Posted on 07/03/2004 4:26:28 PM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/4/4 - Baghdad, Sadr City, Qandil mountains, Hilla, Qiqihar, Titan
BREAKING: Baghdad - Justice Delivered BREAKING: Sadr City - Shiites demand execution of Saddam BREAKING: Qandil mountains - Kurds announce end of six-year cease-fire BREAKING: Hilla - Polish troops find cyclosarin in 17 Grad rockets BREAKING: Qiqihar- 17 chemical bombs that he unearthed BREAKING: Titan - America's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer
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========= Baghdad =========
AT THE IRAQI TRIBUNAL -JUSTICE, AMERICAN-STYLE IS SERVED TO TYRANTS
In Baghdad, former Baathiist leaders are lead into a courtroom in chains.
They are Sabir Abdul Aziz Al-Douri, Watban Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti,
Taha Yassin Ramadan, Muhammed Hamza al-Zubaydi, Aziz Saleh al-Numan,
Ali Hasan al-Majid, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti.
Former Iraqi tyrant, murderer, and rapist,Saddam Hussein,
lead into a courtroom Thursday, July 1, 2004 from Camp Victory.
In Baghdad, former Iraqi tyrant, murderer, and rapist,
Saddam Hussein is led by guards into the courtroom.
In Baghdad, on the trail of former Iraq deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz.
Ali Hasan al-Majid, who will be known into Eternity as Chemical Ali
in a courtroom at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace
somewhere on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Kamal Mustafa al-Tikriti, former commander of Iraq's "elite" Republican Guards.
Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti, presidential advisor and half-brother of Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein's half-brother and adviser Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
before the Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004.
Former Baath party regional commander Aziz Salih Numan
before the Iraqi tribunal.
Former Iraqi defense minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad
appears before the Iraqi tribunal.
Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi, a former member of
Iraq's decision-making Revolutionary Command Council
which directed 35 years of Baath party brutality.
In Baghdad, Sabir Abd al-Aziz al-Douri, former military intelligence chief
and former mayor of Baghdad, appears before the Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004.
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan
appears before the Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004.
Saddam'ssecretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti.
A selection of newspapers from the Middle East.
Some welcomed judicial proceedings against Saddam,
as other Arab dailies read from their DNC and al Qaeda "fact" sheets.
========= Sadr City =========
WHY ARE THESE SHIITES CHEERING?
In Baghdad, Iraq, Shiite Muslims demonstrate following Friday noon prayers,
demanding the execution of Saddam
In Sadr City, Baghdad, Shiite Aws al-Khafaji, Muqtada al-Sadr's representative
speaks at Friday prayers calling for the execution of Saddam, July 2, 2004.
========= Abu Ghraib =========
WHY ARE THESE IRAQIS SMILING?
In Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 21 miles northwest of Baghdad,
Iraqi prisoners wave and smile after release from Abu Ghraib prison.
Near Baghdad, Iraqi Civil Defence Corps soldiers
smile as they watch a released prisoner greeted by a relative
following his release.
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
In Baghdad, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
smiles during the ceremony transfering national sovereignty to Iraq.
In Baghdad, US Administrator Paul Bremer waves as he boards an Air Force plane
at Baghdad International Airport for his flight out of Iraq, June 28, 2004.
In Baghdad, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte presents his credentials.
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
In Baghdad, Iraqi Minister of Defense Hazim Al Shala,
greets U.S. Army liberators while visiting a traffic checkpoin.
========= Qandil mountains =========
In the Qandil mountains, Iraq, the People's Defence Forces,
a Turkish Kurd rebel group, formerly known as the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),
announced the end of its six-year unilateral cease-fire with Turkey on June 1.
========= Hilla =========
In Hilla, Iraq, Polish troops secure the area near their base in Hilla.
A dozen missile warheads found by Polish troops were said
to contain chemical agents.
========= Warsaw =========
WHY ARE THESE MEN SMILING?
