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Originally posted by Mike AI@Feb 2 2003, 05:29 PM
However it is not, Saddam is a pretty smart, and ruthless person who has remained in power for a long time.... he has done this by being cunning, and having layers of protecting that check on each other.
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Mike, I agree, except that I have to assume that there are multiple spy sats right now taking closeup pictures of everything in Iraq right now, and they are probably able to tell the price of fresh fruit in the marketplaces of bahgdad with them... so having major military figures coming out of what looks to be about 60 different units and all ending up in the same place, "secret" or not, should pretty much be a good indication of something going on.
Seems to me that either the sats aren't as good as claimed, or the military isn't thinking outside of the box on this one... looking at a standard attack, you know, bridges, communication, power, roads, military barracks, airports... the usual attack pattern that slows the enemy down but gives the bigwigs plenty of time to take cover and stay out of harms way (see Osama Bin Ladin).
Alex