***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 6 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | 25 March 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Good Morning.

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

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[mwl1]

Need help with two acronymns: JMAD and MOAB.

Many thanks

[Wphile]

Never the TV but the radio was taken over. We took over the radio right away but can't get to the TV due to it's location in a daycare center.

[Mo1]

Morning/Afternoon All

[AppyPappy]

MSNBC webcam: Sounds like bombing in Baghdad

[this_ol_patriot]

Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM
Massive Ordnance Air Burst MOAB

[cyncooper]

Fox: Brit forces kill top Baath party official in Basrah.

CNN reported same.

Paula Zahn looked completely flumoxed by this turn of events.

[manatee]

MOAB- Mother of all bombs
I need help with the JMAD myself

[Wphile]

MOAB = mother of all bombs

JMAD...don't know; I thought it was JDAM which is also a type of bomb but I don't know what the acronym stands for.

[TomGuy]

MSNBC reporting Coalition forces captured a major Iraqi general in Basra.

[AppyPappy]

webcam now off the air.

[Wphile]

Massive Ordnance Air Burst MOAB

LOL! I like Mother of All Bombs better!

[GraniteStateConservative]

michigander found this great "at-a-glance" page on OIF.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2883171.stm

I've asked the powers that be to implement something like it on FR. It's badly needed.

[AppyPappy]

back up again after a good cleaning. That was odd.

[Carolina]

JDAM=joint direct attack munition

MOAB=massive ordnance air blast

[Inspectorette]

It's hard to keep up - things are moving SO fast!!!

Rush saying leader of Baath party in Basra is dead.

[sissyjane]

FOX just reported Baath party official CAPTURED by British--NOT KILLED!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Afghanistan seems so long ago, yet we're still there...and the Aghani people are grateful.

I'm awed by this military...command and troops...and CIC.

+ prayers!

[alnick]

That's an oopsie no? Not my post friend.

Yes, it is. My clipboard doesn't always work the way that it's supposed to. I hate it when that happens. ;-)

[nwpatriot]

Just in from Reuters:
Saudi Arabia Says It Made Proposal to Halt Iraq War
Updated 12:21 PM ET March 25, 2003


RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it had made a proposal to end the U.S.-led war on Iraq and was still awaiting a response, but it was not immediately clear whether it had launched a formal initiative.

Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told reporters in the capital Riyadh the war threatened to spread hatred between the Arab world and the West and cause huge loss of life.

The foreign minister of Jordan, another of Iraq's neighbors, told a news conference broadcast by Abu Dhabi television his country was also keen to find a peaceful end to the war.

"We have made the proposal but we are still waiting for a positive response," Prince Saud said, speaking in English but declining to give any details.

It was not immediately clear whether he meant that Saudi Arabia had made a formal proposal to the two parties, or whether he was referring to a broad appeal he made last week.

On Saturday, he urged the United States and Iraq to halt what he called an illegitimate war.

He said on Tuesday the war must stop to "give diplomacy a chance to find a solution so that there is no great breach between the Arab street and the American and British people."

Saudi Arabia has publicly opposed a war on Iraq to rid it of alleged weapons of mass destruction, and said it would not allow attacks to be launched from its soil. It is providing support to U.S. and British aircraft involved in the conflict.

Jordan's foreign minister, Marwan al-Muasher, said they too were wanted a peaceful settlement.

"His majesty the king has spoken to a number of world leaders and we are trying to find a political solution for the crisis," he said. "We know that the situation is very difficult and dangerous, but this doesn't stop us from trying."

Muasher said American soldiers were in Jordan for defense reasons only. "There is no need for any increase in their number," he added.

[Poser]

"Need help with two acronymns: JMAD and MOAB."

JDAM- Damned big bomb (2000 pounds?)
MOAB - Mother of All Bombs (20000 pounds?)