***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 3-LIVE THREAD***

FreeRepublic - Day 2 ^ | 212 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate/null and void

[null and void]

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, thank you!

[maquiladora]

Could have been a lot worse.

[Jackie-O]

Wow am I behind, posts were at 1000 when I was here last.
Just heard about the attack on the 101st in KC. Cnn was on the phone with correspondant while it was happening. At the end of call they heard gunshots, waiting for them to reestablish contact...

[EaglesUpForever]

Were they caught/killed?

[Julliardsux]

Well, that is smart. We would applaud if we could do that to Hussein, Bin Laden, etc.

[Straight Vermonter]

I had pointed out that the Pentagon was a legitimate target although the plane full of innocents was not. If hitting at the command post of your enemy is terrorism then we are in the wrong right now.

[Moose4]

The translator staff? Do they get those in-country, hire them locally? Please tell me they weren't US soldiers or civilian contractors that came into Kuwait with the 101st. That would indicate a gigantic security breach.

}:-)4

[texxie]

yes! bagdad on sunday??

[woodyinscc]

"gonna peak at the maggot to see his take.....mostly find some use against him sound bites"


Will not be hard!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Sorry: How Saddam Faked Baby Funerals...and other outrages.

[Poser]

Sorry to have missed post 3000. I was in the Elvis room cleaning my assault weapons. They are nice and clean and well oiled now.

[theophilusscribe]

CNN: Grenade Attack on U.S. Troops in Kuwait
19 minutes ago

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20030322/ts_nm/iraq_kuwait_attack_dc

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A grenade attack on a command tent of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait wounded at least eight soldiers, six of them seriously, a U.S. journalist with the unit told CNN on Sunday.

The journalist said two grenades had been rolled into the command tent, in what appeared to be a "terrorist attack."

[Catspaw]

That they were translators is not confirmed. It sounds like all hell is breaking loose at Camp Pennsylvania.

[Julliardsux]

That, of course, sounds more like terrorism - unless designed to take out checkpoint for military reasons in defense against our invasion.

[sweetliberty]

"What do the likes of NOW have to say after this womens plea .."

Nothing. Their highly selective "listening mechanism" doesn't allow them to actually hear anything that isn't supportive of their twisted, murderous agenda.

[Tree of Liberty]

It was intimated that they were local hires

[clouda]

Sky news link is working for me.

[Jackie-O]

They now say that the gunsots were anti aircraft fire from B-dad

[prairiebreeze]

If you are collecting pictures of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I found a good link on Main Forum. High speed internet helps as nearly 50 pix in the article link.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872497/posts

Prairie