Skip to comments.
***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 4 - LIVE THREAD***
Everywhere!
| 23 Mar 2003
| An.American.Expatriate
Posted on 03/22/2003 8:59:41 PM PST by null and void
Good Morning.
This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - 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.
Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A breif description of what the graphic is would help:
To all who helped this get started, thank you!
Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, and, of course, Belly Girl...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: day4; iraq; iraqifreedom; live; war
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 5,301-5,320, 5,321-5,340, 5,341-5,360 ... 6,041-6,046 next last
To: Merdoug
their tanks, we sent the apaches in at night to get them. the reporter said there was a huge amount of AAA.
To: Green
The sirens have stopped in Kuwait....but no all clear.
Comment #5,323 Removed by Moderator
Comment #5,324 Removed by Moderator
To: oceanview
nobody is hearing that strange noise on msnbc?
5,325
posted on
03/23/2003 6:26:49 PM PST
by
knak
(kelly in alaska)
To: Catspaw; All
Good question from Greta.....Why are you wearing that mask, and no suit?
To: Timeout
fake surrender?
5,327
posted on
03/23/2003 6:27:11 PM PST
by
thedugal
(Future Mr. Belly Girl)
To: Mo1
FN: Jonathan Hunt, Kuwait City: "Not wearing full suits because we haven't gotten warning of chem. attacks." Keep them (suits) within arm's length at all times, though. No all clear yet.
5,328
posted on
03/23/2003 6:27:19 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("If you are going through hell, keep going."-Sir Winston Churchill)
To: knak
They are thrilled about this:
U.S. Finds Suspected Iraq Chemical Plant
By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - U.S. troops have found a suspected chemical factory in Iraq (news - web sites) and officials were trying to determine late Sunday whether it was involved in making chemical weapons, U.S. officials said.
The plant is near the city of Najaf, which U.S. troops reached Sunday on a push to Baghdad, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that troops were examining "sites of interest," but did not elaborate. The statement said reports describing the discovery as a chemical weapons factory were "premature."
President Bush (news - web sites) and other U.S. officials say ridding Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime of chemical and biological weapons is the main objective of the war.
Saddam's government denies it has any chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or programs to produce them.
Asked at a news conference in Qatar Sunday about reports of the chemical plant, Lt. Gen. John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command declined comment. He said top Iraqi officers have been questioned about chemical weapons.
"We have an Iraqi general officer, two Iraqi general officers that we have taken prisoner, and they are providing us with information," Abizaid said.
If the plant is confirmed as a chemical weapons factory, it would be the first find by the U.S.-led invasion force validating U.S. allegations that Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction.
Iraqi officials have insisted that they destroyed all of the chemical and biological weapons they made after the 1991 Persian Gulf War (news - web sites) a claim U.N. weapons inspectors have questioned.
U.N. weapons inspectors are not aware of any large-scale chemical sites which could be used to make chemical weapons in Najaf, said Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for the inspectors. However, there are many such dual-use sites in other parts of the country because of Iraq's petrochemical industry.
U.N. inspectors visited a cement plant in Najaf earlier this year but did not report finding anything.
The U.S. military's discovery was first reported in the Jerusalem Post, which has a reporter traveling with the unit from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division which reached the chemical plant. The newspaper reported that about 30 Iraqi troops, including a general, surrendered at the plant.
5,329
posted on
03/23/2003 6:27:28 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Ahhh ... finally caught up ....
5,330
posted on
03/23/2003 6:27:41 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: knak
I think the cameraman is moving around close by.
To: knak
Yeah I am hearing it, sounds like a hord of crickets.
5,332
posted on
03/23/2003 6:27:47 PM PST
by
mware
To: knak
MSNBC noise: I heard it.
Who owns the source of that feed, anyway? Al-jazeera? The Iraqis?
To: mware
ALL CLEAR IN KC
To: commish
The rats should just rename themselves "The New Bolshevik Party" since thats what they are all aspiring to.
5,335
posted on
03/23/2003 6:28:08 PM PST
by
muslims=borg
(Outstanding Red Team...Outstanding....I'll get ya a case of beer for that one........)
To: Wormwood
It's Shock and Awe, Tom.
To: thedugal
Iraqi troops waved a white flag and acted like they were surrenduring.. when Marine's approached they were ambushed by other soldiers who where hidden.
5,337
posted on
03/23/2003 6:28:35 PM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: Centurion2000
Way to go.
To: Petronski
I saw that one earlier. I'm afraid what I might see if I went "there" again. Might need a new keyboard.
5,339
posted on
03/23/2003 6:28:42 PM PST
by
knak
(kelly in alaska)
To: Mo1
Aaron Brown and Wolfie Blitzer are both disgusting. Add in Judy Woodruff and that other balding election expert guy and you've got a real group of losers.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 5,301-5,320, 5,321-5,340, 5,341-5,360 ... 6,041-6,046 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson