Posted on 04/07/2003 9:50:43 AM PDT by whyte_nite
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 7 — In the deepest penetration yet into the Iraqi capital, U.S. forces seized one of Saddam Hussein’s presidential palaces in a show of force designed to prove the coalition could enter Baghdad with impunity. But at least eight U.S. troops were reported killed, while Baghdad’s hospitals were inundated with dead and injured Iraqis, underscoring the heightened danger of urban warfare. Meantime, Iraq’s information minister insisted the coalition advance it was an illusion. “There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad at all,” Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said, standing on a Baghdad rooftop as sirens blared and smoke billowed into the sky.
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I think this guy watched "Blazing Saddles" once too many times but he STILL got it wrong... They built the cardboard Baghdad in the desert to fool the Coalition... and then THEY moved into it!
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