In Warsaw, General Marek Dukaczewski (R), the head of Polish army intelligence,
discusses artillery shells found by Polish troops in Iraq which definitely contained
the deadly nerve agent cyclosarin. Polish heroes found 17 Grad rockets
and two mortar shells filled with chemicals in late June
and said U.S. experts had carried out tests on the weapons.
========= Tehran =========
In Tehran, Iran, Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
during Friday prayers, July 2, 2004, said Saddam should be
prosecuted for crimes. Get in line, Next.
========= Istanbul =========
WHY ARE THESE MEN SMILING?
Because Iraq was liberated by America
In Istanbul, Turkey, President George W. Bush smiles
at the state dinner for the NATO summit on June 28, 2004.
Why? The early handover of power in Baghdad.
In Istanbul, Turkey, President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair
smile after hearing the stupid remarks and whining by French Chirac.
WHY ARE THESE MEN SMILING?
Because Aftganistan was liberated by America.
In Istanbul, Turkey, Colin Powell and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
and Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
========= Kabul =========
WHY ARE THESE CHILDREN SMILING?
In Dai Sabz village, 10 klicks northeast of Kabul,
Afghan children liberated by the America
smile as they receive toys frm ISAF troops.
========= Qiqihar =========
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
In Qiqihar, Hailongjiang Province, China, a villager
displays some of the 17 chemical bombs that he unearthed
from his vegetable field.
In Qiqihar, Hailongjiang Province, Japanese and Chinese experts dig for chemical weapons
abandoned by Japanese troops during the World War II.
========= Washington =========
WHY IS THIS WOMAN SMILING?
In Washington, DC, the new Iraqi Ambassador Rend Al-Rahim
smiles after her country's embassy opened June 30, 2004.
President Bush and Paul Bremer wave from the steps of the Old Executive Office Building adjacent to the in the White House.
=========== Titan ===========
Saturn's moon Titan, were taken by the Cassini spacecraft's
visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, Saturday, July 3, 2004,
show its southern hemisphere. The different colors in the images
are due to different wavelengths of light. The left image shows,
in the darker regions possibly relatively pure water ice, while the
brighter regions likely have a much higher amount of non-ice materials
such as simple hydrocarbons. The middle image shows a very dark surface
almost everywhere, as expected for a surface of water ice and
simple hydrocarbons. The image on the right is similar to the left image,
indicating dark icy regions and brighter hydrocarbon-rich materials.
A bright cloud of methane particles is apparent in all three images
near the south pole.
Saturn's moon Titan, the southern hemisphere of the moon
in near-infrared .
Titan, true-color image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on June 10, 2004
and released by NASA on Friday, July 2, 2004. This atmosphere,
rich in organic material, gives the moon a smooth, featureless, orange glow.
END OF TRANSMISSION 7/4/4 .......... K
I'm feeling awfully depressed today, the day before America's 228th birthday and the day we celebrate our Independence.
I don't feel like smiling about all the good going on in the world this weekend.
I wish I could spend more time on FR, so that I'd feel more like smiling!!!!
Thank you, Diogenesis. Our brave men died for these wonderful pictures. We need to remember that tomorrow on our birthday.
LOL. Looks like Paul Bremer didn't even get a chance to change his footwear before showing up at the Old Executive Office Building. Or perhaps he just likes 'em.
"Saddam will return but until then, I have a new job!"
"Looks like Paul Bremer didn't even get a chance to change his footwear."
Yea....I noticed that too. :-}
Gotta see this bump.
Thank you, thank you, my friend! Cold eyes of Saddam's cohorts tell me there are cold hearts inside. I hope our guards made them stand for hours in the hot sun - each awaiting their own turn at the dock and sweating like the pigs that they are.
And I hope I live long enough to see them all executed.
OUTSTANDING!
Lando
That pic of Saddass Insane in chains made my Holiday D.......thank you .
Stay safe !
Iyad Allawi has charisma, and an excellent command of the English language.
Happy Independence Day U.S.A!!!
They all need to be dressed in orange jumpsuits.
GOD BLESS THE USA :)
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!
brings to mind that old joke...
what do you call an islamist in a suit.
defendant.
WHOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The expressions on the faces of the former Baathiists belies fear, defiance, anger, and a certain expectation of impending judgment.
Amazing pictures as always. Thanks! Is Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti wiping away tears? Not such a tough guy after all.
Islamic Commies on a perp walk. Doesn't get better than that.
And why, if Islam is the religion of peace (TROP), are Imam's so frequently shown holding up a rifle during their prayer services.
The old story is, you earn the face you get. Those are the most evil looking men I have ever seen. The old story is true.
The photos of the Baathists and Saddam, in the dock, are simply overwhelming! To see these animals finally being held accountable for their crimes, by the very people they oppressed for so many years, is awesome. What wonderful liberators our troops are, and how brave are the nations that are our allies!
We have so much for which to thank God.
Thanks so much, Dio! Great work! You simply are the best at this and I thank you again! Have a super 4th of July! Carry on!
HiJinx, your tagline cracks me up! Count your blessings, including the fact that you're a conservative and are a citizen of the greatest nation in the world.
Great work as always, Dio!!!!
And then some.
You got that right. May we all never forget who started this war,
what has already been found of the WMD,
and how close we came to losing by doing nothing for decades.
========= Chemical Warhead found in Kirkuk =============
Chemical warhead found at an Iraqi air base, marked with a green band,
the symbol for chemical weaponry. Trace amounts of a nerve agent were found
at two spots along the ~meter-long warhead. These amounts are consistent with
leakage from the chemically armed weapon. A 13-foot missile was found next to it.
========= Halabja =========
Dead children, previously playing in Halabja
Victims of Saddams' WMD in March 1988. 
Partial list - Also found in Iraq:
* A clandestine network of laboratories and safehouses within the Iraqi Intelligence Service
that contained equipment subject to UN monitoring and suitable for continuing CBW research.
* A prison laboratory complex, possibly used in human testing of BW agents, that Iraqi officials
working to prepare for UN inspections were explicitly ordered not to declare to the UN.
* Reference strains of biological organisms concealed in a scientist's home,
one of which can be used to produce biological weapons.
* New research on BW-applicable agents, Brucella and Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF),
and continuing work on ricin and aflatoxin were not declared to the UN.
* Documents and equipment, hidden in scientists' homes, that would have been useful in
resuming uranium enrichment by centrifuge and electromagnetic isotope separation (EMIS).
* A line of UAVs not fully declared at an undeclared production facility and an admission
that they had tested one of their declared UAVs out to a range of 500 km, 350 km beyond the permissible limit.
* Continuing covert capability to manufacture fuel propellant useful only for prohibited SCUD variant missiles,
a capability that was maintained at least until the end of 2001 and that cooperating Iraqi scientists
have said they were told to conceal from the UN.
* Plans and advanced design work for new long-range missiles with ranges up to at least 1000 km -
well beyond the 150 km range limit imposed by the UN. Missiles of a 1000 km range would have allowed
Iraq to threaten targets through out the Middle East, including Ankara, Cairo, and Abu Dhabi.
Clandestine attempts between late-1999 and 2002 to obtain from North Korea technology
related to 1,300 km range ballistic missiles --probably the No Dong -- 300 km range anti-ship cruise missiles,
and other prohibited military equipment.
Still missing based on the UNSCOM report to the UN Security Council in January 1999,
when the UN inspectors left Iraq in 1998, they had been unable to account for:
• up to 360 tons of bulk chemical warfare agents, including 1.5 tons of VX nerve agent;
• up to 3,000 tons of precursor chemicals, including approximately 300 tons which,
in the Iraqi chemical warfare program, were unique to the production of VX;
• growth media procured for biological agent production (enough to produce
over three times the 8,500 litres of anthrax spores Iraq admitted to UN inspectors to having manufactured);
• over 30,000 special munitions for delivery of chemical and biological agents;
• 20 al-Hussein missles with a range of 650 km, in violation
of UN Security Council Resolution 687 (Iraq had told UNSCOM that it filled these warheads with anthrax and botulinum);
• 2,850 tons of mustard gas, 210 tons of tabun, and 795 tons of sarin and cyclosarin;
• development of the Al-Samoud short-range missle (which had the capability to fly beyond the 150 km allowed by UN resolutions)
=========== French missiles FIRST given to Iraq to be USED Against US and Coalition Heroes =========
French missiles found by the Poles, and to protect France, blown up.
