December 20, 2003

Capturing Saddam

Part one of an amazing story. Via Metafilter. This seems too amazing to ignore, so I'm posting it even though its on Mefi.

posted by dng 20 years ago
  • dng--- Amazing find. This young man's articulate view of what must be the most dangerous job on the planet is all the better for the true sense of immediacy--- we won't read this in a book some six months later , we'll experience a scant 24-48 hours since it happened. Whoda thought that war was blogging's killer app?
  • i'm glad you posted it, dng. there seems to be a controversy over on mefi because it's a self-link. bah. it's an incredible inside look at history as it happens. i can't wait to read part 2. and, frankly, i thought it was sad and rude, how mefites jumped all over his ass for posting a "self-link." but then again, mefites seem to be real good at doing that.
  • If people want to "self-link" themselves on Monkey Filter then by means do so. As long as it's not porn or spam I couldn't care less.
  • Whoda thought that war was blogging's killer app? War is the ultimate killer app... And, while the 'self-link' controversy is MeFi at its most petty, the questions about the poster's legitimacy are valid (MeFi has been hoaxed before, and as they say: "on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog"), and JJBotter is going to some trouble to verify himself.
  • What a guy. Mind you, I'd be a little irked as well if I was witness to something as huge as this and no one believed me.
  • The page no longer seems to exist, although it might just be temporarily down (its been gone all weekend, at least, but I haven't checked back since Christmas Day).
  • Well, we (that being the US and/or Iraq) definitely has him still. What I want to know is what became of the spider hole. Is it now a historic site. Do Saddam backers use it as a shrine? Do other people use it to do their business?