***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 5 - 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.

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.

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Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[GOPyouth]

long siren, so it may be an all clear?

[spectr17]

This request goes out to Machmood who is walking a lonely post in downtown Baghdad today. From those fun British lads AC/DC. "You shook Me All Night Long".

[Cboldt]

when the big dogs do the dance is it live on TV again

Not likely. Negative. We'll have to buy the tape. News will be audio.

[knak]

maybe this time something will happen

[Orlando]

Thank God !
I wish that i was young again and back in the Army,after seeing what the iraqi did to our brave P.O.W. soldiers.
I know the U.S. 4th Army is ready to KICK SOME A**, and remember those MURDERed by these EVIL Demons..

[justshe]

SKY NEWS But folks are saying it's not working.

[Ophiucus]

It is our weakness and our strength.

True enough - nice guys may not finish first, but they make better neighbours....and Congresscritters.

[SoldiersGirl]

By the way
1st Cav will be following shortly behind 4th ID

[GOPyouth]

There was an explosion a couple of minutes ago. Don't know if that's the one the press was referring to.

[freepersup]

I observed at least one soldier with gauze over wounds in the abdomen/chest area, and also a head shot. I'm thinking that the gauze over a mid section wound, would be of little help if the same person had a fatal head shot. Therefore I conclude that the soldier was possibly wounded in the battle, and was summarily executed as he lay wounded in the road.

It appeared that other soldiers had head shots. In a running fire fight, I can't see the Iraqi's getting off several lucky shots to the heads of the soldiers that were KIA.

[July 4th]

I'm getting sleepy

Oh man...me too. I keep waiting for something to happen; I'm not getting anything done. I might as well go to sleep, which I'm off to do right now.

[Mo1]

long siren, so it may be an all clear?

The sky news reporter mention they have basically been up all night waiting for the all clear siren .. I guess it finally came huh?..

The guy sounded really tired

[SoldiersGirl]

me too
Spring Break is over tomorrow, the babies go back to school..must wake up too early.

[Green]

Night all! take care

[GOPyouth]

I can't the damned skynews link to work. I've got msnbc's baghdad cam going.

[InShanghai]

Ha Ha Ha!

[spectr17]

Oooooooooooops. Fun AUSTRALIAN lads.

Thanks

[Mo1]

It took me HOURS of hitting the redial to get the sky news link to work

[lavrenti]

Uh, in order to have a chest shot, he would have to have his kelvar off.

They stripped these guys and executed them. Head and chest shots are a Baathist trait.

After we take Baghdad we need to go back, hunt and exterminate these folks.