ABC News - Three Key Leaders Believed Killed in Baghdad

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[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I hope Chemical Ali enjoys what hell has to offer him. I hope he gets punished the same way he lived, a la Dante's Inferno.

[AmericanInTokyo]

"The three I admire the least today,

Saddam the Father, Qusay, Uday

President Bush had made them pay

The day...the music.....DIED."

[JustPiper]

They just said we needed to get him minutes ago on FNC, why did they not have this?

[steveegg]

I'd like to see them too. Too bad there isn't a camera yet that can survive a ton of explosives going off right behind it.

[flying Elvis]

Fertilizer Ali

[~Vor~]

"Izatt Ibrahaim al Douri"

Anybody know if he's any relation to Iraqi's ambassador to the UN, Mohammed al douri?

[redheadtoo]

ABC news has just reported that the CIA believes that Saddam survived the attack. But they reported earlier that it was believed that Uday was killed in the air strike.

[k2blader]

Bump!

[Ann Archy]

Why do I have a warm and fuzzy feeling?? Chemical Ali assumed room tempature..only the room was about 2500 DEGREES!!

[coloradan]

Fertilizer Ali? More like wall tinting Ali.

[steveegg]

It is an ABC exclusive, from CIA sources. Take it for what it's worth.

[Minty]

Does that mean he didn't qualified for the 70 virgins? What a heartbreak this must have been for him!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Taha Yasin Ramadan is a member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle and is known as one of the Iraqi president's "enforcers. Vice-President Ramadan is often sent abroad as the Iraqi leader's envoy and has held numerous senior posts since the Baath Party seized power in 1968. He once led the Popular Army, a large paramilitary force tasked with protecting the regime. It was disbanded in 1991 when he became vice-president. When made industry minister in the 1970s, he reportedly told colleagues: "I don't know anything about industry. All I know is that anyone who doesn't work hard will be executed." He has been accused by Iraqi exiles of crimes against humanity for his role in crushing the Shia uprising in southern Iraq in 1991 and his alleged involvement in the killing of thousands of Kurds in the north in 1988. Born to a peasant family in the northern region of Mosul, he worked as a bank clerk after completing his secondary education. He rose through the ranks of the Baath Party, and joined the regime's powerful Revolution Command Council after the coup. He still sits on it today. (Well, actually, NOT ANY MORE!!!) Known abroad as a hawk who does not mince his words, he recently suggested that Saddam Hussein and US President George W Bush should settle their differences in a duel with weapons of their choice. Mr Ramadan once described the 1991 Gulf War as a victory for Baghdad since it marked "the beginning of saying no to the forces of aggression". Together with Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and Foreign Minister Naji Sabri, he made the rounds of Arab nations during the pre-war standoff with the United States. "US threats will not scare us," he is quoted as saying. Washington has shown considerable interest in him for some time, after opposition forces claimed he hosted Osama Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in Baghdad in 1998. He recently told the pan-Arab MBC television channel the Bush administration "is Zionist... more Zionist than the Jews". Mr Ramadan has survived a number of assassination attempts, including two in 1997 and one in 1999. There are reports that he disagreed with Saddam Hussein over economic policies in the 1980s. Unlike others who have taken issue with the Iraqi leader, Mr Ramadan lived to tell the tale and is arguably stronger today than ever. (From BBC)

[Smedley]

Three top Iraqi leaders, including the infamous man known as "Chemical Ali," are dead ...

Bad News for www.DemocraticUnderground.com

[demlosers]

Islamic Summit Rocked as Iraq Slams Kuwait;Shut up you ... (U.S.) agent, you monkey.

In a clash caught on live television before the Qatar state broadcaster shut down transmission, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's top aide Izzat Ibrahim departed from his text to zero in on the Kuwaitis sitting across the conference chamber.

"Shut up you minion, you (U.S.) agent, you monkey. You are addressing Iraq," Ibrahim said. "You are insolent. You are a traitor to the Islamic nation," he spat out as Qatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani tried to shut him up.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's top aide Izzat Ibrahim

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[AmericanInTokyo]

"(V.P. Ramadan) recently suggested that Saddam Hussein and US President George W Bush should settle their differences in a duel with weapons of their choice."

BUSH TOOK HIM UP ON IT!!! :-) LOL!!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Well, he's doing a damned poor job of managing his commanders in the South, if he's alive.

[Teacher317]

"And like that....he was gone...."

Usual Suspects quote bump!

[FBD]

Ping: Chemical Ali and two other top wacky Iraqis reported to be room temperature!

Plenty of rumors as to the whereabouts of Saddam and Sons, also.