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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:28 AM
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Missiles struck yards from (Wolfowitz) his room on the 12th floor
Edited on Mon Oct-27-03 08:32 AM by dArKeR
The attack at 6am killed a US army colonel, and injured 18 others, including a British Treasury official. Wolfowitz, one of the authors of the war to remove Saddam Hussein, was visibly shaken by the attack, which struck yards from his room on the 12th floor. An Iraqi governing council spokesperson told the Guardian it had been "a near miss".

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=22633

Sorry if everyone knows this already. I can't keep up. Just too much to read. I did a search and didn't seem to find this info out there.

All the news sources I see are calling this 'Ramadan Rampage'. It seems to me there is more proof this was an attempt to target Wolfowitz.
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priller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:40 AM
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1. Yes, there are too many "coincidences"
for this to be anything but an assassination attempt. They knew beforehand when he was coming, where he was staying, what room he was in possibly. And set up their rocket barrage on a timer. They were trying to take his ass out.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 06:52 AM
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14. Yes, and too bad they missed.
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incapsulated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:42 AM
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2. But, but...
I thought it wasn't "personal"??

When they fire rockets into your hotel, it doesn't get any more personal.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:51 AM
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3. "visibly shaken"
Aw, I feel so sorry for his vulnerable little ass! How does it FEEL, Wolfie?
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Lindacooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:57 AM
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4. Right!
And the little coward couldn't hightail it out of there fast enough.

What a limp dick.
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Muddleoftheroad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:59 AM
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6. Bravery
Only a fool stays exactly where someone is trying to specifically kill him.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 05:56 AM
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12. glad to see you rising to Wolfie's defense here
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Duvenoy Donating Member (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:58 AM
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5. At least now...
The snivvling, little chickenhawk son-of-a-bitch knows a little of what it's like.

doov
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ChompySnack Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:06 AM
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7. Not until he straps on a M-16 and does 4 months of patrols
will that corrupt little man begin know what it it is like.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:08 AM
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8. Was his coffin damaged?
I mean, it was dawn, he probably had to crawl back in....
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Maine-i-acs Donating Member (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:17 AM
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9. Try that for a year Wolfie.
Then have someone tell you that your tour's been extended...
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sventvkg Donating Member (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:17 AM
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10. It's a shame the colonel got it instead of him
:)
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EX-CONservative Donating Member (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 05:55 AM
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11. Karma...
This is devine karma for Wolfowitz. He got a little slice of the action.

Maybe his being saved is to give hm a chance at redemption? :shrug:
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 06:46 AM
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13. The Black Hawk helicopter
that was shot down in Tikrit on Sunday, happened about an hour or so after he had left the area in a helicopter.

I'd say someone in Iraq was trying to send the Wolfman a message.

BTW: Anyone else notice that we haven't seen hide nor hair of him since his little press conference on Sunday. If Iraq is so much safer now and Wolfie wasn't a target, why didn't he stick around and finish his photo ops?
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