U.S. forces seize palace in Baghdad

[p_p_man]

"BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 7 — U.S. forces swept into the heart of Baghdad and seized one of Saddam Hussein’s presidential palaces on Monday, for the first time establishing at least a temporary foothold inside the city. The operation came as Iraqi forces put up stiff resistance on the outskirts of the city, killing at least eight American troops. The fighting also inundated Baghdad’s hospitals with dead and injured Iraqis."

"THE ASSAULT BY more than 70 tanks and 60 Bradley fighting vehicles was a power play designed to prove to Saddam and the Iraqi people that “we can come and go at our pleasure,” said one U.S. military official"

Well if coming and going at your pleasure causes US and Iraqi deaths every time, I should think the population would be only too happy if you stayed away...

ppman

 

[LadyG]

The "come and go whenever we please" line was a little much.

But...that's what they're there for.

 

[mbb308]

CNN had it quoted as, "we can go where we want when we want."

It sounded a bit arrogant to me, too.

 

[breakwall]

"But a defiant Iraqi Information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf claimed that the “city was safe and protected, still under Iraqi control.” “Don’t believe the liars,” the Iraqi minister, looking remarkably composed, told journalists in an impromptu street press conference.

The minister claimed that “US troops were getting slaughtered in hundreds at the gates of the capital” and blamed the media for portraying a misleading picture."


Al Jazeera

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf...bless his cotton socks.

 

[HeavyStick]

Well if coming and going at your pleasure causes US and Iraqi deaths every time, I should think the population would be only too happy if you stayed away...

ppman

It's called combat, lay off the sauce long enough to realize that.

 

[(_._)]

Gorr blimey

which one of u lot ave eva fuckin gone da war?

media downt count 4 effin shite u lot of pussbag shirtlifta's.

4 eyed fucktwat al cumgizz speaks wivva a fuckin accent like dem cunt in Newwwwwwwww Orkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk...

no fuckin wunda dat oslama bin laten cunt pollaxed u bunch of toffy nosed shite merchants..

givvas a break dumb yanka doo doo cunts..u lot wear dresses and when a serb farted..ya cunts ran thru the barracks callin mama from da nearest phone boof..

dont lie fucknads! i was there

 

[Purple Haze]

Your Text, Dialectized (redneck)

which one of u lot ave eva fuckin gone da war? media downt count 4 effin shite u lot of pussbag shirtlif'a's. 4 eyed fucktwat al cumgizz speaks wivva a fuckin accent like dem cunt in Noowwwwwwww Orkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Shet mah mouth!.. no fuckin wunda dat oslama bin laten cunt pollaxed u bunch of toffy nosed shite merchants.. givvas a bust dumb yanka doo doo cunts..u lot wears dresses an' when a serb farted, cuss it all t' tarnation..ya cunts scooted thru th' barracks callin mama fum da nearess phone boof.. dont lie fucknads! i was thar

 

[Purple Haze]

Your Text, Dialectized (cockney)

Gorr blimey wich one of u lot ave eva fuckin gone da war, mate? media dahnt count 4 effin shite u lot of pussbag shirtlifta's. 4 eyed fucktwat al cumgizz speaks wivva a fuckin accent like dem cunt in Newwwwwwwww Orkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk... no fuckin wunda dat oslama bin laten cunt pollaxed u bunch of toffy nosed shite merchants.. givvas a break daft a septic tanka doo doo cunts..u lot wear dresses and wen a serb farted..ya cunts ran fru the barracks callin mama from da nearest dog and bone boof., init? dont lie fucknads! Blimey! i were there

 

[Purple Haze]

Your Text, Dialectized (Elmer Fudd)

Goww bwimey which one of u wot ave eva fuckin gone da waw? media downt count 4 effin shite u wot of pussbag shiwtwifta's. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! 4 eyed fucktwat aw cumgizz speaks wivva a fuckin accent wike dem cunt in Newwwwwwwww Owkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk... no fuckin wunda dat oswama bin waten cunt powwaxed u bunch of toffy nosed shite mewchants. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! . givvas a bweak dumb yanka doo doo cunts. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! .u wot weaw dwesses and when a sewb fawted..ya cunts wan thwu the bawwacks cawwin mama fwom da neawest phone boof.. dont wie fucknads! i was thewe

 

[Purple Haze]

I still can't read it...

