Forgive me for my behind-the-times-ed-ness, but I’m just getting caught up after my sojourn away from civilization. Anyway, here’s a story I would have linked to when it appeared two days ago, except I was still trying to figure out what was going on. From Daily Kos: Raiding Baghdad. He basically makes the case that US claims notwithstanding, we haven’t defeated the heart of Saddam’s army. It’s simply hiding. Talk of M1s rolling triumphantly through the streets of Baghdad, blowing up pickup trucks and withstanding small arms fire and RPG attacks, do not a defeated heavy armor division make.

Which begs the question: where is the Iraqi army? Apparently it’s hidden away in a huge underground tunnel system, awaiting a time and place of Saddam’s choosing to launch its counter-attack. From the Washington Post (again, from a few days ago): Closing in on Baghdad will push war underground, and from debka.com: Battle for Saddam’s underground regime centers.

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