[spodefly]

The United States will launch its all-out attack to oust - and kill - Saddam Hussein by Nov. 30

How sneaky of us. Should we broadcast the exact position and troop sizes too?

[Lancey Howard]

LOL, the disinformation campaign never stops.
Saddam, and more importantly his military officers, must be pooping themselves. I mean, they have been waiting for the imminent attack for nearly a year now. They can't have any nerves left.

I think we go in on September 14th. Just a guess.

[Straight Vermonter]

September 7 is the day. A new moon and it will mean US troops are killing Arabs on Sept 11.

[piasa]

Well, if you can't dazzle 'em with what ye know, baffle 'em with bullsnot.

[Timm]

...a U.S. military delegation revealed the outline of the plans in briefings with Israeli and Jordanian military officers.

Yeah, Bush's telling the Jordanians our war plans, months in advance. The U.S. Congress and many of Bush's inner circle, however, is being kept in the dark.

We can only imagine the reportorial skill involved in scooping an important, difficult story like this one. It's the most important piece of news since we learned the CIA crashed the jets into the WTC.

[Shenandoah]

I was kind of hoping we'd launch the attack on my birthday.

[Lion's Cub]

I hope this was designed to help the Israelis test for leaks.

[dennisw]

Rock the (Iraqi) Casbah! During the new moon.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html#y2002

 

2002 Phases of the Moon

Universal Time (Greenwich mean time)

      NEW MOON    FIRST QUARTER        FULL MOON     LAST QUARTER

       d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m

                                                   JAN.   6  3 55
JAN.  13 13 29   JAN.  21 17 46   JAN.  28 22 50   FEB.   4 13 33
FEB.  12  7 41   FEB.  20 12 02   FEB.  27  9 17   MAR.   6  1 24
MAR.  14  2 02   MAR.  22  2 28   MAR.  28 18 25   APR.   4 15 29
APR.  12 19 21   APR.  20 12 48   APR.  27  3 00   MAY    4  7 16
MAY   12 10 45   MAY   19 19 42   MAY   26 11 51   JUNE   3  0 05
JUNE  10 23 46   JUNE  18  0 29   JUNE  24 21 42   JULY   2 17 19
JULY  10 10 26   JULY  17  4 47   JULY  24  9 07   AUG.   1 10 22
AUG.   8 19 15   AUG.  15 10 12   AUG.  22 22 29   AUG.  31  2 31
SEPT.  7  3 10   SEPT. 13 18 08   SEPT. 21 13 59   SEPT. 29 17 03
OCT.   6 11 18   OCT.  13  5 33   OCT.  21  7 20   OCT.  29  5 28
NOV.   4 20 34   NOV.  11 20 52   NOV.  20  1 34   NOV.  27 15 46
DEC.   4  7 34   DEC.  11 15 49   DEC.  19 19 10   DEC.  27  0 31

[VRWC_minion]

If Bush is going to send in military he will do so on a timetable that is best for military success regardless of poltical timing, religious holidays, or aniversaries.

[Lynn]

One of the most blatantly misleading, bogus, horsecrap editorials I have ever seen...this is not the way it will happen

[mhking]

What moron believes that we'd print this date and tell Saddam, hey! circle it on your calendar!

F&F this morning was doing a phone poll on the 11/30 date. Please.

If anything, we'll be moping up by then. I'm still holding to September.

[js1138]

"According to what we read and hear, the attack might take place between the end of this year and the beginning of next year," he said.

Cool. Midnight in the garden of war and peace.

[maquiladora]

Bullsh!t