Iraq: U.S. a 'superpower of villains'

Post-9/11 Era Forum

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Interior Minister Mahmud Dhiyab al Ahmad waves rifle during news conference at Ministry of Information.



The U.S.-led coalition is behaving like Al Capone, aiming at civilian targets and the houses of Saddam Hussein and his family, an Iraqi government spokesman has said.

But the Iraqi president and his family are safe, information minister Muhammed Saaed Sahaf said on Friday.

Sahaf apparently was referring to the "decapitation" strike in Baghdad, the first blow in the war against Saddam's regime on Thursday morning when the capital was hit by missiles.

"They targeted the residence of the family of Saddam Hussein. God had protected them. They targeted the houses of his family. But they are safe. They are safe," Sahaf said.

"This is a complete disgrace. They are a superpower of villains. They are a superpower of Al Capone," he said, referring to the notorious 1920s Chicago mobster.

Al Sahaf responded in what was the first official Iraqi response to the invasion launched earlier Friday by U.S. and British forces.

He said the people described as surrendering Iraqi soldiers on news footage are not, in fact, part of the country's armed forces. He also said that "we have destroyed two of their helicopters."

"These guys are not from the Iraqi army," Al Sahaf said. "These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces."

Pointing to mounted photos of civilian casualties, he said: "This is the way they are operating," adding that the civilians were the "real targets of the villains in Washington and London."

Earlier Friday, a U.S. flag flew over the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr after U.S. Marines took control having met light resistance from Iraqi troops, according to a Reuters correspondent embedded with the troops. But the journalist said the old port, about a mile away, was still in Iraqi hands.

However, al Sahaf said Umm Qasr was "completely in our hands," adding: "They failed to capture it."

Iraqi Interior Minister Mahmud Dhiyab al Ahmad, holding a firearm, said Umm Qasr would "resist." He added: "We will say this will be a fight."

Source: CNN

What's funny is Saddam's fav movie is "The God Father." Probably because he sees himself.
He may be dead or injured - otherwise; he would be talking a lot.

"I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with. (Denis Leary)"

Then we better put Bush right over there with them! There are surely concrete reasons why the U.N. is not backing us.

The UN isn't backing us because they talk too much. They believe that 12 years of "Talking" needs to continue. Which is both a waste of time, and money.

In that picture above posted by Marc, the guy looks a little pissed, doesn't he?

That's all the Iraqi dictatorship has left to fight with, WORDS. He looks SO tough with that weapon. He should go out into the desert to meet our force coming for Baghdad. Once he sees them, he'd be setting records for all Olympic sprint records running in the other direction!

Have to get back to watching CNN, see you later.

How was the situation worsening? Five years ago, there were no inspectors at all in Iraq. Two weeks ago, the arms inspectors were in place and there own reports were confident of progress. For example, they had found missles which were in violation of the specs of the resolution, and Saddam had publically agreed to destroy them.

Now, admitted, claiming improvement here is mainly because things were REALLY BAD five years ago. But there has been progress. Frankly, the United Nations was never intended as a dictatorial power whose resolutions must unquestioningly be obeyed. It regularly passes resolutions which are not obeyed, say by China (human rights), or by France (nuclear testing), and even by the U.S. (international criminal court, among others).