Operation Iraqi Freedom - Day 1 - LIVE THREAD

20 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

[An.American.Expatriate]

This is a thread to collect all the breaking stories regarding the Libration of Iraq

[null and void]

Iraq presser: Bush and Blair should be targeted: sounds Like we must have hit close to Saddam

VERY close, I bet.

His face looked swollen in his little press conference. He was atypically sitting down. I think the unprecidented wearing thick eyeglasses was to cover two incipient shiners...

[Green]

Reporters on Fox News were discussing the eye-glasses this morning as well. Saying how unusual it was to see him in glasses. I don't think it was him.

[theophilusscribe]

CIA Had Fix on Hussein
Intelligence Revealed 'Target of Opportunity'

Washington Post :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58177-2003Mar20.html

[Socratic]

I tuned to C-Span a short while ago and saw protestors marching to Donald Rumsfeld's house. Suddenly a name from the past jumped into my mind - KITTY GENOVESE. She is why we fight this war!

[Tree of Liberty]

I don't quite see the connection

[E Rocc]

FNC reported that some of the missles weren't SCUD'S, but were Sunburns. This is a very high speed cruise missle, designed to carry a Soviet tactical nuke to a US CV Battlegroup.

It's hard to believe that they were allowed anything like that

-Eric

[Peach]

Just able to get on. Have ya'll been able to discuss the Chinese Sunburn type missile(s) that headed toward Kuwait? Fox saying they're a more dangerous missile than a Scud.

[Timeout]

Now THIS is interesting!

Apparently, yesterday the U.S. and many other countries called in Iraqi reps in their countries and gave them an ultimatum. "Tell us what you know, or be shipped back to Baghdad where the bombs are about to fall".

My guess is: they talked.

U.S. Reaps New Data On Weapons

[heckler]

Look at his shoulders, this guy on the right has old man shoulders, Sadam in the center is much more robust looking.

[Cap Huff]

There is something else strange about the eyeglasses. It looks like the left temple is missing.

[Peach]

I'm assuming we can do face recognition technology on a television image?

[Tree of Liberty]

Yes, we can.

[TexKat]

IRAQI SCUDS HIT KUWAIT

[Green]

FN reporter saying that the WH hasn't commented on Saddam's appearance yet and they haven't determined whether or not they believe it was him. I'm guessing they are doing some analysis to determine whether or not it was him.

[Socratic]

If you do a Google search, you will recall that she was the 28 yr old woman, murdered and raped in New York while at least 38 people looked on. In 1964, the nation had to examine it's soul as to how civilized people could look on while such an atrocity took place. How the liberals wept that people could be so cold hearted. Who are the compassionate people now?

[Dog]

Fox is reporting there will be no major air strikes....just limited strikes.......what the heck??

Hit them with everything and the kitchen sink....we can't allow Scuds to be fired at Israel..

[Peach]

Is it to our benefit to release the info if it's NOT him? I can understand not releasing info if we decide it IS him, but I'd think it would demoralize his troops if they know this glass wearing guy is an imposter.

[The Wizard]

PMS: more Iraqi troops surrendering

[ricpic]

As I'm sure you understand, in the liberal mind some helpless are more helpless than other helpless.

[The Wizard]

When Shock and awe starts it will be 2 DAYS of what we saw last night