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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 2-LIVE THREAD***
21 March 2003
| An.American.Expatriate
Posted on 03/20/2003 9:17:43 PM PST by An.American.Expatriate
Good Morning.
This is the continuation Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Day 1- LIVE THREAD.
It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.
To all who helped this get started yesterday, thank you!
TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aday; ccrm; day2; iraq; iraqifreedom; live; war
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To: Poser
Crawl on Fox News says more SnA coming tonight
To: Cboldt
Do I hear sirens?
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To: Republic
We got Basra!
4,384
posted on
03/21/2003 4:17:21 PM PST
by
Dog
To: pitinkie
I hear rumbling...if it's wind, the wind it sure whipping by!
4,385
posted on
03/21/2003 4:17:35 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Victory for the Iraqi People)
To: Republic
I am not going to be watching and bet a lot of folks will be doing the same thing....they can have their little bash President Bush Party all by their lonesome while the sponsors take it in the shorts! Please forgive my ignorance, but is it sometime soon?
To: Fledermaus
Behind the rumbling...
To: Wphile
FoxNews sometimes quotes the NY Times headlines. I'm not saying Turkey isn't trouble, but based on their war coverage and post-2000 history, reasonable people (as Rummy might say) could agree that CNN is picking at sore spots, hoping to incite big problems for US.
4,388
posted on
03/21/2003 4:18:33 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/869837/posts: YES, "in your name": USNR educates peaceniks.)
To: Cboldt
that means someone isnt surrendering
but does that mean saddam is alive
saddam is a crafty guy...he might be doing his own version of psy ops
To: Dog
GOOD!!!!!
To: pitinkie
No sirens, at least on the MSNBC webcam, but a lot of artillery rumbling in the distance.
4,391
posted on
03/21/2003 4:18:52 PM PST
by
steveegg
(The French have removed 1 leg from the UN; it is now LN (League of Nations).)
To: Dog
They expected to meet geavy resistance in Basra. They said they found tons of munitions there.
4,392
posted on
03/21/2003 4:19:00 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
dang..listen to the bombs going off as the military guy was giving his briefing
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
MOAB used?
Massive blasts near Basra
By staff reporters and AFP
March 21, 2003
A SERIES of big explosions have been reported near the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
"We can see huge explosions and fireballs on the horizon towards Basra," Reuters correspondent David Fox said from a vantage point overlooking the frontier about 50km south of Basra.
The scale of the explosion suggests a Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb may have been deployed.
The 9450kg MOAB has supplanted the Daisy Cutter in the US arsenal as the world's largest conventional bomb.
Explosions were also heard in or around the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul early Friday, Al-Jazeera television reported from the scene.
The blasts occurred around half an hour after raid sirens sounded over the the city for the fourth time since the US-led war on Iraq began early Thursday.
4,394
posted on
03/21/2003 4:19:09 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Our day to shine has come...)
To: Fledermaus
It's wind and it's getting on my nerves. Jeeez, put up a guard or something. LOL, I heard a rooster crow.
To: steveegg
I guess I am hoping too much!
To: Sacajaweau
the "g" moved on my keyboard.... geavy = heavy
4,397
posted on
03/21/2003 4:20:22 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: Sacajaweau
Entire Division of Iraqi Army Surrenders
By MATT KELLEY
The Associated Press
Friday, March 21, 2003; 6:59 PM
An entire division of the Iraqi army, numbering 8,000 soldiers, surrendered to coalition forces in southern Iraq Friday, Pentagon officials said.
Iraq's 51st Infantry Division surrendered as coalition forces advanced toward Basra, Iraq's second largest city. The mechanized division had about 200 tanks before the war, according to independent analysts and U.S. officials.
The 51st was one of the better equipped and trained in Iraq's regular army forces and was the key division protecting Basra, a major transportation and oil shipment hub on the Shatt al-Arab waterway that leads to the Persian Gulf.
© 2003 The Associated Press
4,398
posted on
03/21/2003 4:20:30 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Victory for the Iraqi People)
To: Dog
Yes, and that bodes well. Basra is a strategic asset. We also got the bride across the Euphrates, and are on the move northwest. We're also moving east from airfield bases in Jordan. Republican Guard is in for trouble. After that, either watch Baghdad, or roll in.
I'm concerned about the Iraqi creeps who may put on US uniforms and kill innocents -- no need for futher orders, these guys would have to be the equivalent of Don Corleone, each one.
To: Pro-Bush
Reporter on Fox earlier who is about 20km outside Mosul said it look like Mosul's power was knocked out..
4,400
posted on
03/21/2003 4:21:06 PM PST
by
Dog
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