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"Saddam Hussein is wearing an explosive belt, for use if he is captured by U.S. forces"
Haaretz News Ticker ^ | 7/30/2003 11:25AM Israel Time | Itim

Posted on 07/30/2003 2:00:58 AM PDT by yonif

London-based Al Hayat newspaper: Saddam Hussein is wearing an explosive belt, for use if he is captured by U.S. forces.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: belt; deadoralive; decapitation; explosives; saddam; vest; viceisclosing
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1 posted on 07/30/2003 2:00:58 AM PDT by yonif
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To: yonif

That's not surprising considering his career before politics.

2 posted on 07/30/2003 2:04:02 AM PDT by zarf (Dan Rather is god.)
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To: yonif
Proof that So D*mned Insane(Hussein) truly is a WHACKO!!!!
3 posted on 07/30/2003 2:08:11 AM PDT by Defender2 (Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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To: yonif
One full metal jacketed slug right between the eyes should solve that problem.
4 posted on 07/30/2003 2:09:24 AM PDT by exnavy
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To: yonif
Debka reports:

Al Hayat: Saddam vows never to be caught alive or let his body be displayed. In low spirits, he wears two bomb-belts day and night and keeps on the move. He took part in April 7 battle for Baghdad airport, was wounded in left shoulder.

More than 170 suspected Saddam loyalists detained in Iraq Tuesday in scores of American raids which Washington believes are closing in on deposed Iraqi ruler

5 posted on 07/30/2003 2:18:38 AM PDT by adam_az
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To: adam_az
bttt
6 posted on 07/30/2003 2:22:32 AM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: Miss Marple
fyi..
7 posted on 07/30/2003 2:26:12 AM PDT by Dog (Drove my Jagwire to the Quagmire but the Quagmire was DRY!!!)
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To: exnavy
One full metal jacketed slug right between the eyes should solve that problem.

Either that or about a thousand rounds of .223 through the belt. The maggot is soon-to-be-toast either way. And good riddance!
8 posted on 07/30/2003 2:31:18 AM PDT by Thorondir
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To: Thorondir
No doubt that either would solve the problem!
9 posted on 07/30/2003 2:34:57 AM PDT by exnavy
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To: yonif
What makes this Saddam Hussein Idiot Thug thinks that anyone wants to take him alive?
10 posted on 07/30/2003 2:49:00 AM PDT by FreePaul
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To: yonif
They should make sure that the troops that find Saddam, have plenty of cameras to get him exploding in live action if possible. His fellow Arab cowards can then enjoy watching Saddam exploding to pieces over and over again on the television.

Maybe the Arab cowards will then realize the full stupidity of what they have been fighting for. The real shame is that the Iraq people will not be able to drag his complete body through the streets by a rope around his neck and beat him with their shoes and dance on his dead body. That would be so much better than the statue they tore down.

Of course we know that Saddam Hussein is such a coward that he will never allow someone to capture him alive so that he would have to suffer like so many others who suffered at his cowardly insane hands.
11 posted on 07/30/2003 2:51:21 AM PDT by herkbird (Ask for what you want, and you may receive something unexpected!)
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To: yonif
I'd say he's pretty damn smart from a tactical sense if you ask me, although in a very sick and demented way. Wearing that explosives belt will automatically do 1 of 2 things for him.

1.) Wearing the belt will cause our troops to be very careful how they approach him trying to kill him before he blows himself up so they will have proof for the Iraqi people that he is in fact dead. Which in essence will put them in more danger and open to sniper attacks from anyone traveling with him that is on watch.

2.) He detonates the belt killing himself but not leaving behind any visible proof that it was in fact him (Iraqi's are not gonna believe DNA results from us). Then most likely he will have a stash of pre recorded tapes that will be left behind and sent in to arab tv stations over a period of weeks and months to give the effect that he is still in fact alive.

Remember this sorry prick has tortured these people for a very long time and they are very afraid of him. I remember something in another thread about some believing he has magical powers (while some scoff at that thinking these people who believe that are wacko I say given the power he had and the terror he reigned upon them I can understand the belief they have in that).

I hope the troops are able to get him before he is able to detonate that belt. Cause things are not gonna go well for the troops if he can't be identified and shown to the Iraqi people. But what worries me most is what will happen to the troops cause that may leave an opening for more attacks if we can't prove he is dead and more tapes come out.

That's my thought's anyway...
12 posted on 07/30/2003 3:02:25 AM PDT by RepublicanArmy (God bless our Troops, Our President, & God Bless America!!!)
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To: yonif
Re #1

I remember seeing this story in this forum several weeks ago. It must be that the old story is getting a new attention.

13 posted on 07/30/2003 3:14:25 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: RepublicanArmy
I think you nailed it pretty well. But I still bet we catch him, and catch him alive.

30 million and a ticket out of Iraq to easy street is a mighty strong incentive and despite his use of religious rhetoric he has very little in the way or Islamic credentials or credibility -- so I am pretty sure someone is going to drop a dime on him.
14 posted on 07/30/2003 3:15:26 AM PDT by Ronin (Qui tacet consentit!)
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To: Ronin
Yeah I hope so cause I don't want that bastard to get off that easy and hurt or kill our troops in the process.
15 posted on 07/30/2003 3:23:20 AM PDT by RepublicanArmy (God bless our Troops, Our President, & God Bless America!!!)
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To: yonif
Hey, cool, a reactive target. I love those things.
16 posted on 07/30/2003 4:07:05 AM PDT by Rifleman
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Taking him alive is only going to cause us more headaches.  I can hear the frogs and bucketheads calling for a trial at the hague right now.  The sooner we find him and send him to meet allah in hell, the better.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”


17 posted on 07/30/2003 4:12:41 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel ("Europeans lost the will to live the moral life long ago." - Ben Shapiro)
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To: RepublicanArmy
He detonates the belt killing himself but not leaving behind any visible proof that it was in fact him

Many suicide belts leave both the head and the feet pretty well intact. Do you remember the Pally bomber whose head was left standing on the stump of his neck in the middle of the street?

18 posted on 07/30/2003 4:15:23 AM PDT by aBootes
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To: yonif
he's been so out of touch with reality he probably thinks he can survive to keep fighting as radical muslims take over the world
19 posted on 07/30/2003 4:16:25 AM PDT by alrea
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To: RepublicanArmy
Remember the Pali that blew himself up with a belt and ended up losing his head in one piece. That's what we want.
20 posted on 07/30/2003 4:24:28 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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