***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.

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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...

[Ophiucus]

No casualties reported on our side in this scrap.

[Tree of Liberty]

Sounds like some reactive armor, well, reacted. Just like it is supposed to do.

[Inspectorette]

LOL - first belly laugh I've had all day!

[Dog]

Whewwwwwwww!

[Tree of Liberty]

ROFL

[US_Pride]

"Maybe putting together a dossier for a comprehensive presentation or something?"

Makes sense. Also gives them a high card to play should something really bad happen PR-wise...

[glock rocks]

al jazeera would concur.

[r9etb]

Day care is empty at 2 AM.

You're thinking like a civilized human. It's not empty if you're using children as human shields.

[Dog]

Media is saying we lost a few vehicles....wish they would get a story straight..

[theophilusscribe]

U.S. Force Kills 150 Iraqis in Attack
1 minute ago

FULL:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030325/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_us_military&cid=514&ncid=514

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

WASHINGTON - U.S. Army forces killed between 150 and 500 Iraqi troops Tuesday in a fierce fight after coming under attack near the central Iraqi city of An Najaf, a senior defense official said.

No U.S. casualties were reported . . .

[Socratic]

Interesting

[Fledermaus]

Fox News Channel Maintains Its Lead in Wartime Over CNN
By David Bauder The Associated Press
Published: Mar 25, 2003

NEW YORK (AP) - The first Gulf War established CNN as a television news outlet to be reckoned with. The second may be just as important for Fox News Channel's reputation.
Through the first five days of the war, Fox News Channel has averaged 4.16 million viewers each day to CNN's 3.74 million. Fox's audience was bigger when the war began March 19, and every day through Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Full link here: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGABFKKGQDD.html

[Tree of Liberty]

Just because a vehicle is out of commission doesn't mean the crew came to any harm.

[Ophiucus]

That's what it sounded like. The 7th was in advance and probing the enemy position....well, they definately probed! Good for them...more info: 3rd squadron of the 7th was the primary force engaged.

[theophilusscribe]

Also gives them a high card to play should something really bad happen PR-wise...

Very good point.

[Toskrin]

Two different battles, I think.

7th Cav at Naja killed 300 Iraqis with no losses.

3rd ID fighting at Karbala have lost some vehicles.

[US_Pride]

"They might figure that if they announce finding WMDs, then Saddam will take that as a green light to use the ones he has left -- no point in saving them, then. As it is, the sandstorm has precluded their using them no matter what."

Excellent point.

[proust]

good stuff here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/875438/posts

[nwpatriot]

FOX is ahead. Any surprise here? "Fair & Balanced" beats "Left-leaning & Anti-American" any day!