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	Thursday, July 24, 2003

The fact (allegation?) that the Hussein sons, Uday and Qusay are dead is not news anymore and I don't completely know the circumstances of their deaths. I am only spoon fed certain hand picked words and images from the liberal media and so I am unable to make many generalized conclusions about what I see. Here are a couple anyway. A general furor has developed over whether or not to publish posthumous pictures of the brothers' corpses. Former CIA Director James Woolsey said in an interview with CNN that releasing the photographs is necessary. "Normally, we would not do this," he said. We can all recall what a stink Bush made about images of dead servicemen being broadcast on Arab networks during the (continuing) war presumably because Bush didn't want to affirm the notion that people actually die in wars. Paul Hinrichs published an interesting spin on this phenomenon today. (Scroll down to "Hotspur".) Here's the rest of Woolsey's quote: "But I think it's necessary for the world to see and particularly for the Iraqis to see that these two are, in fact, dead, that this is not some ginned-up story from the United States." And then this: "We've got to put up with a lot of lying about what has happened and what we're doing," Woolsey said. "And I think, under those circumstances, the pictures are going to be necessary." Well Jim, I don't think I couldn't have said it any better than that. Strategically speaking, I think it would have been a better idea to simply capture these two, torture and interrogate them (outside U.S. borders of course) and eventually do away with them in one of those fancy newly constructed Gitmo death chambers. Apparently that was not an option in this case due to "heavy resistance" including AK-47 fire. "They resisted the detention and the efforts of the coalition forces to go in there and apprehend them, and they were killed in the ensuing gunfight and the attacks that we conducted on the residence." I'll put it to you:     Do these guys look like they're getting shot at? 3:04:23 PM    Feed Me! []

Tuesday 7/15 Six U.S. soldiers were wounded Tuesday, one critically, in a mortar attack at an Army post in Balad, a U.S. spokesman said. Bush said Monday that he was "absolutely convinced" Saddam had developed a weapons of mass destruction program. He defended his administration, saying, "I think the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence. And the speeches I have given were backed by good intelligence." By all accounts. Today was a good day. Wednesday 7/16 A U.S. soldier was killed Wednesday in an attack on a convoy in Baghdad.... Thursday 7/17 A U.S. soldier was killed Wednesday in an attack on a convoy in Baghdad.... Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid said Wednesday that U.S. forces are facing "a classical guerrilla-type campaign." Friday 7/18 A 3rd Division soldier was killed Friday when his vehicle drove over "an improvised explosive device" west of Fallujah, according to a military public affairs officer in Baghdad. Saturday 7/19 A U.S. soldier guarding a bank in Baghdad died Saturday from wounds suffered when his unit was ambushed by attackers firing small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. Central Command and military officials. Later in the morning -- at about 10:45 a.m. -- four more soldiers from the 1st Armored Division were wounded when their vehicle hit what the military called "an improvised explosive device" in Baghdad's al-Rashid neighborhood. The four soldiers were evacuated to a local military hospital. Sunday 7/20 Two U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday and another was wounded after being ambushed with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Monday 7/21 A U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded in an ambush in northeast Baghdad, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that President Bush Monday called "a part of the war to liberate Iraq." An Iraqi interpreter was also killed in the incident Monday morning, in which an explosive device was placed on a crash barrier and set off by remote when two 1st Armored Division vehicles drove by, military officials said. Tuesday 7/22 One U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday morning and another wounded when rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire hit their vehicle in a 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment convoy north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Wednesday 7/23 Two U.S. soldiers were killed and nine wounded Wednesday in separate attacks when their convoys hit explosive devices, according to the U.S. military. Thursday 7/24 Three U.S. soldiers were killed early Thursday in northern Iraq when small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades ambushed their convoy, according to the U.S. military. Friday 7/25 [Control-V standard boilerplate here. Change date. Rinse. Repeat] 2:39:36 PM    Feed Me! []

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