April 9, 2003

Ramy Khoury, editor of the Daily Star in Beirut, Lebanon writes that "a realistic reading of the policy must conclude that the sacking of Baghdad is designed to send signals to all other Middle Eastern and Asian regimes that the U.S. finds annoying, threatening, distasteful, worrisome, or even just a little strange." No Ramy, it is not that at all.  You still don't get it.  It is about Democracy, power for the people, all created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.  IF it was about regimes that we find annoying, we would have invaded FRANCE! 3:01:01 PM

British intelligence: Saddam escaped US bomb attack Albawba.com News - British intelligence officials believed Saddam Hussein had escaped US bomb attack on a building where the Iraqi leader was thought to be meeting with his top aides. According to them, he may have left minutes before the strike on the restaurant in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad. The restaurant is reported to have housed an underground bunker system. "We think he (Saddam) left the same way he arrived in the area, either by a tunnel system or by car, we're not sure," one British intelligence official told The Times. 1:31:02 PM

U.S. tanks rolling in Baghdad city center; Marines help crowd of Iraqis topple huge statue of Saddam Hussein. - CNN 9:49:40 AM