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Politics : The Liberation of Iraq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (551)	3/28/2003 12:00:38 PM
From: Tech Master	Respond to of 908

Allies sink Saddam's yacht: report From correspondents in Kuwait March 28, 2003 US-led forces have yet to get their hands on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein but they may have hit him where it hurts - sinking his luxurious yacht, a British commander said. Captain Michael Cochrane, commander of the British frigate Chatham, said that air strikes on Tuesday by coalition warplanes on the southern port of Basra hit the yacht Al Mansur among other vessels. "There are reliable reports indicating that in a blow to Saddam's presidential pride, the huge presidential yacht is among the ships sunk," Cochrane told reporters. British officers said the attack also wiped out most of what remained of the Iraqi navy, two large patrol boats and a supply ship. He said one other Iraqi patrol boat was already sunk and six others captured. US and British naval forces had nearly total control of the waterways, according to the officers aboard the Chatham, which is guarding the mouth of the key Shatt Al Arab outlet and two vast oil platforms. But they said one patrol boat may have fled and a number of small suicide speedboats could be at large. Agence France-Presse

To: jlallen who wrote (551)	3/28/2003 2:32:40 PM
From: Tech Master	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 908

Iraqi jokes: Q: What is the Iraqi air force motto? A: I came, I saw, Iran. Q: Have you heard about the new Iraqi air force exercise program? A: Each morning you raise your hands above your head and leave them there. Q: What's the five-day forecast for Baghdad? A: Two days. Q: What do Miss Muffet and Saddam Hussein have in common? A: They both have Kurds in their way. Q: What is the best Iraqi job? A: Foreign ambassador. Q: Did you hear that it is twice as easy to train Iraqi fighter pilots? A: You only have to teach them to take off. Q: How do you play Iraqi bingo? A: B-52 ... F-16 ... B-52 Q: What is Iraq's national bird? A: Duck. Q: What do Saddam Hussein and General Custer have in common? A: They both want to know where the heck those Tomahawks are coming from! Q: Why does the Iraqi navy have glass bottom boats? A: So they can see their air force.