From: Randall Parker 

Phil Payne wrote:
> Hee hee.
>
> http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=530
>
> "The decision to kill Saddam Hussein’s two sons Uday and Qusay when they
> were surrounded in a villa in Mosul - instead of taking them alive - was
> made by high-ranking officials in Washington to meet the overarching goal
> of showing the Iraqi people that Saddam Hussein and his like were doomed to
> be eliminated root and branch from Iraq’s ruling system, never to return."
>
> I _love_ DEBKA sometimes.
>
> (And no - I don't believe a word of it.)

Even Al Jazeerah acknowledges that Uday and Qusay wouldn't allow themselves to be
captured. But you very predictably paint it as a US mistake to contrast with the
taking of Saddam alive. Then you can't believe that you are being called on your
spin. This is why I don't even bother to read the vast bulk of your postings here.

http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/July%20/23%20
n/Uday,%20Qusay%20Killed.htm
    Excerpt:
The relative and other residents of the area said US helicopter gunships fired at the
house after clashes broke out when US forces tried to go in to arrest those inside.
    ...
A resident in Mosul said a six-hour firefight broke out at the house at 10 a.m. (
0600GMT). “Helicopters participated in the raid and they fired several missiles into
the house,” a resident said.

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