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| Iraq |
| Four Key Saddam Allies Killed in Firefight |
| 2003-07-22 |
| U.S. soldiers stormed a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Tuesday, killing four key allies of Saddam Hussein who were hiding inside, Fox News has learned. The house, a large villa, belonged to Saddam’s cousin, and it was burned to the ground after a loud, four-hour gunbattle. Goody. Residents of the city, 280 miles north of Baghdad, said the American soldiers were searching for Saddam’s sons, Qusai and Udai, who have been reported in the area. "Individuals of very high interest to the coalition forces were hiding out in the building," Lt. Col. William Bishop of the 101st Airborne Division told Reuters. Names, please? No? OK, we’ll wait. "This morning we went to the building and surrounded it." Bishop said one Iraqi had been killed and five wounded in the battle. Hope they’re very painful wounds. Reuters reported that several "high-interest personalities" had been detained. The military, reporting communications problems, said it had no information on the incident. The old "my radio is breaking up" ploy. Hope they are very high interest people. According to the Reuters report, U.S. soldiers were fired at by people inside the house as they approached, and the Americans called in helicopters and an unmanned vehicle for assistance before storming the house. "Send in the Killbot!" |
| Posted by:Steve & Kalle (kafir forever) |
| #11 Perhaps a horses head in his bed ? |
| Posted by: Domingo 2003-7-22 2:29:33 PM |
| #10 Shall we take up a little collection for Saddam and the boys? I'm thinking a nice Hallmark sympathy card for Saddam that reads "You're Next", and perhaps some dead lilies or a RIH wreath ("Roast In Hell") for the offed offspring. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-7-22 1:48:50 PM |
| #9 Wondeful news. I'm ululating according to the tradition of the enemy. Fox News now fairly positive "four-hour gunbattle at Mosul house leaves four high-level fugitives dead; military sources tell Fox News Odai, Qusai probably among them." |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-7-22 12:57:07 PM |
| #8 Snellenr, it's $15m for the pair. One head for each side of the door to Oval Office. Space over mantle reserved for Sammy. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-7-22 12:53:10 PM |
| #7 fox reports task force 20, including CIA and Deltas were involved. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-7-22 12:42:18 PM |
| #6 Taken alive would be more fruitful from an intel standpoint, but I'll take 'um "smoked" if that is what is being served up! (I,m rising to the bait too. At least we will have some "bugsplat" to do some DNA analysis on. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-7-22 12:25:05 PM |
| #5 Steve... if the dime was dropped, it's the best $30 million the government has spent in the last 50 years (wasn't that the bounty on the boys -- $15 mil each? can't remember). |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-7-22 12:02:43 PM |
| #4 Washington Post: Maj. Trey Cate of the 101st Airborne Division said 200 soldiers were sent to the house after receiving a tip that important members of Hussein's overthrown regime were there. He declined to identify them, and would not comment on local rumors that Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were inside. American troops blasted the house with machine guns, grenades and anti-tank missiles after coming under fire from people inside, Cate said. Helicopters were also used to secure the area. After the battle, a small group of soldiers went into the house and brought out four bodies. Cate said five Iraqis were killed in the battle, including the four "high-value individuals," and at least five wounded. He said one U.S. soldier was shot in the chest but was in a stable condition |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-7-22 11:39:55 AM |
| #3 snellenr, that's why it would be a good place to hide. You know, the old "They'd never be there" ploy. Fox reports that somebody did drop a dime on them. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-7-22 11:37:08 AM |
| #2 MSNBC is quoting "high officials" as saying that it's "likely" that the Saddam boys were collected in this raid. Not the first time we've had our hopes raised, but I'm willing to go for the bait again... If true, it seems odd that they'd be in Mosul, though. If I were a Hussein, I'd try to stay away from the Kurdish and Shi'ite areas entirely -- there'd be too many people willing to drop a dime on me (for good reason). |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-7-22 11:25:59 AM |
| #1 FLASH: FOX AND al-JAZZERA REPORT SAMMYS BOYS KILLED!!!!!! DEVELOPING |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-7-22 11:23:39 AM |