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'SEMI-FINALISTS' IN 'ATTACK ON IRAQ FREEPER BETTING POOL' LISTED UP HERE
http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | 17 March 2003 11:10 a.m. Eastern Time | AmericanInTokyo

Posted on 03/17/2003 8:22:47 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo

The "Betting Pool on Iraq Attack" has been up for some time now.

Here is a listing of predictions for a major war on Iraq to start THIS WEEK.

A couple of caveats (so don't flame!)

--We only relied on the "Iraq Attack Betting Pool" thread, located at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/741952/posts?q=1&&page=1051

--That FR thread now has 1063 posts currently, the most recent post being March 16th, 2003.

--We did not scan for "3" such as a date of "3/19/03", but only for "March" predictions. Someone might want to add any others they notice that went in this format.

--The list is chronological. Great respect is due to those who posted early on (late last summer onward) and made the 'prediction'. Some of the more recent predictions at the bottom of the list (and therefore, 'easier') were all made in the last week or so.

-Perhaps the thread might be 'locked' now in fairness to those who predicted long ago (deferring here to thread creator and Freeper "Momaw Nadon"). It's not a far stretch to now see this massive fight in Iraq will begin very soon.

--In fairness, those prediction posts that were vague, like 'sometime in mid-March', were not included. Also, pleas note that several of the predictions do not mention in what time zone they are placing their prediction.

--Finally, Freepers may have offered their predictions in various other FR threads. We have only gone on the information in the first recognized FR 'pool' thread from August 2002.

Again, apologies for ANYONE left out. Please add those entries if they have been overlooked. If the War on Iraq does not start by this Friday, of course we will have to start a new thread, or add to this one.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: attack; bettingpool; fr; iraq; predictions; thisweek; war
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To: prairiebreeze
Well, don't forget the thread specifically said you can (could?) reenter once your original date passed without incident. I personally never voted at all until last week. :)
21 posted on 03/17/2003 10:34:44 AM 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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To: AmericanInTokyo
Thank you very much AmericanInTokyo for organizing the list of semi-finalists!!!
22 posted on 03/17/2003 2:56:46 PM PST by Momaw Nadon (The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open.)
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To: Momaw Nadon
Thanks.

Well, Freepers 'kensei' and 'ptrey' did not make it (the latter's prediction time about one hour from now)....Let's see how the others do. FYI

23 posted on 03/17/2003 3:06:22 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Sorry if I can't answer everyone right away on Japan/Korea freepmail questions. I'm swamped! :-)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; RummyChick
Pooh, that's okay, I'm out of the running, too.

Iraqi time

24 posted on 03/17/2003 4:40:42 PM PST by IamHD
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To: IamHD; MSCASEY; LurkedLongEnough; Momaw Nadon
MSCASEY and LurkedLongEnough,

looks like you two may well be the closest to the actually announced attack time, if it occurs later today.

25 posted on 03/19/2003 1:36:46 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Sorry if I can't answer everyone right away on Japan/Korea freepmail questions. I'm swamped! :-)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; IamHD; LurkedLongEnough; Momaw Nadon; Kensei; krodriguesdc; xm177e2; ...
Guys I did not win!

Posted by MSCASEY to Momaw Nadon
On News/Activism 11/09/2002 1:04 PM PST #355 of 1,066

Late evening March 19, 2003 or just after midnight on March 20, 2003.

MCD

That was picked on November 9, 2002. On a Saturday.
Since I usually fast from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday, I was in the middle of my fast when I felt as if I had prophetic insight. In January when I pressed for an actually time, logic stepped in and I attempted to pick a time. At which time I posted this:

Posted by MSCASEY to snippy_about_it On News/Activism 01/19/2003 10:25 PM PST #715 of 1,066 Thanks that helped! I will say at 3:33 p.m. Pacific Standard time!

and

Posted by MSCASEY to snippy_about_it On News/Activism 01/19/2003 10:27 PM PST #716 of 1,066 Sorry that was March 20, 2003 3:33 Standard Pacific Time!

All I can hope and pray is that what I felt or that came to me on November 9, 2002, when I picked this date, in the middle of my fast period, does not come to pass.

But on the other hand it is time.
MCD

26 posted on 03/19/2003 10:55:43 PM PST by MSCASEY
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Semi-Finalists, eh? Who's going to win Miss Congeniality?
27 posted on 03/19/2003 10:57:00 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: AmericanInTokyo
When did LurkedLongEnough say that the time would be in March? Was this in January or just a couple of days ago? And was this the first guess? Just curious!

MCD
28 posted on 03/20/2003 12:42:56 AM PST by MSCASEY
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To: AmericanInTokyo
We did not scan for "3" such as a date of "3/19/03", but only for "March" predictions. Someone might want to add any others they notice that went in this format.

I checked for those earlier and did not find any.

29 posted on 03/20/2003 12:46:52 AM PST by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: MSCASEY
sorry, I don't recall. but it was midstream in the pool. you might ask LNL directly. :-)
30 posted on 03/20/2003 3:01:04 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Sorry if I can't answer everyone right away on Japan/Korea freepmail questions. I'm swamped! :-)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; LurkedLongEnough
sorry, I don't recall. but it was midstream in the pool. you might ask LNL directly. :-)

Well LNL, what say you?

31 posted on 03/20/2003 6:00:20 AM PST by leadpencil1
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To: AmericanInTokyo; All
It seems that the official attack time was Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at 9:30 P.M. EST according to President Bush.

Do you agree with this as the official time?

Who would you say is the winner of the Attack on Iraq Betting Pool?

I was assuming that the attack would begin with a massive bombardment of Baghdad. Perhaps there should also be a winner in the "shock and awe" category?

32 posted on 03/20/2003 4:06:20 PM PST by Momaw Nadon (The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Thanks for the effort to conclude the exercise.

I concur with your thoughts on why this can be considered an important exercise.

For the first time in history we have the ability to communicate on an unprecented scale. The logical result is to try to process that information and reach a conclusion.

We don't know the many many thought processes. Some may have been guesses. Those listed above though were pretty well right. Hats off to them for their conclusions.

33 posted on 03/20/2003 4:18:55 PM PST by bert (Don't Panic !)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; LurkedLongEnough
So is LurkedLongEnough the official winner?

Seems like the decapitation strike right after the deadline should be the start time, given that it knocked out Iraqi C&C and its impact on our subsequent war strategy.
34 posted on 03/21/2003 7:08:41 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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