Turns out the latest installment of Operation Bomb Saddam wasn't what is was cracked up to be. That convoy the U.S. obliterated "could have been a smuggling pipeline" for all the Pentagon knows. They do know, apparently, that they shot up some Syrians, which can happen when an army is conducting operations "a kilometer or so" inside the fucking Syrian border. An act of war, anyone?
Meanwhile, at a small village near the border that was caught up in the raid, The Washington Post's Anthony Shadid tallied the carnage:
And not a single Saddam Hussein.
posted by dackSweet Jesus, it's like an Ivan Reitman film.
"Come on, it's Syria. We zip in, we pick 'em up, we zip right out again. We're not going to Moscow. It's Syria, it's like going into Wisconsin."
"Borders are not always distinct in life," Mr. Rumsfeld said (apparently neither is the truth, Rummy).
And I see our good buddies Task Force 20 were on hand for the festivities.
Posted by: Sven on June 24, 2003 11:52 PM... Meanwhile, Miller and Gellman duel over the "weapons that weren't."
"Times assistant managing editor Andrew Rosenthal, calling the April 21 story "much misrepresented," said that the paper had covered the W.M.D. issue vigorously."
That clever Saddam disguised himself as four houses!
Posted by: Jake on June 25, 2003 01:37 AMThe Post goes for Miller's throat.
Posted by: Sven on June 25, 2003 08:29 AMThanks for that Observer link, Sven.
I'm wondering if Miller will be able to survive the latest blow from Kurtz. Going for her throat, indeed.
Posted by: dack on June 25, 2003 09:58 AM