***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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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, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[retrokitten]

I found this on yahoo. I am praying very hard for them.

[RummyChick]

I haven't heard about the greta-ambulance in awhile. I wonder if she is on to the next bone yet.

[muslims=borg]

Or make a Le Car out of it...

[conservaDave]

Thanks. I am not sure if the 72 hour period for notifying the families is up. I am looking to associate the name (which I know) to the picture. I don't believe Al Jazeera has any class and will not have anything to do with them.

Any other ideas? Thanks.

[oceanview]

i have a question for the folks tuned in here. why didn't the taliban retreat into the cities and force us into house to house fighting? that seems to be our greatest fear with baghdad, why didn't it happen in all the afghan cities? my own opinion is that perhaps since the taliban had someplace to go (pakistan), they were more willing to retreat then to stand and fight it out. thoughts?

[POGIFFMOO]

How close is that to Bagdad?

[ztiworoh]

Treason is hard to try since you have to find direct intent against the people of this country and such, so we've been good at finding other charges with comprable punishments in the past

[Lauratealeaf]

Great photo!

[DollyCali]

Lt. Gen. John Abizaird, Y E S

other calendar nominees:

Bush
Blair
Schwartzneger(sp) - he IS one of us even though he is married to a Kennedy

[merrin]

Someone (Fox, maybe) said that all the families had been notified.

[conservaDave]

Thank you so much!!!!

[oceanview]

OK, 50 miles. did we move 30 miles since then?

[gop212]

I think Al-Queda did and is doing that.

[rolling_stone]

There was only one Apache down. Iraq was lying about the second.

Maybe the Iraqis are seeing double or thought since they had two pilots they should have two helos...

I think they should show the farmer getting paid his reward by Sadaam in person it would be great PR for them...also remember the reward for killed coalition forces is what 15,500 and 31,000 for POW's...why execute one until you collect the reward?

The state Iraqi News Agency (INA) said on Saturday that Saddam had offered to reward any Iraqi who shot down a US or British aircraft, or killed or captured a pilot or soldier. INA said an order by Saddam stipulated that any Iraqi fighter shooting down an enemy warplane would be paid 100 million dinars (around $66,000 on the black market) and 50 million for a downed helicopter. Iraqis would get 50 million dinars for capturing a pilot or soldier and 25 million for killing one, INA said. The reward for shooting down a missile would be 10 million dinars.

Source: http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,177318-1-9,00.html

[retrokitten]

You are very welcome.

[commish]

THE RG has done that ... The Ambush in Nasariyah came from RG hiding in a Hospital.

The RG forces in Karbala are also situated in residential areas so we won;t bomb them ... OF course they probably don't realize that an A-10 can take out a tank in an alley and not touch the houses on either side.

[Sparky760]

I sent you info on how to do it in private message so look for it

[Jackie-O]

Great post teri, thanks..I heard Tommy Franks say the other day that the Iraqis won't know how to act when the food and and aide starts coming to them. It would be more than they have seen in decades under the Sadam dictatorship.

[Starrgaizr]

CBS reporting that RG have approval to unleash chem weapons when GIs cross a "red line" on their maps.