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| Iraq |
| Sammy threatens to bring war to us |
| 2003-03-16 |
| Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein warned Sunday that if Iraq is attacked, it will take the war anywhere in the world "wherever there is sky, land or water." I think he's talking about terrorist attacks. I just can't see the Iraqi army maching on Toledo. But Sammy's not involved with terroism, is he? President Bush gave the United Nations one more day to find a diplomatic solution to the standoff. Germany advised its citizens to leave the country immediately and said it would shut down its embassy in Baghdad. Residents of the Iraqi capital lined up for gasoline and snapped up canned food and bottled water. People mobbed pharmacies to buy antibiotics and tranquilizers. Workers sandbagged fighting positions outside government buildings. Taking it seriously, maybe for the first time. If they'd taken it seriously before, maybe it wouldn't have come to this. That's what happens when you trust in the Frenchies... Saddam made his own preparations, sidestepping the military chain of command to place one of his sons and three other trusted aides in charge of the defense of the nation. The decree issued late Saturday placed Iraq on a war footing. In a meeting with military commanders Sunday, the Iraqi leader threatened a broader war if the United States attacks. "When the enemy starts a large-scale battle, he must realize that the battle between us will be open wherever there is sky, land and water in the entire world," Saddam told his commanders, according to the official Iraqi News Agency. "It'll be the Mother of all Battles®... No, wait. We did that before..." Iraqi Vice President Naji Sabri said Iraq has long been preparing "as if war is happening in an hour." Asked whether Iraq would use suicide attacks against invading American forces, Sabri told the Arab satellite television channel Al-Arabiya: "We have prepared ourselves for all kinds of war. For many months, tens of thousands have volunteered to serve as martyrdom-seekers (suicide attackers) in the battle with the American enemy. We trained them and readied them. We have prepared ourselves for street fighting and desert fighting." The Talibs were going to suicide bomb us, too. The lid to the dustbin of history is open... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Yo! Bring it on, Jughead. Let's see what ya got! |
| Posted by: H.D. Miller 2003-03-16 20:45:20 |
| #4 Saddam made his own preparations, sidestepping the military chain of command to place one of his sons and three other trusted aides in charge of the defense of the nation. Excellent. the Secret Plan is working nicely: He's trusting fewer and fewer people every day. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-16 19:36:09 |
| #3 I thought that ALL his military forces were Martydom-seekers--or it that just how it turns out! |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-16 18:56:26 |
| #2 Maybe by boring us to death with lame menaces? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-16 18:16:36 |
| #1 Now, how can he attack us w/stuff he doesn't have? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-16 17:24:06 |