor leaguers in exchange for the two vetrans. ONE Cub fan in A bar was heard to mutter, "This trade COULD come back and haunt the Cubs in the next few years. It COULD create a groundswell of resentment to the Cubs' occupation of Wrigley Field and cause defections to the White Sox. I view this situation with trepidation since Mayor Daley, a devoted White Sox fan, MAY feel the time has come to raid the North Side of disaffected Cub fans, thus resulting in a diminished Cub fanbase. But only time will tell," he said profoundly, adding later that the root causes of this potential resentment MIGHT be traced to the Cub collapse of '69. |
Posted by: Michael 2003-7-23 8:58:17 AM |
#2 Freakin' Al-Guardian....almost tossed my BBQ reading that. There is no equating the relief that the vast majority of Iraqis feel in seeing those punks get roasted. Mourners? Please, who in there right minds would give a flaming donut hole about someone mourning those two psychos (other than Al Guardian et al). In other news: Our BBQ was quite successful and the brewskis chilled to perfection. A day well ended. Tomorrow, the hunt begins anew. God speed our troops. Tally-ho! |
Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-7-23 3:22:47 AM |
#1 ding dong the witch is dead! Anybody hear about that poor woman lawyer that Uday had tortured repeatedly? He ripped her apart and drove her stark raving mad over years of abuse because she DARED to defend (and well) a young porter at a hotel and had refused entry to one of Uday's women when she was drunk (not knowing who she was). She is now a broken, sad mental patient where once she was a highly intelligent and expert lawyer. |
Posted by: Anon1 2003-7-23 3:21:09 AM |