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NBC News: Regular Army in No. Iraq Already Beginning to Surrender; Little Food, Equipment Broken
NBC News
| March 16, 2003
| Fred Francis
Posted on 03/16/2003 3:57:05 PM PST by Timesink
Fred Francis reporting live as I type this from Iraq's Northern Front.
Many members of the Iraqi regular army are already coming across to surrender. They report no food. Morale near zero. Everyone from the highest commanders to the lowest privates that remain are openly discussing plans to surrender en masse the moment war starts.
One commander says he has 27 tanks; only 6 work.
Francis reports that US forces expect near-ZERO military response from Iraqi forces, except from the Republican Guard around Baghdad itself. The reason: They actually think they WON in 1991 because we didn't go after them. (Even though that was by UN fiat, not a military decision.) They will fight, unless they've been shocked and awed, heh heh heh.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: embeddedreport; fredfrancis; iraqissurrender; msdnc; msnbc; nbcnews
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posted on
03/16/2003 3:57:06 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Timesink
Saddle up!
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posted on
03/16/2003 3:58:44 PM PST
by
mhking
(Red Alert! Shields Up! Lock phasers and quantum torpedoes on Baghdad!)
To: Timesink
Is this story the latest or the same story from last week? If it's last week's story, I heard it was a false report. Hmmm?
To: Timesink
I pray for our troops!
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:00:34 PM PST
by
tutstar
To: Timesink
One commander says he has 27 tanks; only 6 work. Gee, didn't the French send replacement parts for the tanks, too? They're slipping.
To: Timesink
I have a feeling I'm going to be getting very little sleep this week. As luck would have it, I have a business convention next week in Orlando - I sure hope my hotel has FoxNews or I'm going to be majorly bummed out.
To: Timesink
This and the reports that a top ranking Kurdish ally of Saddam surrending leaves little hope for Saddam and anyone willing to tough it out. I always hoped that there would be low casualties if we did have to go in and these reports prove that there will be low resitance and our troops will have the area cleared in no time. Could this end up being easier then ousting the Talibums?
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:01:08 PM PST
by
Mixer
To: mhking
Shields up Mr Worf..
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:02:07 PM PST
by
Dog
( Groundhog Day II -- the Sequel.....America held hostage by the UN.......where everyday is the same)
To: mhking
Aw, Christ on a chiclet! Christiane Amanpour is on "60 Minutes" kissing Chirac's ass. AND we gotta watch Bill Clinton! Auugh!
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:02:19 PM PST
by
Timesink
(Hi, Billy Mays here for new MOAB! It'll wipe your worst stains right off the face of the planet!)
To: Timesink
These Iraqi soldiers are the smart ones. They will be treated fairly. I hope they ALL surrender. Why should they be killed to protect a madman!?
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:02:21 PM PST
by
teletech
(Can we bomb Saddam, NOW!?)
To: Mixer
Francis also said Saddam has Execution Squads lined up behind their troops to shoot anybody who tries to retreat or surrender.
To: Timesink
Everyone from the highest commanders to the lowest privates that remain are openly discussing plans to surrender en masse the moment war starts.I see the French have influenced the Iraqis to stand alongside their strategic posture.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:02:52 PM PST
by
Cvengr
To: Mixer
All hype goin on here. This war has taken forever to get to and will be done in as little as 10 days.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:02:54 PM PST
by
My Favorite Headache
(Which one will lose? Depends on what I choose or maybe which voice...I ignore.)
To: RoseofTexas
Is this story the latest or the same story from last week? If it's last week's story, I heard it was a false report. Hmmm?Fred Francis reporting live as I type this from Iraq's Northern Front.
That is how Timesink started this thread.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:03:18 PM PST
by
Mixer
To: Timesink
Aw, Christ on a chiclet! Christiane Amanpour is on "60 Minutes" kissing Chirac's ass. AND we gotta watch Bill Clinton! Auugh!Nope - there's a "Simpsons" rerun on Fox.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:03:27 PM PST
by
mhking
(Red Alert! Shields Up! Lock phasers and quantum torpedoes on Baghdad!)
To: Timesink
One commander says he has 27 tanks; only 6 work. No wonder Iraqi Army morale is low. To sit in an Iraqi tank is an invitation to be fried alive.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:04:06 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(A Person With No Sense Of Humor Is Someone Who Confuses The Irreverent With The Irrelevant)
To: RoseofTexas
Is this story the latest or the same story from last week? If it's last week's story, I heard it was a false report. Hmmm?He was reporting live, and said he was reporting based on direct interviews with defecters. Of course, it's always your own call whether to trust the press or not, but I personally have never considered Fred Francis to be unreliable or overtly biased.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:04:12 PM PST
by
Timesink
(Hi, Billy Mays here for new MOAB! It'll wipe your worst stains right off the face of the planet!)
To: Timesink
This is going to make things much more dangerous,
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:04:27 PM PST
by
VRWC_minion
(Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
To: Timesink
"Many members of the Iraqi regular army are already coming across to surrender" Maybe they did learn something from the French.
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:05:29 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: SamAdams76
I have a feeling I'm going to be getting very little sleep this week. As luck would have it, I have a business convention next week in Orlando - I sure hope my hotel has FoxNews or I'm going to be majorly bummed out. You mean you didn't use the mighty Fox News Hotel Finder?
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posted on
03/16/2003 4:06:13 PM PST
by
Timesink
(Hi, Billy Mays here for new MOAB! It'll wipe your worst stains right off the face of the planet!)
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