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2003-04-14 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-04-14 08:06 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah - and even if Blix does not run it, inspections without active government cooperation are worse than a waste of time, because the overly gullible amongst us adopt the "if you don't find anything, the inspections are working" line of reasoning. We'll be disproving that in due time, with our list of 3000 sites to inspect in Iraq.

The best news here is we now have Iraqi sources who know all kinds of juicy stuff and are willing to talk - I'd imagine Syria and other governments in the region are getting a tad nervous, or should be.

Posted by Jeff Brokaw 2003-04-14 09:01:16|| [jeffbrokaw.net/weblog/] 2003-04-14 09:01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 More details from al-Bawaba:
A senior Ba'ath Party member in Kirkuk said General Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, one of Saddam Hussein's deputies, set off for Syria in a large convoy as the regime collapsed last week, the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday. Said Nazim Khoshid said Gen. al-Duri, who shortly before the war began was put in charge of the northern military region by Saddam, invited him to join his convoy. Khoshid told Kurdish officials that he declined the offer, and said he did not know whether Gen. al-Duri reached Syria. He believed he left in a convoy of two dozen Chevrolet four-wheel drive vehicles and took some US$30 million in US dollars with him.
Two dozen Chevy 4x4s and $30M, how could you miss a convoy this big?

Posted by Steve 2003-04-14 10:48:15|| 2003-04-14 10:48:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Breaker one-nine....maintain radio silence...I believe we've got us a convoy!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-14 13:33:01|| 2003-04-14 13:33:01|| Front Page Top

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