saddam offers money for kills

[mysecondstar]

saddam has hit an all time low. he is offering $14,000 for every kill and $28,000 for every soldier captured in this campaign. isn't that just peachy...

[Ted-Easton]

heh. The American forces should cash in and sell all Saddam's soldiers back to him at $28,000 apiece.
Lord only knows how many Iraqis the Americans will capture.
From what I've heard, they're postponing their attack, because they doubt the Iraqi leadership still exists.
Defence has been haphazard and uncoordinated, and it seems there's no orders coming from above to Iraqi troops.

[mysecondstar]

speculation at the Pentagon is that saddam hussein is either dead or badly injured because there were reports of an ambulance rushing over to that bunker.

[Ted-Easton]

They know exactly which Bunker he's in? Shouldn't be too hard to kill him, then.
I'm fairly sure they are unaware of his whereabouts.

[mysecondstar]

At 3/21/03 07:33 AM, Ted_Easton wrote: They know exactly which Bunker he's in? Shouldn't be too hard to kill him, then.
I'm fairly sure they are unaware of his whereabouts.

supposedly the CIA had, they said beyond a reasonable doubt, evidence that they knew where saddam hussein and his two sons were. so instead of the "shock and awe" campaign, the US decided to go with specified strikes on "points of interest".

[JMHX]

At 3/21/03 08:12 AM, mysecondstar wrote:

At 3/21/03 07:33 AM, Ted_Easton wrote: They know exactly which Bunker he's in? Shouldn't be too hard to kill him, then.
I'm fairly sure they are unaware of his whereabouts.

supposedly the CIA had, they said beyond a reasonable doubt, evidence that they knew where saddam hussein and his two sons were. so instead of the "shock and awe" campaign, the US decided to go with specified strikes on "points of interest".

They did say that, and for the most part I believe it, because it seems very plausible that Saddam would still be lying low in Baghdad. I doubt he expected a few pinpointed missiles ramming his compound/home. I heard they took a strike on his wife, too, but no one was injured in that one. It'd be nice to see Saddam dead on our first try.

[bumcheekcity]

if i was saddam, the last place i would be is in my palace. i would be in a bongalow, lying low, about 100 mioes from baghdad

[swayside]

At 3/22/03 10:35 AM, bumcheekcity wrote: if i was saddam, the last place i would be is in my palace. i would be in a bongalow, lying low, about 100 mioes from baghdad

if that's so, would you support us troops going there to search the area?

[NEMESiSZ]

Oh please, Iraq is like the Al Gore of the desert, just doesn't know when it's beaten.

[swayside]

At 3/22/03 08:34 PM, NEMESiSZ wrote: Oh please, Iraq is like the Al Gore of the desert, just doesn't know when it's beaten.

i shudder to think what our situation would be right now if al gore had been elected.

[NEMESiSZ]

Well, we would've found Bin Laden, that's for sure.

...because he'd be ruling the USA.

[swayside]

also, somewhere along the line, sadaam offer land to families that would give up a child for a suicide bombing.

[NJDeadzone]

At 3/21/03 07:23 AM, mysecondstar wrote: saddam has hit an all time low. he is offering $14,000 for every kill and $28,000 for every soldier captured in this campaign. isn't that just peachy...

why not? he has 12 billion to spend

[NJDeadzone]

that makes 857142 kills he could afford, we have less than 500000 out there.

[Der-Ubermensch]

At 3/22/03 11:26 PM, NJDeadzone wrote:

At 3/21/03 07:23 AM, mysecondstar wrote: saddam has hit an all time low. he is offering $14,000 for every kill and $28,000 for every soldier captured in this campaign. isn't that just peachy...

Well so far, it seems that those cashing in the checks are helicopter manufacturers and a soldier from the 101st...

[NJDeadzone]

unfortunately yes