George W Bush to address the Nation at 9pm EST, 6pm PST

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[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

President George W Bush will be speaking to the nation at 9pm this evening. Bahgdad This is one hour after Saddam's " GET OUT OF IRAQ" deadline.

[Fraulein]

Thanks for the pics.

But what does this mean: The U.S. Is At War? Cast Your Vote At CNN.com.

[Ciexyz]

On the home page of Free Republic, there is a button with a flower on it for THE GUILD.

I just sent a contribution via Pay Pal. Come on FR people, let's get those care packages sent to our troops!

[prairiebreeze]

The U.S. Is At War? Cast Your Vote At CNN.com.

Leave it to CNN to still be wondering

Prairie

[not-alone]

Our President likes to be on time. Also no reports tonight from press with the troops.Is there a blackout?

[kcvl]

Blix: Saddam May Have Scuds, Launchers

Questioned about Iraq's missile capability and whether it could threaten Israel or Kuwait, chief UN inspector Hans Blix said at least two Scuds were unaccounted for. "We do not exclude the possibility that they have Scud missiles as well as launchers," he said. (Reuters)

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks! You are the best!

[aristeides]

Is there a blackout?

Feels like it to me.

[widgysoft]

blix, go back to watching the weather.

18Mins and counting....

[Green]

We do not exclude the possibility that they have Scud missiles as well as launchers," he said. (Reuters)

Now tell us once again Blixy, just how successful those inspections were?

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks! When I used to deal with GMT, I was in the Eastern Time Zone and I keep forgetting that in CST I am an hour longer. Trying to remember to say EST instead of CST!

[RobFromGa]

Wouldn't shock and awe work better if they could see the planes and the bombs and the explosions...in the daylight?

It's not like the bombers are more vulnerable during the day.

[PhiKapMom]

If there is not a news blackout right now -- I don't know what one is. Have been watching prerecorded videos for the last several hours!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Yes, I noticed that too, PKM. Fox has not been doing live checks with their people in the field. Ollie is there. And all we are seeing on the major networks is tapes. There were live feeds this morning.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

14 minutes until an 8:00 Prayer for the President and our troops.

[GulfWar1Vet]

Heck, Us Troops were ready since the BEGINNING of the GULF WAR!But..the silly U.N. wouldn't let us!

[kcvl]

Iraq claims Basra airport attacked

00:31 - 20 March 2003

Iraq has claimed that British and US warplanes have attacked Basra International Airport and other civilian and military targets.

The Iraqi News Agency reported that aircraft attacked civilian and military installations at Anbar, Basra and Kut.

Earlier the Ministry or Defence said British and US warplanes have been in action against Iraqi weapons systems in the southern "no fly" zone.

A MoD spokeswoman described the patrols as "standard 'no-fly' zone activity".

"We are targeting systems which are a threat to our forces," the spokeswoman said.

The US said fighter planes from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk bombed at least two targets in southern Iraq on Wednesday.

Lieutenant Nicole Kratzer, a spokeswoman for Carrier Air Wing Five, the airborne strike force aboard the Kitty Hawk, said the targets were "an Iraqi intelligence facility and mobile missile sites."

"Eight F/A-18 Hornets and two F-14 Tomcats from Carrier Airwing Five conducted response option air strikes against Iraqi targets in south-eastern Iraq," she told reporters aboard the Kitty Hawk.

She said the bombs were laser-guided, precision weapons but did not elaborate.

Al-Arabiya television, an Arab-language satellite news station, reported that six rockets destroyed an Iraqi intelligence telecommunications tower near the border with Jordan.

It was not clear whether the strikes were the precursor to the main British and US onslaught. British and US aircraft have been patrolling the northern and southern "no- fly" zones since the end of the last Gulf War.

[cmsgop]

Please stand down on HLL. Strattfor had it and Drudge had it.

Lets be cool,please!

[BigWaveBetty]

Members of the crew in between F/A-18 Hornets aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk conduct an FOD walk, or foreign object on deck walk, to ensure that the flight deck is clear during a break in flight operations in the Gulf, Wednesday, March 19, 2003. Planes loaded with weapon flew missions over Iraq (news - web sites) from the carrier most of the day. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

[theophilusscribe]

I don't even try to do the calculations! Just give me numbers, please! :o)

I wish there was a way to have a running clock on the thread, though. Want me to repost periodically so people don't have to go back 1,000 posts?

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/personalapplet.html?cities=27,136,263

[kcvl]

Baghdad Readies for Attack

By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 19, 2003; 7:20 PM


BAGHDAD, March 19 -- Armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, militiamen of President Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath Party fanned out across Baghdad today, strolling the streets, manning sandbagged positions and keeping nervous watch over a capital that increasingly resembled a ghost town.

A sandstorm cast a dreary pall over the city, which crackled with anticipation of the U.S. attack widely reported to be on the way. Once-bustling streets were vacant stretches. Stores and offices shuttered their entrances with iron grates or, in some cases, makeshift brick walls.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55641-2003Mar19.html