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   From: kdlampson@N0SPAM.0RG   
      
   Liberal Bimbo Katie Couric: Saddam's Capture Only Symbolic.   
      
      
   Perky "Today" show host Katie Couric, who said at the height of the   
   Iraq war that she hoped Saddam Hussein had successfully fled to Syria,   
   argued Monday morning that the Iraqi dictator's capture really wasn't   
   that important after all.   
      
   Interviewing the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez,   
   Couric insisted, "It appears that Saddam Hussein was in no position to   
   be calling the shots or orchestrating the efforts against U.S. troops   
   in Iraq.   
      
   "So, militarily," she continued, "how much of the enemy's capabilities   
   have really been degraded by this capture?"   
      
   When Gen. Sanchez tried to explain the strategic importance of   
   removing Saddam from the battlefield, Couric chimed in, "Because this   
   is more symbolic, General Sanchez, do you think?"   
      
   While the top military man didn't deny that Saddam's capture had a   
   huge symbolic impact, he told Couric, "At the same time I believe it   
   will be a concrete victory on the battlefield as [the insurgents]   
   begin to reassess what their future holds."   
      
   Still, the early morning mega-star remained unconvinced that Saddam's   
   capture had accomplished much, pressing Sanchez on whether the arrest   
   "may actually incite various members of the insurgency" and "create an   
   environment in which there is more violence against U.S. troops."   
      
   As Couric was arguing that the Iraqi dictator's capture might actually   
   be bad news for soldiers on the ground, back in Baghdad, Brig. Gen.   
   Mark Hertling was explaining to reporters how documents in Saddam's   
   possession had already led to the capture of several other members of   
   the old regime's   
   command structure and provided key intelligence on the Baathist   
   insurgency that continues to target U.S. troops.   
      
   While speculating on Saddam's whereabouts in April, Couric asked NBC's   
   Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski if he could "confirm reports   
   [Saddam] was taken to Tikrit, and then Mosul, and then hopefully to   
   Syria." [our emphasis]   
      
   A "Today" show spokesman later said that Couric "misspoke" but had no   
   plans to publicly clarify her remark.   
      
   Carl Limbacher   
      
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