CBS Radio just announced

[Judi Lynn]

the Misadministration will be issuing photos later this morning of the dead bodies of Saddam Hussein's two sons to convince the Iraqiis they've been destroyed.

[NNN0LHI]

1. CNN just said the bodies are in such bad shape they will not be diplayed

[karlschneider]

2. But, but...they were identified! From pictures!!!!

:eyes:

[greyl]

7. Now it's from med and dental records

according Gen Sanchez this morning.

[tekriter]

12. Dental records???

Wasn't it Jerry Seinfeld who said "if the police don't know who the dead body is, how do they know who his dentist was?"

[saigon68]

33. YOU MEAN WE CAN'T SEE THE CHARRED BODIES???

This administration is simply no "fun" at all </sarcasm>

[pfitz59]

35. Not charred..... freezerburn!

Pulled 'em outta the morgue at an opportune time. Wonderful distractor........

[saigon68]

36. HEY MAUDE, GET THE KIDS UP CHECK THIS OUT ON TV

These photos are going to be someones downfall. No sarcasm here. if they are as bad as I think they may be there will be nothing remarkable about any of them.

The sheep however, will celebrate.

[dusty64]

3. I won't believe it till

I see it. If they don't release irrefutable proof they are lying, AGAIN!

[Gin]

4. A CNN correspsondent said yesterday that the bodies were charred..

this is another manipulation by Rove to take the heat off.

[underpants]

6. Hadley falls on sword/Pfc.Lynch comes home hmmmmm

I guess they didn't want a long discussion of Jessica's "rescue" (I'm all for it but we know it was 'managed') :tinfoilhat:

[Devils Advocate NZ]

25. Don't forget...

That the same special forces group (Task Force 20) that "rescued" Lynch also lead this "raid".

The US command says that Task Force 20 was created to hunt for the Husseins and WMD, but it seems they were actually created to give Bush "positive publicity" exactly when he needs it.

[Fovea]

21. But it will not

take the heat off.
I think if anything, this lack of respect for Iraqi
sensibilities will just cause more rebellion.

[OldEuropean]

5. Real ones?

Didn't they had half a dozend doubles? Even if they show some corpses which look somewhat like U & Q, how does that proof that those are the real bastards?

[MODemocrat]

39. Believe NOTHING you hear from the Bush gang

My husband's quote, and I believe he has it right. That's what I'm beginning to do, and it makes me feel a lot better.

[Sushi_lover]

8. strange

We've gone from "they were too shot up to be recognizable"
to this.

Holy cow. It's like a poorly produced TV show with giant gaps of story-line continuity. Berthold Brecht said art would come to this, but I had no idea journalism would too.

[MoonRiver]

9. The world will only believe this if the UN conducts DNA testing.

That will never happen though. Meanwhile, whether the sons are dead or alive this story will simply instigate more violence against our already beleaguered (sp.?) troops. I can't imagine the stress of walking around every day, knowing that there are hidden eyes behind guns pointed right at you, as well as booby traps just waiting to be detonated as your military vehicle rolls over them. Our soldiers have said they feel like sitting ducks, and I feel so sorry for them. :scared:

[Atlant]

11. Why would DNA testing convince anyone?

Did the US hire some trusted third party to obtain clandestine
samples of all of its global enemies?

Or were we planning on cloning our puppet dictators?

Atlant

[malachi]

10. Convince the Iraqis?

That's a good one.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

13. get ready

For gruesome televised mutilation of American soldiers' remains to follow this. Lovely.

[salin]

23. Exactly - what is this "bring it on" mentality - don't they get

that this would be an "inciting" action? Making those who are already harboring anger, especially if they feel any loyalty to Hussein (and as hard as it is to fathom, given the brutality of his regime, those folks still exist), will have their rage further inflamed.

How does this benefit the US soldiers that we sent over there on cooked up pretenses?

Oh, thats right, the chickenhawks are all about superficial swagger with NO real concern for the realities on the ground. That is why they would plan this action with absolutely NO contigency planning for the (likely - duh) event that they were not greeting throughout the land with carpets of rose pedals.

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. "An eye for an eye leaves the whole World blind."

:-(

[LuminousX]

14. DNA and OJ

Just because the DNA matches doesn't mean you'll get a conviction.

[DancingBear]

16. Yes, but will

* start off his Rose Garden remarks by saying:

If it's Qusay and Uday
You must say Hooray!

[Bozola]

15. ..and the misadministration will express complete suprise...

when the Iraqi population collectively fails to give a sh*t and steps up their guerilla war.

[hatrack]

17. That's what I don't understand

Now, don't get me wrong - the removal of a couple of psychopaths like these from the gene pool would be a net plus for the species - assuming they actually got Uday and Qusay.

But what I find absolutely farcical is the rapturous ovations this event has prompted. "Yeah, everything will chill right out , now that Tweedledum and Tweedledee are dead!" Come on! Do people really think that they were hiding in a bunker like Lex Luthor, planning and executing attack after attack on American forces? Please! What this may reveal is that you DON'T need guys like these to "lead" what is rapidly becoming a general civil insurrection.

On top of that, the fact that they hit the building with multiple TOW strikes and .50 caliber machine gun fire leads me to believe that whoever they took out of the building came out in Ziploc bags - not the most convincing evidence even if the Iraqis were disposed to believe American official pronouncements.