 

[HeavyStick]

I still can't read it...

Elmer Fudd opened it up more for conversation.

 

[p_p_man]

Re: Re: U.S. forces seize palace in Baghdad

It's called combat, lay off the sauce long enough to realize that.

I doubt if you know the meaning of combat, except possibly on a video game...

ppman

 

[QuickDuck]

my stupid question is, is this the same palace they have been capturing everyday since Saturday?

 

[Lasher]

Thank God pp bumped this, I would've misse PH's posts.

 

[QuickDuck]

Thank God pp bumped this, I would've misse PH's posts.

*chuckle* made me laugh

 

[p_p_man]

my stupid question is, is this the same palace they have been capturing everyday since Saturday?

Could be...

I'm sure I saw it again this morning...

ppman

 

[Guest]

Iraq's Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf stood in the streets of Baghdad Monday morning amid the U.S. raid on the capital, issuing denials of coalition advances.

In the back ground a A-10 could be seen.

 

[Guest]

my stupid question is, is this the same palace they have been capturing everyday since Saturday?

nope different palace

U.S. tanks rumbled into Baghdad Monday seizing two of Saddam Hussein's palaces and toppling a huge statue of the Iraqi leader


And Iraq's Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf he chided journalists, blaming Arab network Al Jazeera for "marketing for America."

In the middle of a raid

I wonder what would happen if a bomb fell on him while he was walking in the streets.

 

[Gord]

Come on now is only fair old GW needs somewhere to stay for his summer vaccation .



I have heard though that the US wants to push through a name change for Iraq - after the conflict , sort of a new begining to give the country clean break and get rid of the stigma of Iraq.

Favourite at the moment is










East Texas !

 

[TWB]

Re: Re: U.S. forces seize palace in Baghdad

It's called combat, lay off the sauce long enough to realize that.

Actually, I think it is called propaganda.

 

[goodgirl79]

ppman do NOT make me have to start with you again! Get your head out of your ass!

 

[TWB]

Coming to a theatre near you

 

[Ladybird]

I still can't read it...

Nor can I. Good try though.

I wonder if he/she/it is from Tasmania, there's an awful lot of inbreeding there I believe.

 

[Lovelynice]

There are three "presidential palaces" near the Saddam International Airport within only a few kilometres of it. The nearest is only 3km from the airport.

There is no "main" one, as all these "presidential palaces" are really just expensive ornamentation. I doubt that Saddam Hussein has ever actually stayed in any of them overnight, although "doubles" of him may have.

In any case, on Japanese TV this morning there were some experts making comparisons between the released video-footage and what was previously known. In any case, their conclusion was that the videos shown didn't match the palaces that were in the "heart of Baghdad" as the architecture and furniture shown internally were wrong.

On top of this, again various journalists who went looking for US troops and armoured vehicles entering the city-centre couldn't find any sign of them.

Yesterday, when a Japanese journalist visited the Ministry of Information, outside there was a cop-car and lots of guys with guns, but no sign of any US troops ever having been there.

There is definitely fighting going on in the city, but it doesn't appear to be where the US/British-sourced media reports are claiming it to be. Most of it's still in the outskirts. An A-10 flying over head doesn't prove that US tanks and US troops are nearby either. Neither does the Tigris River being in the video-footage prove much, as the Tigris runs all the way through the city from end-to-end, including close to one of those palaces near the airport.

Oh, and Saddam Hussein walking around the streets on April 4th, that was in one of the western suburbs of Baghdad according to a former Japanese diplomat who was assigned to the Baghdad Japanese embassy a few years ago....he recognized the area.

 

[Astro]

British TV showed American troops and APCs on the ground across from their hotel. The troops are there.

The British have also captured palaces in Basra.