The word is that Uday and Qusay are toast courtesy of the 101st Airborne Division. I understand the desire to get the confirmation info out as soon as possible in order to score morale/hearts and minds points but seriously guys, depending on a captured, high-level Iraqi minister to tell the truth about such an important event? It could just be me but I think I’d have waited for independent DNA/dental/facial recognition evidence before I trumpeted to the world that we finally got the bastards. Surely given the current brouhaha about so-called intelligence failures we’d want to hold off a bit and make absolutely damned sure we had the right dudes before we went broadcasting it all over the world.
I have a nasty feeling this is going to turn out badly.
In other news, finally went to see Charlie’s Angels last evening. Very odd flick. A good half of the time I was literally wincing as the flick mercilessly insulted my intelligence, exploited the women stars and bubbled over with giggly girl power. The other half of the time I thoroughly enjoyed it. It actually had a better plot than the first one and flowed like a comic book brought to life – better than three-quarters of the comic book movies out there. Bernie Mac was funny as hell, as usual and I dug (natch!) the main irish gangster.
All in all it was a enjoyably painful experience. If you’re in a bit of a masochistic mood, it’s probably worth the trip.