July 22, 2003

silhouette3.JPG From the desk of Jane Galt:

Breaking news

CNN is reporting that the Army may have killed Saddaam's sons.

Update It seems to be confirmed. That's an enormous blow to the remaining Saddaam loyalists; it's not likely he can found another dynasty at his age. Plus one imagines they feel the noose closing in. . . perhaps it's time to explore those attractive time-share options in Baja?

Posted by Jane Galt at July 22, 2003 11:59 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links
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I would have thought that Qusay and Uday would have been long gone by now. I hope they did.

On a related note, would it be in poor taste to name my dogs Qusay and Uday?

Posted by: Kate on July 22, 2003 12:19 PM

On a related note, would it be in poor taste to name my dogs Qusay and Uday?

That depends. Are they pets or "participants" in Pacific Rim cuisine?

Posted by: Michael Ubaldi on July 22, 2003 01:20 PM

I wouldn't do it. An insult to the canine species.

Posted by: ESP on July 22, 2003 01:25 PM

Killed?

I had hoped some opposition group would have captured them for a few months before killing them.

Posted by: GT on July 22, 2003 03:19 PM

I certainly hope these early reports turn out to be true, but we thought we had Saddam, Chemical Ali and others, before.

I hope they can be positively identified. It would be awful to have some charred bodies that we think might be them.

Posted by: Kevin on July 22, 2003 04:00 PM

Charred bodies aren't a problem with DNA testing. Fried Ashes might be tricky.

Posted by: Patrick on July 22, 2003 09:16 PM

Charred bodies aren't a problem with DNA testing. Fried Ashes might be tricky.

Posted by: Patrick on July 22, 2003 09:16 PM

We didn't get Chemical Ali?

I must have slept throughout the retraction period!

Posted by: Bob Dobalina on July 23, 2003 12:43 AM

"We didn't get Chemical Ali?"

Damn! And they already blocked him out on the playing cards.

Posted by: Kate on July 23, 2003 11:22 AM

Ah, well, I'm not sure there has ever been a retraction, but I believe it's still not 100% sure he was in that crater.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967674.stm

If there has been positive ID I've missed it.

Posted by: Kevin on July 23, 2003 01:35 PM

On your dynasty comment, Megan, I read one report which said Saddam is believed to have another son and three daughters, all of which keep a low profile.

Realistically, I agree, Qusay and Uday were the heir apparent and the spare (tho which was which was not crystal clear). I'm glad they're not running around, but would have preferred a capture. Of course we wouldn't have fed them into a shredder to get information from them; might have talked about it, tho.

Posted by: PJ/Maryland on July 23, 2003 02:09 PM

Patrick,

I keep reading that we could confirm identities of Saddam, Osama, &c. "through DNA testing," but I've never understood how. Presumably we would need something to compare the sample with. Have we really got little bits of Saddam, Uday, Qusay & friends locked in a deep-freeze somewhere? And even if we do, wouldn't this be the easiest thing in the world to fake?

Posted by: Michelle Dulak on July 23, 2003 02:49 PM

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