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THE SITUATION ROOM (Operation Iraq Freedom) 1 YR AGO
9/19/04
| Timeout
Posted on 03/19/2004 6:42:48 PM PST by Timeout
Tonight is the one-year anniversary of the commencement of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Where are all the Sit Room regulars?! I thought it might be a good idea to resurrect the Situation Room for a "reunion". Does anyone still have a ping list?
I just walked by the TV and they were showing that camera on ACHMED's PARKING GARAGE! (Alas, no Achmed). No hammering could be heard at the time. I haven't seen any "traffic circle" shots yet, but they'll have to show them eventually.
But PRETTY CHICKEN was one of the correspondents recalling where he was that night (under his bed)!
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqifreedom; oifanniversary
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Funniest memories:
--Pretty Chicken fussin' with his hair and doing his 12 takes to get his reports right.
--Yes, car alarms!
--The guys who would get in their cars and drive round and round the traffic circle shooting their guns in the air...we called it a "parade".
--Achmed's "This Old Bunker" program.
--Oh my. There are soooooo many!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:26:31 PM PST
by
Timeout
(Down with Donks!)
To: Timeout
Pretty chicken also had to ask"what's going on" to his minders in Britain to get his broadcast together.He never peeked out a window to learn the news in Baghdad.!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:30:05 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: MEG33
Baghdad Bob was great;a natural born comedian and he didn't even know it.. :-)
To: MEG33
I remember watching Arnot's "shock and awe" segment at work. Gret big explosions!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:31:38 PM PST
by
wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: nopardons; All
I'm still in shock and awe at what our troops have accomplished in such a short time. They have served our country both honorably and courageously. I salute them. I am profoundly grateful to have witnessed it and lived at this historic time. I am thankful to have shared the experience w/all of you.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:32:57 PM PST
by
Carolinamom
(Currently re-programming my thinking to positive mode.)
To: nopardons
He did entertain!Some great cartoons were created because of his statements,too!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:33:11 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: Timeout; All
This Day has Great meaning for me.
There was an earlier thread on this subject.
I shall include the "link" below".
Earlier Thread (One Year)
Please look at this thread too. It is good.
Below is my reply to that thread:
My earlier Post to the Thread
Never Forget!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:33:33 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Carolinamom
Indeed.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:34:06 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: Timeout; Howlin
I'd forgotten Belly Girl. That was quite a time...intense.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:35:27 PM PST
by
Peach
To: MEG33
Those are beautiful, and perfect sentiments in your #11, Meg.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:36:07 PM PST
by
Peach
To: nopardons
I was calling Robert Fisk Baghdad Bob, but it didn't catch on. He was the parallel to Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose, but did anybody listen to me? Noooooooooooo....
I do remember the day our boys got to downtown Baghdad, and somebody told a soldier that Baghdad Bob (the Iraqi Information Minister) was saying they weren't there, and the soldier nonchalantly said, "Yeah? Well, we can go over and talk to him."
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:36:43 PM PST
by
wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: Carolinamom
Our CIC and the troops have been amazing! May GOD keep and watch over all.
One of THE best parts of FR, is all of us together, living through history and talking with each other.
To: Timeout
LOL, I should have know you guys would put up Belly Girl first thing.
Oh well, it wouldn't be a thread without her.
To: Timeout
No ping list, still around, easy to find.
Love/hate relationship with excitement. But a big supporter of spreading rational truth and exuberance.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:37:23 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Howlin
Part of it seems like a lot more than a year ago.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:37:43 PM PST
by
Amelia
To: MEG33
And the heartaches:
David Bloom
Michael Kelly
Rest in peace.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:38:16 PM PST
by
Timeout
(Down with Donks!)
To: Timeout
One year BUMP! Couldn't believe it when I heard it on the radio this morning. A year. Seems like only a few months ago. I'm getting old.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:38:56 PM PST
by
FlyVet
To: MEG33
The cartoons were some of THE best ever! LOL
They also helped rto lighten the serious mood a bit;which we all needed.
To: Timeout
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:40:33 PM PST
by
Samwise
(In the battle between Good and Evil, Evil often wins unless Good is very, very careful. --Spock)
To: wimpycat
Do you remember the cartoon that got made from that soldier's statement? It was one of the best ones posted. LOL
Poor Fisk,he really yearned to be AXIS SALLY!
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