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Baghdad Did Not Fall - It Was Handed Over
(Jalal Ghazi, Pacific News Service, April 14, 2003)
Arabic media are speculating that a "safqa" -- Arabic for a secret deal -- was arranged between the United States and the Baath regime to hand over Baghdad. Although nobody can pinpoint the exact terms, there are three clear outcomes. First, the lives of many American and British forces as well as most senior Baath officials were spared. Second, Baghdad itself did not turn into the bloodbath widely anticipated by military experts. Third, the war was shortened dramatically, saving the region -- especially Saudi Arabia -- from catastrophic consequences. . . . The following clues, gleaned from Arabic and U.S. media, suggest why the fall of Baghdad was premeditated. . . . None of the seven rescued POWs was hurt. . . . American tanks rolled into Baghdad with very little resistance while Basra, nowhere near as heavily fortified as Baghdad, sustained almost three weeks of fierce resistance. . . . Baath forces refrained from destroying a single bridge in Baghdad . . . only a handful of Iraq's oil fields were set on fire, leaving the vast majority intact almost in accordance with Bush's demands.

posted by LoZo 4:59 PM