Operation Iraqi Freedom - Day 1 - LIVE THREAD

20 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

[laz17]

Fox reporting 3 SCUDs were knocked down -- one by the Kuwaitis, 2 by Patriots.

[maquiladora]

Yeah, seems like it came close to being a direct hit.

[Tree of Liberty]

Levanthal heard explosions at three locations, all near camps. No reports of casualties. He'd probably hear if there were.

[Chemist_Geek]

Screw this Iraqi press conf. The only thing I want to hear from them is 'I surrender".

You'll have to wait for the Chirac presser for that phrase.

From Iraq, I expect something like, "From hell's heart I stab at thee... For hate's sake... I spit my last breath at thee!"

[Timeout]

3PM EST.

Ditto. That's been my estimate for several days now. Waiting...............

[An.American.Expatriate]

Not sure where to post this...

Here is as good a place as any. I wanted to have a thread of "general" nature where all of the events could be discussed as they happen. In depth stuff probably belongs in a seperate thread (LINKS!!).

[Jackie-O]

I heard that too Tex, Iraqi officials said that "Americans using special technology to jam our system."

[steveegg]

Here works, though there is a thread up.

[Michael81Dus]

The CDU/CSU supports that war. That´s what the members of parliament and party chairmen Dr. Angela Merkel declared in the parliament announced. The relations between Germany and the US must be strong, and it´s a shame that a friend leaves a nation in war "alone".

[maquiladora]

So the only Scud that got past the net was the one that the marines saw crash just outside the camp?

[fml]

good article, thanks.

[Tree of Liberty]

Protestors on bicycles forcing the Key Bridge between D.C. and Virginia to be closed while police remove the SOB's.

[An.American.Expatriate]

"Krieg führende Parteien" includes UK/US and Iraq. That´s what my mother language tells me...

As a native speaker, I bow to you understanding and withdraw all previous statements to the contrary.

[theophilusscribe]

The Wrath of Khan! Good one! :o)

[Dog]

Sirens going off in the background on Sky News.....don't know where the reporter is at...

[Centurion2000]

bump

[Jackie-O]

Yeah, and I'm on a 10 year old Powermac and it's SOOOOO SLOW!!

[Helen]

Bookmark - thanks, all, for the running commentary!

[Quilla]

Only have CBS radio reports.

Bless your heart! I'll do my best. I was shocked, positively shocked listening to ABC news on the radio on my way into the office. They were positively patriotic.