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Dead or Alive?
Ok so two weeks ago the US Gov't said they had excellent intelligence on Saddam's whereabouts leading to those missile strikes. Then there was a lot of discussion about whether he was dead or alive and the gov't stood firm about the credibility of their intelligence.

So errrr yesterday they bombed a restaurant in Mosul where "credible intelligence sources" had said Saddam was dining.

Hmm seems a bit silly to me. I guess as they didn't know if he was dead or not then they had to go ahead with the second attempt just to make sure but mm...
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Re: [Paul] Dead or Alive? In reply to
I think the truth of the matter is that no one really knows where he is, or whether he's dead or alive. Like most dictators, he has a number of doubles that are surgically altered to look almost exactly like him. I think I saw a report that a german analysis group determined that Saddam himself hasn't been seen even on television in 3-4 years.

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Re: [Jagerman] Dead or Alive? In reply to
Interesting. I thought I knew what he looked like. I saw one tape I thought was definitely him and the rest I thought were not, but now you've said that, I don't know.

The fact he's not been visible makes me think he's dead.
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Re: [Paul] Dead or Alive? In reply to
Maybe he's been dead for years, and his sons are really running things, but keeping the puppets around for show Sly

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Re: [Paul] Dead or Alive? In reply to
I really really doubt Saddam has been seen for years. I doubt anyone has seen him for four or even five years. It would be a total shock to me if he was in Iraq, that would be a complete suprise. I am certain he is another country; maybe Syria, where he has been hiding for some time.

He's too clever to be in Baghdaad. Wherever he is, I don't think "us" will ever ever "catch" him.

- wil
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Re: [Wil] Dead or Alive? In reply to
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... I don't think "us" will ever ever "catch" him.

Us against them.

... and America is commonly referred to as "the US". Coincidence? Wink

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