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April 07, 2003

Al Saa Restaurant Was Target

From Drudge Report:
The U.S.-led coalition bombed a Baghdad commercial block yesterday after receiving a tip that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was there, Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough are reporting for the WASHINGTON TIMES.

A U.S. military official tells the TIMES that the allies bombed the al Saa restaurant block at 3 p.m. Baghdad time yesterday on information from a 'sensitive intelligence source.'

The source said that Saddam and senior Ba'ath Party leaders were meeting with 30 intelligence officials in a facility behind or beneath the restaurant.

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Comments

Ask about their lunch special, "freedom fried dictator"

Posted by: phred at April 7, 2003 11:27 PM

Oh wow! A restaurant hit job! Just like in "The Godfather"! Only, I guess, maybe it was a little louder in this one.

If they killed the bastard, it'll be the drive-by of the century. 'Hope the pilot was doin' a gangsta lean...

Posted by: FastEddie at April 7, 2003 11:32 PM

Wow, Rosalind Russell is babealicious. I'd definitely be the middle of a Russell/Lynch sandwich.

Posted by: imgoingtohell at April 7, 2003 11:33 PM

Aww, but that's my favorite falafel restaurant!!

Posted by: Al Saa at April 7, 2003 11:36 PM

I wonder if the Pilot was playing the theme song to 'The Sopranos' while targetting ol' Saddam?

Orion

Posted by: Orion at April 7, 2003 11:37 PM

Considering that Saddam's favorite movie is The Godfather, getting wasted in a restaurant seems fitting.
Also, consider that the same techniques needed to identify him will be those used to identify the victims of 911.

Posted by: Bob W. at April 7, 2003 11:47 PM

Saddams recipy for mass indergestion

Posted by: Aussie at April 7, 2003 11:52 PM

Humm.. scraping bits of chicken and DNA from his teeth?

Posted by: Dishman at April 7, 2003 11:53 PM

Is this the Defense Departments idea of Telemarketing?

Posted by: Dishman at April 8, 2003 12:21 AM

Food critics

Posted by: Mean Dean at April 8, 2003 12:35 AM

Keep in mind, word is, we have no DNA sample for Hussein. Need to take one son alive.

Posted by: FOG at April 8, 2003 12:40 AM

I'm sure they can get a DNA sample from one of the gold plated toilets we just "found."

By the way, has anybody compared Baghdad Bob to the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail yet? I hope so. . . :-)

Posted by: Brandon Abell at April 8, 2003 01:08 AM

The CIA must have gotten some DNA from one of the daughters while they were in Jordan having a vacation there. The vacation where Saddam said, "oh I know your husbands defected and told the CIA all about my WMDs. Come on home, all is forgiven..."

Posted by: ziphius at April 8, 2003 03:23 AM