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

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

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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

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[ztiworoh]

Chem facility camoflaged so couldnt be seen from air

Me thinks that there are more such facilities that we don't know about

[AppyPappy]

I could easily come up with a platoon of jarheads in my area to go pay a little visit to that town that ambushed the army support troops.

Now THAT is a good idea.

[mware]

They camoflaged the building with so it would not be seen from the air.

[goodolemr]

Fox News babes are the best! :)

[Poser]

One word: Greta

[Mo1]

just reporting what they said.

I understand ..

Well have to put the kiddies to bed .. BBL

[Wavyhill]

Stalin, in WWII, had KGB agents in back of the Russian troops, with orders to machine gun anyone who turned and ran. I wouldn't be surprised if the same tactic is being used here.

[nwpatriot]

Oh, shoot.

I hope the whole factory wasn't just a giant "bait" for killing a bunch of soldiers.

[Dutchgirl]

hubby took boys to tgi fridays, brought back chinese for me. Lo mein on the key board...listening to dhue on shoutcast-fox.

[Straight Vermonter]

I think the action at Najaf and Nasiriah are flank protection. We have no need for those bridges despite what the media say.

[oceanview]

Brett is saying is was covered with some kind of sheet metal colored to make it blend into the desert. when one of our guys pulled a piece off, a bomb went off and he was injured. i would hold off on declaring this the "mother lode" of WMD until more information comes in, it could just be a chemical factory.

[mware]

Story also confirmed by DOD

[Cboldt]

But why are they fighting? Why? Don't they see the handwriting on the wall?

Many reasons. Fear for most. Others believe they are on the right side, just as strongly as we believe we are on the right side.

[Dog]

Editoral comment here...I'm getting hungry.

[tort_feasor]

My understanding is that at certain milestones the word goes out that they can announce progress. FOX did not say where they were they were saying that they couldn't say were the troops were but closer to baghdad

[Carolina]

Oh, good. Scott Ritter on the phone with Sky guy.

[justshe]

Entertainment?

[Aaron0617]

the beautiful Jeannie Ohm on MSNBC is reporting the Chemical Weapons factory as well.

[JayP56]

I bet there are 100,000 of us Gulf War I vets just itchin to go back and finish what we were not allowed to...I would do it in a heart beat....

[GOPyouth]

One station reported earlier today that the troops were seeing Iraqi troops with new gas masks, so that might have been one tip-off that these things were near.