***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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[Tree of Liberty]

Does thermite burn out the entire aircraft, or just burn straight down? If that's the case, they might have used the grenades on sensitive systems, but that woudn't be noticed from an external video of the Apache.

[texxie]

bad dye job

[AlextheWise1]

it burned the blackhawks well in Somalia

[spectr17]

I'm thinking the pilot had his hands full landing the helo. Even with a thermite you have to get clear. They may have greeted the pilot with gun barrels as he landed.

[Dianna]

The only Bush I support is my own.

I assumed that was it. Can't miss an opportunity to be vulgar I guess.

[Tree of Liberty]

That was Aziz. I believe he made extemporaneous remarks.

[Fledermaus]

There are more pictures of Chirac and Saddam, so what would that left wing prof idiot think (oh, they don't think) about that?

They are so clueless.

[rolling_stone]

I saw posted earlier that the apache as destroyed by our guys later in the day...

[blam]

"Aren't we flying them?"

For sure.

I saw a report early today that the Kurds were reporting a large number of troops unloading from commercial jets in Northern Iraq. I wonder who they are....where's their equipment?

[texxie]

me either

[AlextheWise1]

82nd maybe?

[Doomonyou]

I'm lost, I'm fading. 10:35 pm. Past my bedtime. Early kick off in the morning. Thanks all, for the info. Signing off till later. good night, sleep tight.

Troops, God speed...

[Tree of Liberty]

"Remember that picture of Rummy and Saddam shaking hands

Next class, ask him to produce the picture. I don't believe the two have ever met.

[Ophiucus]

Prisoners of war in Iraqi hands will be treated in accordance with "the teachings of Islam,"

This is just bloody great news. How many mentioned that the Koran teaches that POWs are to made to kneel with a sword to the back of the neck. If they convert to Islam, their life will be spared but if they refuse, they are beheaded on the spot.

[JayP56]

You put a thermite grenade on the main rotor gearbox which is made of magnesium alloy....the aircraft goes up like a roman candle........bright as the sun..

[texxie]

not sure

[PRND21]

I wonder who they are....where's their equipment?

Kurdish guerilla specialists. Highly motivated. They'll be using our equipment.

[Dolphy]

The sign says, "The only Bush I support is my" and I can't read the last word (s) because it's always wrinkled or she's sitting down

The last word is own. I saw some jerk woman holding a sign that said that the other day on my way to work. I think it is the sum total of her world view and probably the reason she thought nothing critical of the Clinton years.

[Anomaly in Illinois]

Yes, that's true. Here's the chilling part:

We take care of our prisoners of war in accordance with our teachings of Islam