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Offline Nash

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« on: June 24, 2003, 01:19:32 AM »
According to CNN, a Predator drone fired on cars possibly carrying top Iraqis. One Pentagon official said that before the attack there was "at least a hope" that Saddam or his sons might have been in the convoy.

Why are they trying to kill Saddam Hussein?
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2003, 01:45:03 AM »
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Why are they trying to kill Saddam Hussein?


Why not?
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2003, 02:53:25 AM »
News flash: US has been after Saddams head since the begining of their little war.. erm... live battle test range.
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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2003, 02:57:39 AM »
Those drones are armed now? Didn't know that.

I wonder when they are going to come here & hire the remote pileits for those... ;)
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2003, 04:01:05 AM »
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"Why not?"


why?
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2003, 04:21:47 AM »
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Those drones are armed now? Didn't know that.

I wonder when they are going to come here & hire the remote pileits for those... ;)


They have been armed since early in the afghan war. Apparently one of them actually had Mullah Omar's personal vehicle in its sights waiting to fire but the military was not yet clear on what they were allowed to do wrt such attacks and so had to consult pentagon lawyers on the matter, in the meantime they lost track of Omar.. :(


Nash it would be nice to kill Saddam, plus it's likely they just destroyed certain vehicles in the convoy by air - in fact we know ground units were involved in the action right after the airstrikes. Our soldiers even chased some of the convoy riders into syrian territory which caused a minor skirmish with syrian border gurds some of who were wounded and are still being treated by US Army medics.
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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2003, 04:29:48 AM »
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Why are they trying to kill Saddam Hussein?


Because Saddam Hussein is a madman, presumably still in control of some fraction of armed terrorists (ex iraqi military) and possibly still with access to wmd's.

He is still a threat to us, and he is DEFINITIVELY a threat to US forces in Iraq.
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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2003, 04:32:51 AM »
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Because Saddam Hussein is a madman, presumably still in control of some fraction of armed terrorists (ex iraqi military) and possibly still with access to wmd's.


Yes. if he "still" has access to WMD´s i think he would have used them by now, after all hes an madman...
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« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2003, 04:33:42 AM »
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Yes. if he "still" has access to WMD´s i think he would have used them by now, after all hes an madman...


Yes, and "reasonable logic" is applicable on insane persons since when?
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« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2003, 04:34:35 AM »
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Why are they trying to kill Saddam Hussein?


Its common practice for U.S to assasinate/eliminate leaders/ex-leaders of the other countries.

Not sure how correct this list is but if even 1/3:rd is right... wtg :)

1949 - Kim Koo, Korean opposition leader

1950s,1962 - Sukarno, President of Indonesia

1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premier of North Korea

1953 - Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran

1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader

1955 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India

1957 - Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt

1959, 1963, 1969 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia

1960 - Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader of Iraq

1950s-70s - José Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two attempts on his life

1961 - Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, leader of Haiti

1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo (Zaire)

1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican Republic

1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam

1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, many attempts on his life

1960s - Raúl Castro, high official in government of Cuba

1965 - Francisco Caamaño, Dominican Republic opposition leader

1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader

1970 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile

1970 - Gen. Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army, Chile

1970s, 1981 - General Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama

1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama Intelligence

1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire

1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica

1980-1986 - Muammar Qaddafi, leader of Libya, several plots and attempts upon his life

1982 - Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran

1983 - Gen. Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan Army commander

1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua

1984 - The nine comandantes of the Sandinista National Directorate

1985 - Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanese Shiite leader (80 people killed in the attempt)

1991 - Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq

1998, 2001-2 - Osama bin Laden, leading Islamic militant

1999 - Slobodan Milosevic, President of Yugoslavia
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« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2003, 04:38:57 AM »
1970 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile

Good call! :D
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« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2003, 04:40:24 AM »
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Yes, and "reasonable logic" is applicable on insane persons since when?


We could argue on forever about what "reasonable logic" is in this case...
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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2003, 05:09:05 AM »
So Saddam Hussein has the WMD in the back of his car, ready to be deployed at 45 minutes notice?
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« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2003, 05:14:44 AM »
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So Saddam Hussein has the WMD in the back of his car, ready to be deployed at 45 minutes notice?


Was that what I said?

My bet is that they are hidden somewhere, and Saddam Hussein knows where. Now I have no idea exactly where they are hidden and how... But if there is ANYONE who knows where they are, it is SH.
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« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2003, 05:14:56 AM »
Maybe he ate beans and some spicy iraqi food before that car trip?
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