[Kemet]

20. Re: "That's what I don't understand"

I agree with you,
The iraqis are certainly glad to be rid of those guys but thinking that this event alone will reduce the attacks against US troops is ridiculous. Proof is the homepage of the NYT: (in bold) Hopes Rise for End to Attacks
just above this title you have a small link: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Attacks

Wishfull thinking?

I also heard on "France Info" radio that iraquis were discontent with the fact that "revenge" against Hussein's sons was taken from them.

I still hope that indeed attacks will end but i doubt it.

Kemet

[GRClarkesq]

37. End of the dynasty

Perhaps some of the Iraqis will feel encouraged that Saddam no longer has any sons to take over the regime.

I do not think the perps behind the daily attacks will slow down. However, since the guy who ratted out U and Q lived to tell about it (so far) perhaps more regular citizens will feel encouraged to inform on Baathist and Fedayeen types hiding in their midst.

If U and Q were in the operational chain of command that might help, but the attachs do not seem to require much leadership, but someone is providing the cash.

[amish_enforcer]

40. Welcome to DU Kemet!!

:thumbsup:

[jmcgowanjm]

18. just like Vietnam

"regime is gone because sons are dead?"
-Bush just said.
These guys better be dead.

And what's up w/ Celebratory AA guns?
"Yeah, Bastards are dead. I'm going to the backyard to shoot some Tracers!"

Albawaba-4 USsoldiers died yesterday. Not safe
anywhere in Iraq.

And you'll hear about Camp Cropper at the Int'l Airport
soon. Not pretty.

USsoldiers are coming home and will selfdestruct
because of what they know and what Americans
refused to know.

[jmcgowanjm]

19. BTW-When leaders are killed in Afghanistan

they're hung from lamp posts.
The more secretive we are about the sons
the more suspicions will be aroused.

[saigon68]

34. THEY SHOULD PUT THEIR HEADS ON PIKES .

an old odd custom of POODLE BOY'S ancestors.

Just look up Edward I and William Wallace of google search.

[CBHagman]

22. Isn't this inappropriate?

The other day someone in the military (perhaps it was General Sanchez) said there would be physical evidence today of the deaths of Hussein's sons. Wouldn't it be unwise, among other things, to display the bodies? God knows what kind of a reaction that would create around the world.

Don't get me wrong. I'm certain some people will react with relief and/or a sense of justice being fulfilled at the thought of the deaths of Hussein's sons.

That said, though, we don't go around displaying dead bodies, especially when we view even the display of a live POW as an affront.

Then again, nothing this administration does should surprise me. If Bush brought back hanging, drawing and quartering, I really couldn't say I didn't expect it.

[jmcgowanjm]

24. W/ Gitmo Detainees in Kennels? Inappropriate

This is what I've been talking about:

"You help me find the bad guy or we come back with our tanks and run over your fields and break down your house."

US soldier to a northern Iraqi villager,
July 17, 2003, CNN

Everyone but Americans have seen bodies
mangled, charred, dismembered.
A truckload out of women/children
body parts?

Concentration Camp Cropper at the Baghdad Airport.

Show the bodies or ME won't believe it.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

26. I saw that on CNN...

"You help me find the bad guy or we come back with our tanks and run over your fields and break down your house."

When I heard an American soldier say that I literally gasped outloud. I was so ashamed that we would be doing something like that -- that is one thing I have despised about how the Israeli government handles the Palestinians -- and now we're doing it.

Bush has brought so much shame to our country.

[donsu]

27. I'm trying to get these two points to mesh

a six hr. battle with the brothers

charred bodies


how do charred bodies hold a six hr. battle? Or where they charred after the battle?

[unpsyops]

29. yeah right...

I doubt very seriously that these guys are traveling together let alone "in hiding" together. They are heirs to what remains of a vast fortune that has yet to be traced or frozen. They must be allowed to live.
I see this as an "honorable exit" strategy for our forces. The attacks on our troops will 'appear' to decrease now (patrols will be reduced) and by the time campaign 2004 is in full swing US military presence in Iraq will begin to be cut way back with lots of warm and fuzzy homecoming stories.

Its far more likely that a 'deal' has been cut or 'was' cut months ago.

[alfredo]

30. The reason it took so long to find

them or someone like them, was they wanted a rich man to collect the 30 million reward. Why waste it on some poor sap, that would be un Republican.

The owner of the villa was also a family member. Now he is even richer. Of course he is in protective custody and will have to have an armed guard the rest of his life.

[rocktivity]

31. So what?

Are we supposed to accept the death of the sons as the "next best thing"? Or does this mean that when Bush is tried for his war crimes, Jenna and Barb will be arrested, too?

This--along with Kobe, and Pvt. Lynch--is just another weapon of mass distraction from Iraqgate.

rocknation
http://www.rocknation.tv

[Oreegone]

32. Do NOT

I say "do NOT look at the man behind the curtain"~Wizard of OZ

[Bake]

38. Dental records no good for one of the sons

Because he was shot in the mouth (according to CNN). That oughta make for some lovely photos.

Bake

[Lisa]

41. but ... didn't the Bushies get after al-Jazeera for showing bodies?

Can't have burned, bloody, dismembered people on TV. Unless they're non-Americans, of course.