OT: Big Daddy Amin Dead at 80

[Loser]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
The military has plans on the books to invade Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, you name it. Lots of people work on these plans all the time. But few are ever used. And with the new light force concept, all are being reworked.

I can't wait for the Freedom of Information Act to kick in on that lot. That'll be some very entertaining reading, I'll bet, and make for some wonderfully misunderstood and misleading headlines.

Almost related (though not to the original topic), what I'd really like to see is a plan for a land invasion of the U.S. I don't care whose, I would just love to hear how they'd pull it off, what with "a rifle behind every blade of grass" (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, 1941).

[ August 21, 2003, 16:25: Message edited by: Loser ]

[tesco samoa]

i think it is already inplace.... dea

[Loser]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
i think it is already inplace.... dea

How do you figure?

[dogscoff]

I would just love to hear how they'd pull it off, what with "a rifle behind
every blade of grass"

I guess the clever way to do it would be to find a way of turning those guns on one-another.

[Loser]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
I guess the clever way to do it would be to find a way of turning those guns on one-another.

They already are. The rub is that enough of them will turn, together, against the invader.

[tesco samoa]

see they 'captured chemical ali'

hey didn't the British kill him a few months ago ??

ah now i know what their doing with the wmd... creating zombies...

do they not know you have to shot them in their brainnnnnnnnnsssssssssssssssssssssssssss

chemical kenny

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
see they 'captured chemical ali'

hey didn't the British kill him a few months ago ??

ah now i know what their doing with the wmd... creating zombies...

do they not know you have to shot them in their brainnnnnnnnnsssssssssssssssssssssssssss

chemical kenny

Yep, they had said that his card was back in the deck.

Quote GSO:

Lieut. Gen. Ali Hasan Al-Majeed [Ali Hassan al Majid], the infamous "Chemical Ali," is Saddam's cousin and was the governor of the south of Iraq.

Coalition aircraft struck the residence of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s cousin. Two Coalition aircraft using laser-guided munitions struck the home at approximately 9:30 p.m. EST April 4, 2003. The structure is located in Al Basrah, approximately 250 miles southeast of Baghdad.

On April 7, reports from British military sources indicated that the body of Ali Hasan Al-Majeed had been identified. However, following the capture of Majeed's brother and subsequent interviews with him, CENTCOM changed its assessment to reflect this fact and placed Chemical Ali as still being at large.

Al Majid is called Chemical Ali because he decided the best way to solve the Kurdish rebellion was to gas them. He orchestrated the gassing of Kurdish villages carried out by low-flying helicopters with express orders to kill every living thing in the area, including plants and wildlife. This was all part of Operation Anfal, which saw the widespread use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in northern Iraq. International observers estimate Iraqi forces killed 50,000 to 100,000 people during the 1988 campaign known as "Anfal" which means "the spoils."

In March 1988, in the town of Halabja, 5,000 Kurds died writhing in agony and 10,000 were seriously affected when Iraqi jets dropped chemical bombs on the town. Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on Halabja, a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Iraq. On March 16, 1988, an estimated 5,000 civilians were killed and 10,000 injured when Iraqi air forces bombarded Halabja with mustard and other poison gases. Over a decade after the massacre, the people of Halabja still suffer from very high rates of serious diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders, birth defects and miscarriages. Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on Halabja was not an isolated incident. It was part of a systematic campaign ordered by Saddam Hussein and led by his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid.

Geral Ali Hasan al-Majid "Chemical Ali" was captured by Coalition forces on or about 19 August 2003 and was taken into the custody of Coalition Forces. US CENTCOM announced the capture of al-Majid on Aug 21, 2003.