ABC News - Three Key Leaders Believed Killed in Baghdad

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[Becki]

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.

You lose!!!

Becki

[tessalu]

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's top aide Izzat Ibrahim is
just about as ugly as they can get.

[doug from upland]

Yes, I can't wait for official confirmation about Saddam and his two little demon seeds. If all these people were really there that night, this is one of the most brilliant military moves ever.

[txrangerette]

Howlin, this ? has been settled before
it even came up. A set of thugs, all
key to military command & control, in
war, meeting in one place. Too bad(ha)
if Saddam(a military guy, too) happens
to be among them - they're targets and
LEGIT ONES.

Not the same as civilian assassination
and not prohibited...

[Farnham]

Have we heard anything on Uday's other brothers : Aday,Eday,Iday,Oday and sometimes Yday ?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

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

"He's dead, Jim."

[Fury]

Indeed, it is good news that Majid is not around to cause trouble. He was in Saddam's trusted circle and was one of the people that Hussein had confidence in to carry out his wishes. With Majid gone, a large part of the WMD wildcard is not an issue.

[Semper Paratus]

he'd have been on LIVE TV already

He would have named this by now as the "Mother-in-law of All Battles"

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

what was the justification for striking Saddam the other night? I know what they hoped to accomplish, but how did they justify getting around that prohibition?

Enemy combatant (including leadership) in war is fair game.

[Howlin]

So, it was sort of like "One, two, three, GO, bam?"

[Howlin]

[EarlyBird]

(To the tune of "Timothy Leary's Dead")

Chemical Ali's dead.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, he's splatterred, on the wall.
Chemical Ali's dead.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, he's splatterred, on the wall.
He'll fly his Al Sammoud,
Takes you trips that are one way,
He won't be back anytime today,
Chemical Ali. Chemical Ali.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

So, it was sort of like "One, two, three, GO, bam?"

That's about it. Or maybe it was "One, twothreego, WHAM!"

BTW, I heard on the radio this morning an account of the last minute decicion making that preceded this event, which was a last minute change in the war plan due to the opportunity that arose. After the round table discussion, GW said "OK, let's go" and the order was given with minutes to spare. Then GW had to give his hurried message from the oval office that the war was on. from what I have heard, the strike was probably VERY successful.

This can be contrasted with the recent revelations coming out about disgraced 42, wherein he passed up on an opportunity to take out OBL because he wouldn't break away from a golf tournament on TV (or so the story goes), this while having simultaneously misplacing the launch codes for the nuclear "football".

[Howlin]

I'm picturing the fight at the Hole in the Wall in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

[Atchafalaya]

I beleive Hamad made some reference to "the grave" in front of him or to come. Something like that. He should go work for the psychic hotline.

[Ditter]

Isn't he the one who said "I curse your moustache, you monkey" ? (I have used that line several times since I heard it) he he

[green team 1999]

"Chemical Ali" earned his chilling nickname by using chemical weapons to suppress a Kurdish rebellion in Northern Iraq in 1987 and 1988. Hundreds of villages were razed, and more than 100,000 Kurds died.

and the un still want more proof?

[Interesting Times]

I beleive Hamad made some reference to "the grave" in front of him or to come. Something like that. He should go work for the psychic hotline.

No, I think that was Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dissing Gaddafi. Something like "you are a liar and your grave awaits you."

[Sam Cree]

I kind of figure that 9/11 was the justification.