Froggies said they did not say "2003". LOL. Decide for yourself.
Iraqi missiles given to, and now located in, Syria:
========= RUSSIAN MISSILES AND DIRTY BOMBS FOUND IN IRAQ =========
Russian-made R-60, NATO AA-8 Aphid, air-to-air missiles were found..
The Russian-made missiles are >6 feet long. Each carries 3.5 pounds of uranium.
wrapped around a high explosive warhead (13.2-pound) making a "dirty bomb".
Freedom Smiles
Freedom smiles
For all the world to see
Justice, though delayed
Wins sure victory
Freedom smiles
As the tyrant dies
Finally the fear
Is in his eyes
Freedom smiles
As the captive goes free
If free men will fight
So it ever shall be
EV
Outstanding!...HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY,
...AMERICA...HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE...
Here! Here!
Hi Nauti! Long time no see...(we met at Sarasota lunch with Julie and Leni). Hope all is well with you.
Happy Birthday to our great country. God bless America, our military and our good President!
..America, Home of the Free because of the Brave...
Meg, this is SO TRUE. This sentence puts everything into perspective. Thanks for posting this wonderful line.
Happy July 4th! God bless our great country, our brave military and our good President.
Why am I Smiling
Cause America is Free and Freedom is Great
Thanks Dio
and A Bump for Freedom Truth and Heroes.
RB
BUMP
A big thanks and a big BTTT!
WOW... your threads are SO awesome! Thank you.
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
Always good to see a new Local opening. :-)
Thomas Hamill and Kellie at the Fourth of July celebration, Saturday, July 3, 2004 perhaps remembering the journey from fuel truck in Iraq, through ambush, kidnapping and imprisonment in a farmhouse
50 miles north of Baghdad until May 2 when HE took a daring initiative.
Thomas Hamill, in Macon, Mississippi, is "Smiling
Cause America is Free and Freedom is Great"
as Rightly Biased correctly points out.
All the best on July 4th to my FReeper and lurker friends.
Your pics just blow me away!
Thank you so much for all you do.
Happy Fourth of July!
Bump for Americas Birthday
Happy 228th America Thanks for letting me take part in your celebration
In Baghdad, Iraq, U.S. Army heroes carry company flags
at the team start of a 3.1-mile road race at Camp Victory,
hours ago, Sunday, July 4, 2004.
The Winner. In Baghdad, Iraq, U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Spc. Steven Phillips, of Perry, NY,
won the 3.1-mile road race at Camp Victory
========= Enigma Redux =========
Photograph made available by the Polish Army on July 2, 2004
which shows artillery shells found by Polish troops
in Iraq on June 16, 2004. Artillery shells found by Polish troops in Iraq
definitely contained the deadly nerve agent cyclosarin, the Polish army said
on Friday.
=========== Titan ===========
Titan's south polar region acquired as Cassini passed
by at a range of 210,600 miles on July 2, 2004
and released July 3, were acquired through special filters
designed to see through the thick haze and atmosphere.
The surface features become more blurry toward the limb,
where the light reflected off the surface must pass through more
atmosphere before reaching the camera. The bright spots near the
bottom represent a field of clouds near the south pole.
There are many strange dark and bright patterns on Titan's surface -
linear, sinuous and circular - whose origins are not yet understood.
The smallest features detected on the surface are about 6 miles wide.
**..America, Home of the Free because of the Brave...
Meg, this is SO TRUE. This sentence puts everything into perspective. Thanks for posting this wonderful line.
Happy July 4th! God bless our great country, our brave military and our good President.**
I agree ...... notice the tagline I've had for a year now !
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