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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: All
And a sudden drop in sales for
this guy:
To: Starboard
How about defunding PBS through the use of JDAM's - that's much quicker than than an act of Congress!
To: kattracks
143
posted on
03/25/2003 2:13:05 PM PST
by
My Favorite Headache
(Which one will lose? Depends on what I choose or maybe which voice...I ignore.)
To: P.O.E.
LOL! Three or four days of Telletubbies and Dragontales may do more than anything so far.
144
posted on
03/25/2003 2:13:56 PM PST
by
Lee Heggy
("A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." Lao Tzu)
To: kattracks
Insert in its place a tv station showing westerns.
To: Howlin
Things are different now & your comments sounded to me like you are holy than thou... it's much harder to trust anyone now & maybe we should leave our Granmas out of this & stay on subject...
To: My Favorite Headache
147
posted on
03/25/2003 2:18:15 PM PST
by
socal_parrot
(Jean Valjean, the only decent Frenchmen.)
To: dep
'bout friggin time!You took the words right out of my mouth!
148
posted on
03/25/2003 2:18:55 PM PST
by
mrb1960
To: socal_parrot
is that yours?
149
posted on
03/25/2003 2:19:43 PM PST
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
To: smith288
yep
150
posted on
03/25/2003 2:20:14 PM PST
by
socal_parrot
(Jean Valjean, the only decent Frenchmen.)
Oh Drat! I was hoping that we could broadcast some of Saddam and Satan's scenes from South Park
151
posted on
03/25/2003 2:21:44 PM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(American & dammed proud of it!!)
To: dep
Good idea.
152
posted on
03/25/2003 2:22:11 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Pray for our Troops)
To: tuna_battle_slight_return
THE FBI HAS A BOLO ALERT. THIS DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL MAY BE IN AMERICA MARCHING IN PEACE PROTESTS! 
153
posted on
03/25/2003 2:23:15 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: socal_parrot
LMFAO
154
posted on
03/25/2003 2:23:57 PM PST
by
My Favorite Headache
(Which one will lose? Depends on what I choose or maybe which voice...I ignore.)
To: kattracks
Let's roll!!!!!!!!!
To: Ingtar
"High Command? High Command? Should we use the gas? High Command? ... too late." Shouldn't couriers be enough in Greater Baghdad?
To: jriemer
Where did you ever find that image
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:28:02 PM PST
by
PianoMan
(Liberate the Axis of Evil)
To: kattracks
Dang it! I just bought a TV GUIDE! Does this mean it'll (the TV GUIDE) be good next week when the TV is back up?
158
posted on
03/25/2003 2:28:27 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Could you pretty pretty please think of the possiblity of changing your tagline?)
To: Constitution Day
Cool. I used to have a bumper sticker to that effect.
Me too. Are we getting old or what? ;)
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:29:52 PM PST
by
annyokie
(provacative yet educational reading alert)
To: socal_parrot
Speedy...or what that anticipated for this precise time?
160
posted on
03/25/2003 2:30:55 PM PST
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
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