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Explosions rock Baghdad, TV goes off the air
Reuters
Posted on 03/25/2003 1:05:36 PM PST by kattracks
Explosions rock Baghdad, TV goes off the air
BAGHDAD, March 25 (Reuters) - Large explosions rocked Baghdad late on Tuesday and Iraqi television went off air as the first blast struck the capital.
Reuters correpondent Samia Nakhoul said several large explosions were heard and televisions in one hotel where journalists were staying immediately went black.
An official at Iraq's television station blamed a "technical problem in the transmitters" for the blackout.
The televisions remained off the air near midnight.
At least three powerful blasts rocked the city centre, an area where the television and radio headquarters and transmitters are located.
The television transmitters normally beam programmes, including news conferences by the Iraqi leadership, to a large part of the city. Iraqi radio continued broadcasting.
Baghdad was hit by repeated air strikes on Tuesday, many of them centred on locations to the east of the city where members of Iraq's Republican Guard were believed to be dug in to defend the city from U.S. ground forces approaching from the south.
03/25/03 15:55 ET
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; embeddedreport; warlist
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To: kattracks
The 2.5 mW backup unit will be fired up soon.
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posted on
03/25/2003 1:37:55 PM PST
by
LayoutGuru2
(Victor Boc -> 5-8 weekdays on 860 AM - Open your mind)
To: Weimdog
Bump for Viking Kittens
?
102
posted on
03/25/2003 1:38:52 PM PST
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(No more will we pretend that our desire/For liberty is number-cold and has no fire.)
To: Howlin; TLBSHOW
Tooting your own horn is SO attractive, especially since your "prediction" was as sure as Christmas coming. Personally, I find it much more attractive when someone else does the "tooting." : )
To: bcoffey
Would it be too cruel to broadcast the following?
104
posted on
03/25/2003 1:39:14 PM PST
by
k2blader
(If one good thing can be said about the UN, it is that it taught me how to spell “irrelevant.”)
To: All
That website that is getting so many hits that it is temporarily unavailable, by the way, is
www.aljezeera.net
and it's new English-language launch, english.aljazeera.net
It's subject to denial of service attacks -- from too many people trying to talk to the website -- no doubt being hacked by outraged Americans who don't like those incendiary photos of POWs and dead Americans, victims of war crime.
To: TheDon
I heard that Saddam had the TV placed in a day care center. The thing about day care centers is that the kids go home at night. I hope.
106
posted on
03/25/2003 1:40:08 PM PST
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(No more will we pretend that our desire/For liberty is number-cold and has no fire.)
To: Rain-maker
Let's not forget PBS!
To: Celtjew Libertarian
"I heard that Saddam had the TV placed in a day care center."
While the studios may have been co-located with a civilian facility, perhaps the transmitter and antenna were not.
108
posted on
03/25/2003 1:42:01 PM PST
by
bcoffey
(When Paula Zahn left FNC for CNN, the average IQ of both organizations soared)
To: LayoutGuru2
LOL!
You are quickwithepic!
To: kattracks
Iraqi television went off air as the first blast struck the capital. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
To: kattracks
An official at Iraq's television station blamed a "technical problem in the transmitters" for the blackout. The components of the transmitter are too far apart.
111
posted on
03/25/2003 1:43:38 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: nicmarlo
My old grandmother use to say that if you have to tell me how good you are, you probably aren't.
112
posted on
03/25/2003 1:43:41 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: kattracks
About time. Bush was talked into keeping the TV station up by somebody. Bush probably reamed them after seeing the POW footage.
To: js1138
Good point. They are being very sparing on the civilian infrastructure, as we will likely be replacing everything we break.
114
posted on
03/25/2003 1:44:39 PM PST
by
TheDon
(It takes two to make peace, but only one to make war.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
JDAM Remote Control... Somewhere, Elvis is looking down and grinning.
115
posted on
03/25/2003 1:45:39 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: denydenydeny
"2000 lbs. worth of technical problems." Heh heh heh...MUD
116
posted on
03/25/2003 1:47:34 PM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
("Soddom...Yer PaladinPalacePizza, PUNK!!!")
To: ottersnot
Can we start broadcasting "The Facts of Life" 24/7 now on the Baghdad station? Please -- our side is bound by the rules of civilized nations.
117
posted on
03/25/2003 1:48:26 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: dep
I second that.
118
posted on
03/25/2003 1:48:29 PM PST
by
cgk
(the Mrs half)
To: dansangel; Sabertooth
#11-12: bumpity bumpity . . .
119
posted on
03/25/2003 1:51:25 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: journey7873
Does anyone have any idea why it took sooo long for this to happen? Because the coalition forces wanted to use this medium after taking over the country. Now I guess we'll have to send in repair crews when that happens.
120
posted on
03/25/2003 1:51:52 PM PST
by
al_c
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