[Destro]

(End audio excerpt recorded on scene) We reported the fate of the American hostage but there was no immediate move to mount a rescue. (Audio of crowd chanting) Several more kilometres down the road and tens of thousands have gathered chanting "Jihad", or "holy war" in the huge Sunni mosque Saddam built on the western edge of Baghdad. (Audio of speaker yelling through loudspeaker) The speaker says, "we will say no with one voice. You Americans will not pass through here. There is no legitimacy in the new Iraq, except for those who fight." This is Peter Cave in Baghdad, for Saturday AM.

Why is the Saddam Mosque still standing?

[Travis McGee]

We're just a couple of ants watching elephants battle on the far horizon. It's easy to get frustrated, but we're seeing about 10% of the picture, if that. Just pray for our troops, and hope for victory in our world war against islamic terror.

[Travis McGee]

Let's pull back 5 KM like they demand. And then....