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

[Quilla]

On my ride into work, ABC News reported that before the bombing started yesterday evening, a Spec Ops helicopter crashed inside Iraq. NO INJURIES and our guys were extracted from site and copter remains were destroyed .

[shattered]

Have we been given any indication yet about the results of the proactive strikes yesterday against the leaders? Any ideas on when this info will become available?

[trussell]

My question: This isnt a flame phrase against me, right?

I havent been to bed, cant tear myself away from the news!! I am afraid I am a little slow this morning.

[maquiladora]

Missile Warning Sirens Sounding In Kuwait City.

Inbound scuds maybe?

[relee]

On Fox News, Major Garret, who Brian Kilmeade called Mary, reported from the Pentagon on this morning attacks. He said it may have been a scud, or an Al Samoud, or a smaller ship missile. He pointed out that the scuds were easiest to hit with our patriot missiles. He said the light aircraft might have been a cessna, amnned or unmanned, with or without chemicals onboard.

[TomGuy]

Troops firing on enemy positions in Kuwait area. Xmission lost. (FoxNews)

[Catspaw]

Rick Leventhal inbedded with our troops is reporting that our troops are being fired on. Fox just lost the transmission.

[Tree of Liberty]

Rick Leventhal reporting that the unit he is embedded with was firing on enemy positions.

[Timeout]

Fox embed reporter, unknown location: Phone transmission, "we are firing on enemy troops"...rest garbled.

[LBGA]

Thank heavens the crew on that helicopter made it back. Please ping me if you hear any other news on that.

[Tree of Liberty]

Rick Leventhal is with a Marine unit.

[Catspaw]

Both Leventhal and Ollie North are with the Marines near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border.

[TexKat]

This guy looks like one of the Muppets!

LOL He looks a little older than Saddumb to me and that was my opinion when I first saw him on television last night.

[luv2ndamend]

Sky news from UK has live reports from Kuwait. Great live web news.

http://www1.sky.com/sky_asx/sport_news_live/livebb-news.html

[Rebelbase]

Fog of war is a term used to describe battlefield confusion in not being able to "see" an accurate view of what is happening in an engagement.

[Tree of Liberty]

Just to be clear, they're both with the Marines, but with different units. Ollie is with the 1st Expeditionary Force. I don't know who Leventhal is with.

[trussell]

Will you help me understand if I do. I am tired and my brain is running in slow motion right now.

(Good Morning Calce, how you feeling this morning?)

[null and void]

He's prolly IS a LOT older today...

[Norman Arbuthnot]

CNN reporter in Kuwait City not masked, but has body armor on.

That's Bill Hemmer with the body armor on...in Kuwait City!!! A long way from the front. I think he is overreacting just a bit, Sheesh!! Chill out Bill.