'Gulf War 2 Will Start On March 13'

IOL ^ | 3-3-2003

[blam]

'Gulf War 2 will start on March 13'

March 03 2003 at 12:55PM

London - An American-led war on Iraq could start as early as March 13, just a day after a new resolution on Iraq is put to a vote at the United Nations Security Council, Britain's best-selling Sun newspaper said on Monday.

"The timing is tactical," a "top US intelligence source" told the tabloid - whose owner Rupert Murdoch has personally came out in support of United States President George Bush's Iraq policy.

"The moment we know we have the nine votes needed, we will go for it. The military won't hang around after that," the source said, referring to the number of votes required for a Security Council majority.

The Sun also reported that allied commanders expect a war on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime to be "soon, swift and short," with a "bombing blitz" to be unleashed for the first 10 days.

Keeping up its running anti-French campaign, the paper said French President Jacques Chirac - who wants to avert a war by beefing up UN inspections - would be "one of the first casualties of the conflict, apart from Saddam".

It quoted Bush as having told "the posturing Frenchman" in a telephone call last week: "President Chirac, we will not forgive and we will not forget." - Sapa-AFP

[airborne]

I think the official start of Act 2 of Gulf War 1 will probably be given some catchy name by the PTB. That should be the betting pool date of record.

[Hatteras]

I'm just waiting for Billy Graham to stop in for a visit at the White House...

[aristeides]

The fact that Germany had massively violated the Versailles Treaty before 1939 does not stop people from giving World War II that name.

[Overtaxed]

Full moon on the 18th.

[airborne]

I was born in 1961, so I was really in no position to point out their error. ;^)

[Hatteras]

Hmmm, It's midnight in Baghdad...

[gulfcoast6]

He has a direct line to God and does not have to get TV coverage, and oh yeah, no 'knee pad' interns. He just will do it and get on wife life.

[Sloth]

You wouldn't want the US to act unilaterally without Cameroon's permission, would you?!

[Hatteras]

Billy Graham was GHWB's "spiritual advisor" and met with him in the Oval Office to pray on the eve of Desert Storm in 1991 before the attack was launched.

[mhking]

Hmmm, It's midnight in Baghdad...

The second hand sweeps slowly toward midnight.