***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 4 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 23 Mar 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

[POGIFFMOO]

I kinda like them calling it theater, very entertaining.

[slimer]

AP denying any chemicles found in Iraq.

[Dog]

Fox talking about the CHEM weapons factory..

[AppyPappy]

Which is the Marine unit which has been reported to be working their way up from the East, over by the Iranian border?

I hope not. They are trapped by the border. They'd have to be heavily supported by armor or air.

[hobson]

Map of Baghdad

[ztiworoh]

SOmething tells me to trust the Pentagon over the press

[tort_feasor]

Laurie Called Brett, Brad

[SoldiersGirl]

I tell my children..."think about it, and I might let you out of your room"

[Green]

Oh my gosh...don't ask me!!!

[mware]

A reporter is with the division that found the chem factory.

[slimer]

MSNBC just said that the AP is denying this.

[Carolina]

He was described as being a quickly rising star within the military and highly trusted right hand of Gen. Franks.

Lt. Gen. John Abizaid

Lebanese General Named Second-in-Command of U.S. Army to Invade Iraq A U.S. Army General of Lebanese origin, often called the "mad Arab," has been appointed second in command of the American forces assigned to invade Iraq to overthrow President Saddam Hussein.

Born in California to a Lebanese father who worked as a mechanic, Abuzaid immediately served with U.S. Paratroops forces after graduation and eventually commanded an army battalion during the 1983 U.S. invasion of Granada.

He then commanded Air Division 82 that served as the spearhead of rapid intervention forces of the U.S. army and was assigned in the late 1980s to serve in northern Iraq and later in Kosovo and Bosnia in the 1990s.

[GOPyouth]

Chem factory was booby-trapped.

[ztiworoh]

No I think she said Brett, just came out wierd, kinda combined his first and last name

[oceanview]

But why are they fighting? Why? Don't they see the handwriting on the wall? Can the Ba'ath party "hitmen" be so pervasive in the ranks that the soldiers fear them? If some lunatic told me to attack the Americans, I'd shoot him, or turn my tank turret around and blow up the HQ. I don't get it.

[Sacajaweau]

I don't have cable. Any current happenings appreciated.

Sac

[Dog]

AP won't be able to spin us not finding it...if a reporter is embedded..

[Cboldt]

I trust there is more than one surprise in store, and not all of them violent. The speed of relief effotr (no thanks to the UN) will also shock and awe.

[Peach]

Ditto what you said; I'd like to preserve the integrity of the thread (and FR!). I know humor helps the stress, but...

[Mo1]

MSNBC just said that the AP is denying this.

And the AP knows this because????

Sorry, I'll believe the Pentegon before the AP