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To: sea_urchin who wrote (17815)	4/3/2003 6:34:30 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81209

And here's something even more serious --- The Defence of Baghdad - Special Military Report informationclearinghouse.info >>>US claims to have largely destroyed the two main Republican Guard Divisions defending the southern approaches to Baghdad must be treated with caution. There is no evidence that catastrophic damage has yet been inflicted on either unit and the noticeable lack of destroyed and captured equipment, and dead or captured Iraqi soldiers tends to confirm this. More importantly AFI Research believes that there are in fact eight identifiable Republican Guard Divisions, not six as is often reported and indeed the two Divisions reported to have been opposing the US ground campaign are believed to have only transferred south from the Northern Corps within the last month or so. It may be significant that the Iraqi command forecast correctly the time of the US push on Baghdad to the day and indeed made little serious attempt to destroy strategically important bridges, lay mine fields at choke points or flood the low lying areas to impede the US advance. Strange tactics from a country that has had months if not years to prepare for this invasion. Even when Baghdad is eventually taken, perhaps after many days or weeks of heavy fighting, the regime may still continue to use the cities as a 'trap' while making their final stand in the marshlands to the East, the mountains to the North East and Saddam's own heartland to the North. Unless the US 'gets lucky' or springs a strategic surprise, Iraq may be able to prolong this war well into the heat of the summer months with potentially disastrous diplomatic and political consequences for the Allies internationally and particularly in the Middle East.<<<

To: sea_urchin who wrote (17815)	4/3/2003 8:05:39 PM
From: Gary H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81209

Ahhh, Searle, you are a hard and cruel man, for bringing up an article with such juicey tid-bits of american apple pie ("the chick got in the way" style)that will cause the longs to drool, AND then telling them it's actually a serving from behind the barn. But, if they have been brainwashed to think it's apple pie, then it's apple pie, and they will serve it up to the whole world as apple pie and wonder why we're not gorging on it. They still don't know "$hit from Shinola".