***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.

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:

Special thanks to null and void for keeping these running over the weekend and Monday, to all of you for keeping these threads alive, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[MEG33]

Hope someone's losing sleep over those booms.

[Quilla]

Sounds like an alien invasion on my MSNBC link.

[Otta B Sleepin]

LOL - I'm on to you now.

[Dog]

I'm thinking maybe we should sit even after the sandstorm....get the troops rested and restocked while the B-52's and friends bomb those RG divison's back to next year..

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

You're welcome.

Telling these guys that you're belly girl is nuts. (^:

[Howlin]

I'm listening to MSNBC, too. This might very well drive me crazy.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Finally got to hear your dog barking. Just after some huge blasts or something.

[MEG33]

It's a winner!

[Otta B Sleepin]

Hey, I think I remember you from one of the press conferences today! LOL

[azGOPgal]

Even if they were bombed back to next year, they'd still be living in the 1890's.

[rumrunner]

Shiite group says revolt under way in Basra

TEHRAN (AFP) - An uprising against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime is under way in the southern city of Basra, the main Shiite Iraqi opposition group said.

"A revolt is taking place in Basra," Mohammad Hadi, spokesman of the Iran-based Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (news - web sites) (ASRII), told AFP.

"We have no more details for the moment."

**SNIP**

[BulletBobCo]

USA TODAY reporting: Doctors might be treating Saddam in bunker CIA, Delta Force pursuing leads [.50 Caliber Therapy?]

I would prescribe a bunker buster four times a day.

[r9etb]

According to the weather report (and also weather.com), there's a thunderstorm in Baghdad right now.

May be bombs -- more likely actual rolling thunder.

[Carolinamom]

I'm already over the brink listening to Blix. He simply won't go away.

[pitinkie]

Squeaking or monkeys now.

[snooker]

Is it fair to bomb during a thunderstorm?

snooker

[abnegation]

Okay, got up for a minute, came back and PMS webcam looks different......did street lights just go out? And I hear the dogs barking again. (Either that or Saddam's minions crying.)

[Fledermaus]

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Canada took the unusual step on Tuesday of openly criticizing Ottawa for not backing the war on Iraq and urged Prime Minister Jean Chretien to muzzle anti-U.S. sentiment in his government.

Full story here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26305-2003Mar25.html

[mitchbert]

Dog going nuts.

[ican'tbelieveit]

That dog is as clear as day now. Maybe more than one of them.