Target of opportunity, a trap?

[CarnalK]

*Well, the other possibility is that we’re doing our damnedest to make him think that he’s been sold out, in an effort to make him distrust those closest to him and put him off-kilter. *

I wonder how possible this is as it is my understanding that Saddam never really extended much trust to his inferiors in the first place. In the confusion of war I could see some of the generals trying to work out a side deal but I wonder how much could have been set up beforehand. Saddam ran a pretty tight brutal ship(should I be using past tense yet?)

[Sam_Stone]

(One journalist pointed out that the bombing of Baghdad seemed to be tailored to be highly visible from the camera locations of the press located in the city.

Or more likely, the cameras were set up to point at areas that were likely bombing targets. It was no mystery what would be targeted - Saddam’s palace complex, government buildings, military installations.