Troops could have captured Saddam’s sons alive: Syria

[pruner]

‘US killed Uday, Qusay to cover up past dealings’

Associated Press

Beirut, July 28: A Syrian official said the US could have captured Saddam Hussein’s sons alive and hinted that killing the pair in a US military raid in Iraq may have been to cover up past American political dealings with the defunct regime.

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...‘It was very possible of the US to capture Uday and Qusay instead of killing them. But maybe — and this is very possible — that there are files that they (Americans) don’t want to be uncovered.”

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=28498

[xray s]

1. Those files are in the same folder as Osama's

This is the question we should be asking over and over.

How will we be able to find any WMD if we kill the guys who might know where they are?

WTF would we do that?

You know the answer...

[IndianaGreen]

2. Bingo!

And this is the same reason why Bush has ordered Task Force 20, the American version of the Nazi's Einsatz Commandos, to kill Saddam.

Bush wants no live witnesses at a trial in which they could disclose the dirty deals that successive American governments had with Saddam.

[Neutrino]

3. and Saddam's 14 yr old Grandson was killed because?--

and there is no acknowledgement of this because?
and no mention of how he is to be buried because?

[xray s]

4. Stories like that don't sell Happy Meals

They are off message. We like to be happy here in the USA.

[onehandle]

5. No shit...

Saddam, if alive, is toast for the same reasons. Osama too.

A few well placed spooks amongst the regular troops will make sure that the Reagan/Bush/Bush secrets stay buried.

[kskiska]

6. But it was so much easier

to capture them dead. No fuss, no muss. And dead men tell no tales.

[dArKeR]

7. 101st could have shot in a sleeping gas and saved the boy.

A fourth occupant, believed to be Qusay’s 14-year-old son Mustafa, apparently survived the missile strikes and shot at the entering troops before he was gunned down, officials said.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/943393.asp?0cv=CA00


Uday, Qusay, Mustafa, 14, and a bodyguard were armed with AK-47 rifles and had barricaded themselves in on the second floor.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13212099_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-HELLFIRE%2D%2DSADDAM%2DSONS%2DKILLED%2DIN%2DHUGE%2DBLITZ-name_page.html

I try to keep up on this but I've only seen this published just the hours the story broke then the grandson was deleted. 99% never reported a 14 year old boy was inside.

A Dem. candidate doesn't have to side with Saddam on this. They could just bring up the point of who really controls the media? Get a spine Dems.

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

[0007]

8. Man! I don't know what to think anymore -

It may make sense. This administration is beyond the realms of sanity.

I do believe keeping Saddam alive helps keep the troops moral up and the fight worth while.

Wolfie wasn't in Iraq for his health. Something was up!

[dArKeR]

9. I am 100% sure Bush was notified the sons were surrounded.

I believe Bush personally gave the order to kill them. And I can prove it if congress appoints me Special Investigator. I'll be waiting for the phone call today.

Get a spine Democrats!